Humanization and Epitope Mapping of Neutralizing Anti-Human Fas Ligand Monoclonal Antibodies: Structural Insights into Fas/Fas Ligand Interaction | Zendy

Tsukasa Nisihara | Zendy; Yoshitaka Ushio | Zendy; Hirohumi Higuchi | Zendy; Nobuhiko Kayagaki | Zendy; Noriko Yamaguchi | Zendy; Kenji Soejima | Zendy; Seishi Matsuo | Zendy; Hiroaki Maeda | Zendy; Yasuyuki Eda | Zendy; Ko Okumura | Zendy; Hideo Yagita∥ | Zendy

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Humanization and Epitope Mapping of Neutralizing Anti-Human Fas Ligand Monoclonal Antibodies: Structural Insights into Fas/Fas Ligand Interaction

Author(s) -

Tsukasa Nisihara,

Yoshitaka Ushio,

Hirohumi Higuchi,

Nobuhiko Kayagaki,

Noriko Yamaguchi,

Kenji Soejima,

Seishi Matsuo,

Hiroaki Maeda,

Yasuyuki Eda,

Ko Okumura,

Hideo Yagita∥

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

the journal of immunology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.737

H-Index - 372

eISSN - 1550-6606

pISSN - 0022-1767

DOI - 10.4049/jimmunol.167.6.3266

Subject(s) - fas ligand , epitope , monoclonal antibody , ligand (biochemistry) , epitope mapping , trimer , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , mutagenesis , antibody , receptor , virology , biology , apoptosis , mutation , immunology , biochemistry , gene , programmed cell death , dimer , organic chemistry

Fas ligand (L)/CD95L, a proapoptotic member of the TNF family, is a potential target for clinical intervention in various diseases. In the present study, we generated a humanized anti-human FasL mAb and characterized the epitopes of neutralizing mAbs by extensive alanine-scanning mutagenesis of human FasL. The predicted molecular model of FasL trimer revealed that the mAbs recognize largely overlapped conformational epitopes that are composed of two clusters, one around the outer tip-forming D-E loop and another near the top of FasL. Both of these sites on FasL are critically involved in the direct interaction with the corresponding receptor, Fas. These results suggest that the mAbs efficiently neutralize FasL cytotoxicity by masking both of these FasL/Fas contact sites.

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