title: Gene cloning, bacterial expression, in vitro refolding, and characterization of a single-chain Fv antibody against PreS1(21-47) fragment of HBsAg.
abstract: The murine monoclonal antibody 125E11 is an IgG which recognizes PreS1(21-47) fragment of large hepatitis B surface antigen. It has been successfully used for clinical detection of HBV virion in serum of hepatitis B patients. In present study, the genes of variable region in heavy chain (VH) and light chain (VL) of 125E11 have been cloned. Sequence analysis of cloned VH gene and VL gene showed that they had general characterization of immunoglobin variable region genes. According to Kabat classification, VH gene and VL gene belong to VH10 family, subgroup IIID and Vkappa family subgroup I, respectively. An expression vector of 125E11 single-chain Fv antibody fusion protein, in which VH and VL peptide were connected by a flexible linker (Gly(4)Ser)(3), was constructed. The scFv fusion protein was highly expressed in Escherichia coli mainly in inclusion body form. Using urea and pH gradient gel filtration method, the refolding of scFv was efficiently achieved. The refolding efficiency reached about 11% and 2.7 mg refolded scFv was obtained from 1L of culture. The binding activity and specificity of 125E11 scFv against PreS1(21-47)-containing antigen were also analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
authors.forename: Xinxiu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Weiguo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hengchuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Zuchuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000235:genetics; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D007128:Immunoglobulin Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017510:Protein Folding; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000276:immunology*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D007128:Immunoglobulin Fragments; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D011498:Protein Precursors; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C055966:immunoglobulin Fv; C050806:presurface protein 1, hepatitis B surface antigen