title: Recombinant TNF-binding protein from variola virus as a novel potential TNF antagonist.
abstract: Gel-filtration chromatographic separation of the lysate of Sf21 insect cells infected with recombinant baculovirus BVi67 containing the gene for TNF-binding protein (CrmB) of variola virus (VARV) revealed that hTNF-cytotoxicity neutralization activity is associated with a fraction corresponding mainly to high molecular weight proteins (above 500 kDa) and less with fractions corresponding to proteins of 270 or 90 kDa. The recombinant VARV-CrmB protein has been purified by affinity chromatography. Difference in the experimentally determined and estimated (according to amino acid composition) VARV-CrmB molecular weight is due to glycosylation of the recombinant protein expressed in the insect cells. VARV-CrmB neutralizes in vitro the cytotoxic effect of hTNF and hLTalpha, and its TNF-neutralizing activity is two to three orders of magnitude higher compared to the analogous effects of type I and II soluble TNF receptors, comparable with the activity of mAb MAK195, and somewhat lower than the effect of the commercial drug Remicade.
authors: FGUN State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk Region, 630559, Russia. gileva@vector.nsc.ru.
authors: I P
authors: IP
authors: Gileva
authors: T S
authors: TS
authors: Nepomnyashchikh
authors: I A
authors: IA
authors: Ryazankin
authors: S N
authors: SN
authors: Shchelkunov
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D000069285:Infliximab; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D012901:Variola virus / Q000378:metabolism*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D014764:Viral Proteins; D000069285:Infliximab