TY - JOUR
T1 - Expression of a biologically active antiviral antibody using a Sindbis virus vector system
AU - Liang, Xiao Huan
AU - Jiang, Hui Hui
AU - Levine, Beth
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Acknowledgements-We thank Drs Elvin Kabat and Denong Wang for many helpful suggestionsa nd for providing J region reverse primers, Dr Robert E. Johnston for providing R6 hybridoma cells, and Dr Saul J. Silverstein for providing the S58 anti-herpes virus mAb. We also thank Grace Yang for excellent technical assistance. This work was supported by a Clinical Investigator Award K08 AI01217 from the National Institutes of Health, a Lederle Biologicals Young Investigator Award from the Infectious DiseasesS ociety of America, a Pfizer Scholars Program for New Faculty Award. a James S. McDon-nell Foundation Scholar Award, and a Lupus Foundation of America Research Grant. B. L. was also supported by an American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Research Award and a Columbia University Silberberg Assistant Professorship.
PY - 1997/8
Y1 - 1997/8
N2 - Monoclonal antibodies to the Sindbis virus E2 envelope glycoprotein protect mice against lethal encephalitis and mediate viral clearance from neurons. To facilitate structure-function analyses of anti-E2 mAbs, we developed an expression system that can be used for the construction of genetically engineered anti-E2 mAbs. We constructed recombinant Sindbis/immunoglobulin gene chimeric viruses that express heavy and light chains of an anti-E2 monoclonal antibody, R6. We used a PCR-based strategy to clone the entire rearranged heavy and light chain genes from R6 hybridoma cell cDNA into a double subgenomic Sindbis virus vector. The recombinant viruses, SIN/R6L and SIN/R6H, were generated by transfecting BHK-21 cells with in vitro transcribed RNA from Sindbis virus/R6 light chain and Sindbis virus/R6 heavy chain cDNA clones, respectively. Twelve hours after co- infection of BHK cells with SIN/R6L and SIN/R6H, the tissue culture supernatant contained up to 1.4 mg/ml of recombinant R6 IgG. The heavy and light chains of recombinant R6 were associated as judged by co-purification on protein A/G sepharose and co-electrophoresis of non-reduced proteins. The ELISA reactivity to Sindbis virus antigen was similar for recombinant R6 and R6 purified from ascites fluid. Furthermore, the in vivo biologic activity of recombinant R6 was similar to that of R6 purified from ascites; recombinant R6 treatment completely protected Balb/cJ mice from paralysis and death due to infection with neuroadapted Sindbis virus and also resulted in the clearance of infectious virus from the brains of immunodeficient scid mice persistently infected with wild-type Sindbis virus. Thus, the co-infection of BHK cells with SIN/R6L and SIN/R6H leads to the expression, assembly, and secretion of a biologically active recombinant antiviral antibody. Our results suggest that the Sindbis virus vector system is a simple and powerful tool for the production of functional, genetically engineered antibodies.
AB - Monoclonal antibodies to the Sindbis virus E2 envelope glycoprotein protect mice against lethal encephalitis and mediate viral clearance from neurons. To facilitate structure-function analyses of anti-E2 mAbs, we developed an expression system that can be used for the construction of genetically engineered anti-E2 mAbs. We constructed recombinant Sindbis/immunoglobulin gene chimeric viruses that express heavy and light chains of an anti-E2 monoclonal antibody, R6. We used a PCR-based strategy to clone the entire rearranged heavy and light chain genes from R6 hybridoma cell cDNA into a double subgenomic Sindbis virus vector. The recombinant viruses, SIN/R6L and SIN/R6H, were generated by transfecting BHK-21 cells with in vitro transcribed RNA from Sindbis virus/R6 light chain and Sindbis virus/R6 heavy chain cDNA clones, respectively. Twelve hours after co- infection of BHK cells with SIN/R6L and SIN/R6H, the tissue culture supernatant contained up to 1.4 mg/ml of recombinant R6 IgG. The heavy and light chains of recombinant R6 were associated as judged by co-purification on protein A/G sepharose and co-electrophoresis of non-reduced proteins. The ELISA reactivity to Sindbis virus antigen was similar for recombinant R6 and R6 purified from ascites fluid. Furthermore, the in vivo biologic activity of recombinant R6 was similar to that of R6 purified from ascites; recombinant R6 treatment completely protected Balb/cJ mice from paralysis and death due to infection with neuroadapted Sindbis virus and also resulted in the clearance of infectious virus from the brains of immunodeficient scid mice persistently infected with wild-type Sindbis virus. Thus, the co-infection of BHK cells with SIN/R6L and SIN/R6H leads to the expression, assembly, and secretion of a biologically active recombinant antiviral antibody. Our results suggest that the Sindbis virus vector system is a simple and powerful tool for the production of functional, genetically engineered antibodies.
KW - Antibody expression system
KW - Sindbis virus
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U2 - 10.1016/S0161-5890(97)00098-9
DO - 10.1016/S0161-5890(97)00098-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 9464526
AN - SCOPUS:0344541990
SN - 0161-5890
VL - 34
SP - 907
EP - 917
JO - Molecular Immunology
JF - Molecular Immunology
IS - 12-13
ER -