title: Humanized antibodies for antiviral therapy.
abstract: Antibody therapy holds great promise for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune disorders, and viral infections. Murine monoclonal antibodies are relatively easy to produce but are severely restricted for therapeutic use by their immunogenicity in humans. Production of human monoclonal antibodies has been problematic. Humanized antibodies can be generated by introducing the six hypervariable regions from the heavy and light chains of a murine antibody into a human framework sequence and combining it with human constant regions. We humanized, with the aid of computer modeling, two murine monoclonal antibodies against herpes simplex virus gB and gD glycoproteins. The binding, virus neutralization, and cell protection results all indicate that both humanized antibodies have retained the binding activities and the biological properties of the murine monoclonal antibodies.
authors.affiliation: Protein Design Labs, Inc., Mountain View, CA 94043.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Co
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deschamps
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Whitley
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Queen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000235:genetics; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology; D014709:Vero Cells; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins