title: Antibodies to steroids from a small human naive IgM library.
abstract: Human antibodies specific for digoxigenin, estradiol, testosterone and progesterone have been isolated from a small combinatorial IgM repertoire (4 x 10(7)) of single chain antibodies (scFv). The affinities of both the anti-estradiol and antiprogesterone scFv were approximately 10(8) M(-1). Naive IgM genes appeared to be highly represented, since only the heavy chain variable domain of the anti estradiol antibody contained differences to corresponding germline sequences. The light chain variable domain of the progesterone receptor was also identical to a germline sequence, showing that it is possible for completely naive antibodies to bind steroids with affinities comparable to those obtained after a secondary immune response.
authors.affiliation: German Cancer Research Center, Recombinant Antibodies (0445), Diagnostics and Experimental Therapy Programme (4), Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dörsam
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rohrbach
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kürschner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kipriyanov
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Renner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Braunagel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Welschof
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Little
mesh_terms: D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004076:Digoxigenin / Q000276:immunology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D004958:Estradiol / Q000276:immunology; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D007128:Immunoglobulin Fragments / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007700:Kinetics; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019151:Peptide Library; D011374:Progesterone / Q000276:immunology; D011485:Protein Binding; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013256:Steroids / Q000276:immunology*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007128:Immunoglobulin Fragments; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D019151:Peptide Library; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013256:Steroids; D013739:Testosterone; D011374:Progesterone; D004958:Estradiol; D004076:Digoxigenin