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Expression of single-chain antibody-barstar fusion in plants.

Authors :
Semenyuk EG
Stremovskiy OA
Edelweiss EF
Shirshikova OV
Balandin TG
Buryanov YI
Deyev SM
Source :
Biochimie [Biochimie] 2007 Jan; Vol. 89 (1), pp. 31-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Aug 10.
Publication Year :
2007

Abstract

We successfully cloned and expressed a single-chain antibody (425scFv), that is directed to human epidermal growth factor receptor HER1 (EGFR) in transgenic tobacco plants as a fusion with bacterial barstar gene (425scFv-barstar). Plant-produced recombinant 425scFv-barstar was recovered using barstar-barnase system. Based on barstar-barnase affinity, during purification of the plant-produced 425scFv-barstar, we generated bispecific scFv-antibody heterodimers from individual single-chain fragments initially produced in different host systems with binding activity to both HER1 and HER2/neu tumor antigens. We demonstrated by flow cytometry and indirect immunofluorescent microscopy that both the components of heterodimer retain its specific cell-binding activity.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0300-9084
Volume :
89
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Biochimie
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
16938381
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biochi.2006.07.012