title: Expression and secretion of T-cell receptor V alpha and V beta domains using Escherichia coli as a host.
abstract: An expression system for the production of recombinant T-cell receptor (TCR) variable domains would, inter alia, allow structural studies to be carried out and provide protein for the generation of anti-clonotypic antibodies. In this report the V alpha and V beta domain genes have been isolated from a T-cell hybridoma which is associated with the pathogenesis of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) in the H-2u mouse. These have been expressed as secreted domains in Escherichia coli, using secretion vectors previously used for the production of immunoglobulin fragments. Both V alpha and V beta domains are secreted in milligram quantities into the culture supernatant, although the levels of the V alpha domain are about 10-20 fold higher than those of the V beta domain. This expression system offers a rapid route for the production of recombinant TCRs in soluble form.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Immunobiology Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli; D015870:Gene Expression; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
chemical_list: D009841:Oligonucleotides; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta