title: Yeast surface display of antibodies via the heterodimeric interaction of two coiled-coil adapters.
abstract: A novel adapter-directed yeast display system with modular features was developed. This display system consists of two modules, a display vector and a helper vector, and is capable of displaying proteins of interest on the surface of Saccharomyces cerevisiae through the interaction of two small adapters that are expressed from the display and helper vectors. In this report, an anti-VEGF scFv antibody gene was cloned into the display vector and introduced alone into yeast S. cerevisiae cells. This led to the expression and secretion of a scFv antibody that was fused in-frame with the coiled-coil adapter GR1. For display purposes, a helper vector was constructed to express the second coiled-coil adapter GR2 that was fused with the outer wall protein Cwp2, and this was genetically integrated into the yeast genome. Co-expression of the scFv-GR1 and GR2-Cwp2 fusions in the yeast cells resulted in the functional display of anti-VEGF scFv antibodies on the yeast cell surfaces through pairwise interaction between the GR1 and GR2 adapters. Visualization of the co-localization of GR1 and GR2 on the cell surfaces confirmed the adapter-directed display mechanism. When the adapter-directed phage and yeast display modules are combined, it is possible to expand the adapter-directed display to a novel cross-species display that can shuttle between phage and yeast systems.
authors.affiliation: Abmaxis Inc., USA. kevin_wang@merck.com
authors.forename: Kevin Caili
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chirag A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jinqing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xinwei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Peter Peizhi
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Pingyu
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhong
mesh_terms: D034001:Adaptor Protein Complex Subunits / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D055503:Protein Multimerization; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D057127:Single-Chain Antibodies / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D034001:Adaptor Protein Complex Subunits; C093811:CWP2 protein, S cerevisiae; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D057127:Single-Chain Antibodies; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A