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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-7-8
pubmed:abstractText
Thrombopoietin receptor agonist humanized VB22B single-chain diabody (hVB22B (scFv)(2)) was found to be expressed as a mixture of two conformational isomers, a single-chain diabody form and a bivalent scFv form, which had different V(H)/V(L) (variable region of the heavy chain/light chain) association patterns. The single-chain diabody form showed significantly higher biological activity than the bivalent scFv form and, when incubated at elevated temperatures, exhibited novel isomerization to the inactive bivalent scFv form. Therefore, therapeutic development of hVB22B (scFv)(2) would require separation of the purified single-chain diabody form from the mixture of the two conformational isomers and also inhibition of isomerization into an inactive bivalent scFv form during storage. Novel V(H)/V(L) interface engineering in hVB22 (scFv)(2), in which hydrogen bonding between H39 and L38 was substituted with electrostatic interaction to enhance the desired V(H)/V(L) association and inhibit the undesired V(H)/V(L) association, enabled selective expression of the desired conformational isomer without any reduction in biological activity or thermal stability. Moreover, V(H)/V(L) interface-engineered hVB22 (scFv)(2) was completely resistant to isomerization. Because the hydrogen bonding interaction between H39 and L38 and the surrounding residues are highly conserved in human antibody sequences, V(H)/V(L) interface engineering could be generally applied to various (scFv)(2) molecules for selective expression and inhibition of the isomerization of conformational isomers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1741-0134
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
667-77
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20576629-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20576629-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:20576629-Chromatography, Gel, pubmed-meshheading:20576629-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:20576629-Cricetulus, pubmed-meshheading:20576629-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:20576629-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20576629-Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:20576629-Isomerism, pubmed-meshheading:20576629-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:20576629-Protein Engineering, pubmed-meshheading:20576629-Protein Stability, pubmed-meshheading:20576629-Receptors, Thrombopoietin, pubmed-meshheading:20576629-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20576629-Single-Chain Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:20576629-Sodium Chloride, pubmed-meshheading:20576629-Surface Properties, pubmed-meshheading:20576629-Temperature
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
VH/VL interface engineering to promote selective expression and inhibit conformational isomerization of thrombopoietin receptor agonist single-chain diabody.
pubmed:affiliation
Fuji-Gotemba Research Laboratories, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, Shizuoka 412-8513, Japan. igawatmy@chugai-pharm.co.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article