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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-9-22
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Single-domain antibodies (sdAbs), which occur naturally in camelids, are endowed with many characteristics that make them attractive candidates as building blocks to create new antibody-related therapeutic molecules. In this study, we isolated from an immunized llama several high-affinity sdAbs directed against human carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a heavily glycosylated tumor-associated molecule expressed in a variety of cancers. These llama sdAbs bind a different epitope from those defined by current murine mAbs, as shown by binding competition experiments using immunofluorescence and surface plasmon resonance. Flow cytometry analysis shows that they bind strongly to CEA-positive tumor cells but show no cross-reaction toward nonspecific cross-reacting antigen, a highly CEA-related molecule expressed on human granulocytes. When injected into mice xenografted with a human CEA-positive tumor, up to 2% of the injected dose of one of these sdAbs was found in the tumor, despite rapid clearance of this 15 kDa protein, demonstrating its high potential as a targeting moiety. The single-domain nature of these new anti-CEA IgG fragments should facilitate the design of new molecules for immunotherapy or diagnosis of CEA-positive tumors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1742-4658
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
276
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3881-93
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Antibody Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Camelids, New World, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Carcinoembryonic Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Cross Reactions, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Immunotherapy, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Surface Plasmon Resonance, pubmed-meshheading:19531051-Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Llama single-domain antibodies directed against nonconventional epitopes of tumor-associated carcinoembryonic antigen absent from nonspecific cross-reacting antigen.
pubmed:affiliation
CNRS, Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires, Marseille, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't