title: Production and characterization of a bacterial single-chain antibody fragment specific to B-cell-activating factor of the TNF family.
abstract: An active form of a single-chain antibody fragment (scFv) from the murine monoclonal antibody ABL-1, which is specific for B-cell-activating factor of the TNF family, was produced in Escherichia coli. The complementary DNAs encoding the variable regions of the heavy chain (VH) and light chain (VL) were connected by a (Gly4Ser)3 linker, using an assembly polymerase chain reaction. The construct VH-linker-VL was placed under the control of highly efficient T7 promoter system. The cloned scFv was expressed in E. coli BL21(DE3) as inclusion bodies. After extraction from the E. coli cells, the inclusion bodies were solubilized and denatured in the presence of 8M urea. The expressed scFv fusion proteins were purified by Ni(2+)-IDA His-bind resin and finally renatured by dialysis. The purity and activity of the purified scFv were confirmed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, Western blotting, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The result revealed that the ABL-1 scFv retains the specific binding activity to BAFF with an affinity constant of 0.9x10(-8)molL(-1).
authors: Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, Life Sciences College, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, Jiangsu, PR China. pcao79@yahoo.com
authors: Peng
authors: P
authors: Cao
authors: Xiang Ming
authors: XM
authors: Tang
authors: Zheng Bing
authors: ZB
authors: Guan
authors: Zhen Yu
authors: ZY
authors: Diao
authors: Shuang Quan
authors: SQ
authors: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D053264:B-Cell Activating Factor; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D053264:B-Cell Activating Factor; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C505719:TNFSF13B protein, human; C505720:Tnfsf13b protein, mouse; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha