title: Antibody germline characterization of cross-neutralizing human IgGs against 4 serotypes of dengue virus.
abstract: Dengue virus (DENV), a re-emerging virus, constitutes the largest vector-borne disease virus, with 50-100 million cases reported every year. Although DENV infection induces lifelong immunity against viruses of the same serotypes, the subsequent infection with the heterologous serotypes can cause more severe form of the disease, such as Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) or Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS). However, there is neither approved vaccine nor specific drugs available to treat this disease. In this study, previously developed 19 human monoclonal antibodies (HuMAbs) showing strong to moderate cross neutralizing activity were selected. Most of them (13/19) were targeted to domain II of envelop glycoprotein. To understand and clarify the recognition properties, the maturation mechanisms comprising Variable/Diversity/Joining (VDJ) recombination, Variable Heavy (VH)/Variable Light (VL) chain pairing, variability at junctional site, and somatic hypermutation (SHM) of those antibodies were studied and compared with their predecessor germline sequences. IMGT/V-QUEST database was applied to analyze the isolated VH and VL sequences. To confirm the correction of isolated VH/VL, 3 HuMAbs (1A10H7, 1B3B9, 1G7C2) was transiently expressed in HEK293T cell. All three clones of the expressed recombinant IgG (rIgG) showed the same binding and neutralizing activity as same as those from hybridomas. The data obtained in this study will elucidate the properties of those HuMAbs for further genetic modification, and its binding epitopes.
authors.affiliation: Center of Excellence for Antibody Research (CEAR), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Pannamthip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pitaksajjakul
authors.affiliation: Center of Excellence for Antibody Research (CEAR), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Surachet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benjathummarak
authors.affiliation: Center of Excellence for Antibody Research (CEAR), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Chonlatip
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pipattanaboon
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Waranya
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wongwit
authors.affiliation: Mahidol Osaka Center for Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Medical & Biological Laboratories Corporation, Ltd., Ina, Nagano, Japan.
authors.forename: Tamaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okabayashi
authors.affiliation: Medical & Biological Laboratories Corporation, Ltd., Ina, Nagano, Japan.
authors.forename: Motoki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuhara
authors.affiliation: International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Misaki
authors.affiliation: International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuhito
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujiyama
authors.affiliation: Center of Excellence for Antibody Research (CEAR), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. Electronic address: pongrama.ram@mahidol.ac.th.
authors.forename: Pongrama
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ramasoota
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology; D057134:Antibodies, Neutralizing / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D018095:Germ-Line Mutation; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D057134:Antibodies, Neutralizing; D007074:Immunoglobulin G
keywords: Cross-neutralizing; Dengue virus; Germline; Neutralization; Recombinant IgG