title: Recombinant polyclonal antibody libraries.
abstract: We describe a technology for generating recombinant polyclonal antibody libraries (PCALs) that enables the creation and perpetuation of standardized mixtures of polyclonal whole antibodies specific for a multiantigen (or polyantigen). Therefore, this technology combines the advantages of targeting multiple antigenic determinants -- high avidity, low likelihood of antigen 'escape variants', and efficient mediation of effector functions, with the advantages of using monoclonal antibodies -- unlimited supply of standardized reagents and the availability of the genetic material for desired manipulations. The technology for generating recombinant polyclonal antibody libraries begins with the creation of phage display Fab (antibody) libraries. This is followed by selection of sublibraries with desired antigen specificities, and mass transfer of the variable region gene pairs of the selected sublibraries to a mammalian expression vector for generation of libraries of polyclonal whole antibodies. We review here our experiments for selection of phage display antibody libraries against microbes and tumor cells, as well as the recent literature on the selection of phage display antibody libraries to multiantigen targets.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA. jsharon@bu.edu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sharon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarantopoulos
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Den
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Baecher-Allan
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Santora
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Sompuram
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petersen-Mahrt
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000235:genetics*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology; D016785:Cryptosporidium parvum / Q000276:immunology; D017931:DNA Primers; D005260:Female; D015723:Gene Library; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000235:genetics; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000235:genetics; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology; D019151:Peptide Library; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D017931:DNA Primers; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D019151:Peptide Library; D011994:Recombinant Proteins