Flow cytometric isolation of drug-like conformational antibodies specific for amyloid fibrils.

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العنوان: Flow cytometric isolation of drug-like conformational antibodies specific for amyloid fibrils.
المؤلفون: Desai AA, Zupancic JM, Trzeciakiewicz H, Gerson JE, DuBois KN, Skinner ME, Sharkey LM, McArthur N, Ferris SP, Bhatt NN, Makowski EK, Smith MD, Chen H, Huang J, Jerez C, Kane RS, Kanaan NM, Paulson HL, Tessier PM
المصدر: BioRxiv : the preprint server for biology [bioRxiv] 2023 Jul 04. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 04.
نوع المنشور: Preprint
اللغة: English
بيانات الدورية: Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101680187 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet NLM ISO Abbreviation: bioRxiv Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE
مستخلص: Antibodies that recognize specific protein conformational states are broadly important for research, diagnostic and therapeutic applications, yet they are difficult to generate in a predictable and systematic manner using either immunization or in vitro antibody display methods. This problem is particularly severe for conformational antibodies that recognize insoluble antigens such as amyloid fibrils associated with many neurodegenerative disorders. Here we report a quantitative fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) method for directly selecting high-quality conformational antibodies against different types of insoluble (amyloid fibril) antigens using a single, off-the-shelf human library. Our approach uses quantum dots functionalized with antibodies to capture insoluble antigens, and the resulting quantum dot conjugates are used in a similar manner as conventional soluble antigens for multi-parameter FACS selections. Notably, we find that this approach is robust for isolating high-quality conformational antibodies against tau and α-synuclein fibrils from the same human library with combinations of high affinity, high conformational specificity and, in some cases, low off-target binding that rival or exceed those of clinical-stage antibodies specific for tau (zagotenemab) and α-synuclein (cinpanemab). This approach is expected to enable conformational antibody selection and engineering against diverse types of protein aggregates and other insoluble antigens (e.g., membrane proteins) that are compatible with presentation on the surface of antibody-functionalized quantum dots.
تواريخ الأحداث: Date Created: 20230718 Latest Revision: 20230718
رمز التحديث: 20240829
مُعرف محوري في PubMed: PMC10349928
DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.04.547698
PMID: 37461643
قاعدة البيانات: MEDLINE
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DOI:10.1101/2023.07.04.547698