title: Secretion of recombinant human IgE-Fc by mammalian cells and biological activity of glycosylation site mutants.
abstract: We have constructed an expression vector that leads to secretion of the whole Fc of human immunoglobulin E (hIgE-Fc) from mammalian cells at levels up to 100 mg/l of culture. Two surface glycosylation sites at Asn265 and Asn371 have been changed to glutamine, to obtain a more homogeneous preparation of hIgE-Fc for structural studies. Comparison of wild-type and mutant products revealed that Asn371 is rarely glycosylated in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Both the double mutant and wild-type hIgE-Fc bind to the high-affinity IgE receptor, Fc epsilon RI, with about the same affinity as myeloma IgE (Ka in the range 10(10)-10(11) M-1), and were able to sensitize isolated human basophils for anti-IgE triggering of histamine release. However, only the double mutant hIgE-Fc approached the affinity of myeloma IgE for the low-affinity receptor, Fc epsilon RII (Ka = 7.3 x 10(7) M-1), whereas the wild-type hIgE-Fc bound with a 10-fold lower affinity (Ka = 4.1 x 10(6) M-1).
authors.affiliation: Randall Institute, King's College London, UK.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Owens
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Mackay
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hide
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Gould
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D016466:CHO Cells; D006224:Cricetinae; D015246:Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006031:Glycosylation; D006636:Histamine Release; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007141:Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D007141:Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D015246:Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; C027440:GATATC-specific type II deoxyribonucleases