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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-5
pubmed:abstractText
We have developed a method for rapidly producing in plants the idiotype regions of the tumor-specific Ig as single-chain Fv (scFv) proteins for use in the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Variable region gene sequences were generated from either a tumor hybridoma or human tumor biopsy cells, and idiotype domains were joined by a novel linker and cloned into a modified tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) vector designed to secrete the scFv protein in infected Nicotiana benthamiana plants. Thirty-eight out of 44 human scFv proteins showed Coomassie visible material in crude secretory (interstitial fluid, IF) extracts, 21 of those between 100 and 800 microg/ml. Eight of these proteins were tested for appropriate idiotype responses in vaccinated mice. In all eight cases, anti-idiotype immune responses were induced with minimal cross reactivity to irrelevant Ig or scFv proteins. Four out of four anti-scFv sera were also shown to recognize the Ig on human tumor cells by flow cytometry analysis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-1759
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
95-104
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Antigens, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Hybridomas, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Immunoglobulin Variable Region, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Tobacco, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Tobacco Mosaic Virus, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:12957399-Vaccines, Synthetic
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Individualized human scFv vaccines produced in plants: humoral anti-idiotype responses in vaccinated mice confirm relevance to the tumor Ig.
pubmed:affiliation
Large Scale Biology Corporation, Vacaville, CA 95688, USA. alison.mccormick@lsbc.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.