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Construction of human monoclonal single‐chain Fv antibodies against small‐cell lung cancer by phage display libraries derived from cell‐immunized SCID mice engrafted with human peripheral blood lymphocytes
Author(s) -
Douguchi Junya,
Hashiguchi Akinori,
Sakamoto Michiie
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
proteomics – clinical applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1862-8354
pISSN - 1862-8346
DOI - 10.1002/prca.200900060
Subject(s) - monoclonal antibody , phage display , antibody , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antigen , single chain variable fragment , biotinylation , cell , virology , immunology , biochemistry
Abstract In this study, we describe a phage display strategy to obtain human monoclonal single‐chain Fv (scFv) antibodies binding target cancer cell surface proteins. By developing a cancer cell immunization protocol for SCID mice engrafted with human peripheral blood lymphocytes in combination with an antibody phage display method, we have isolated phage antibodies binding small‐cell lung cancer cell line H889 by subtractive selection. One of the isolated scFv antibodies, 12EAb, recognized the E2 component of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC‐E2) by immunoprecipitation according to MALDI‐TOF MS analysis. Furthermore, we have confirmed the plasma membrane localization of PDC‐E2 in small‐cell lung cancer cells by immunocytochemistry and cell surface protein biotinylation, although PDC‐E2 is usually located in the mitochondrial matrix. These results, including unique localization of identified antigens, were obtained by proteomic approaches. The present methods can be applied to generate human monoclonal scFv antibodies against tumor cells and to identify new molecular targets for immunotherapy and markers for diagnosis.