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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-11
pubmed:abstractText
The complementarity-determining regions (CDRs) of a human kappa light chain were replaced with CDRs from a murine gamma-1 heavy chain and, by use of molecular modeling, key heavy chain framework residues were identified and thus included to preserve the native conformation of the heavy chain CDRs. Co-expression of this hybrid human kappa chain (V[HB]C[L]) with a human kappa chain counterpart (V[L]C[L], engineered to contain murine light chain CDRs) resulted in the secretion of high levels of a heterodimeric protein (V[HB]C[L]::V[L]C[L]) termed 'kappabody'. This protein also had equivalent affinity for antigen as the Fab' of the parent murine IgG1. High-level secretion was also observed for the hybrid chain as homodimers (V[HB]C[L]::V[HB]C[L]), which is not observed for chimeric chains consisting of a heavy chain variable region and light chain constant region, i.e. V[H]C[L] homodimers or single chains are not secreted. This indicates that regions within the variable domain, required for secretion of light chains, reside outside of the hypervariable regions (CDRs) and that the heavy chain CDRs and supporting residues do not prevent secretion. These results demonstrate the possibility of designing small, single-domain molecules possessing a given binding activity which may be secreted at high levels from mammalian cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0269-2139
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
949-57
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Antibody Affinity, pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Binding, Competitive, pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Hybridomas, pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains, pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Immunoglobulin Variable Region, pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains, pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Protein Engineering, pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:9415445-Transfection
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Design and construction of a hybrid immunoglobulin domain with properties of both heavy and light chain variable regions.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Imaging and Therapeutics Research and Development, Hybritech, Inc., San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article