title: Characterization of a murine-human chimeric antibody with specificity for the pre-S2 surface antigen of hepatitis B virus expressed in baculovirus-infected insect cells.
abstract: We have produced and characterized a murine-human chimeric antibody with specificity for the pre-S2 surface antigen of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in baculovirus-infected insect cells. Recombinant baculovirus carrying the cDNA coding for the heavy or light chain of the chimeric antibody was constructed and co-infected into insect cells. The chimeric antibody (BV-S2) expressed in the cells was purified by an affinity chromatography on Protein A-Sepharose 4B column and characterized by N-terminal amino acid sequencing, affinity determination for pre-S2 peptide, endoglycosidase digestion and Clq binding assay, which were then compared with those of the chimeric antibody H69K that has the same amino acid sequence as BV-S2, but produced from transfected murine myeloma cells. The N-linked glycosylation of the BV-S2 antibody was also analyzed by culturing the baculovirus-infected cells in the presence of tunicamycin. The results showed that the BV-S2 was secreted following correct removal of the leader peptides, contained N-linked carbohydrate at the heavy chain, and had the same binding affinity and Clq binding ability as H69K, suggesting that the BV-S2 chimeric antibody is functional and thus may be useful in the prevention of HBV infection.
authors.affiliation: Genetic Engineering Research Institute, KIST, Yuseong, Taejon, South Korea.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D002460:Cell Line; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D017924:Nucleopolyhedroviruses / Q000235:genetics; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D011498:Protein Precursors; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C050807:presurface protein 2, hepatitis B surface antigen