title: Similar binding properties for a neutralizing anti-tetanus toxoid human monoclonal antibody and its bacterially expressed Fab.
abstract: A high-affinity anti-tenanus toxoid (TT) human monoclonal antibody showing neutralizing activity was isolated from a fusion between mouse myeloma and human splenic cells. Fab fragments from this antibody were obtained using a recombinant phage surface-display expression system. The parental antibody and the corresponding Fab had identical immunological activities, including specificity and affinity. These results confirm the feasibility of developing Escherichia coli expression of monoclonal human Fab from hybridoma cells.
authors.affiliation: Hybridolab, Institut Pasteur, Paris.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lafaye
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nato
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Mazié
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Doyen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003090:Coliphages / Q000235:genetics; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000235:genetics; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D017931:DNA Primers; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid