Functional characterization of two anti‐estradiol antibodies as deduced from modelling and site‐directed mutagenesis experiments
- 1 March 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Molecular Recognition
- Vol. 14 (2) , 99-109
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jmr.525
Abstract
Monoclonal antibodies are now widely used to measure the concentration of steroid hormones in human serum samples. The great development of molecular engineering techniques over the past 10 years has made possible the improvement of specificity and/or sensitivity of selected antibodies. We have obtained two monoclonal antibodies, 17E12E5 and 10G6D6, using estradiol‐6‐ethyl methoxy carbonyl (EMC)–bovine serum albumin (BSA) as immunogen. To tentatively improve their affinities for natural estradiol, we have initiated their structural and functional studies. For this purpose, we have cloned and sequenced the genes encoding the variable fragments of each antibody. Single chain variable fragments (scFv) were produced into the periplasmic space of E. coli using the pLIP6 expression vector. Mapping of the functional structures of both antibodies was obtained by combination of modelling and mutational analyses together with cross‐reaction studies. The two binding pockets are described and models of estradiol complexed to 17E12E5 and 10G6D6 are proposed. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Keywords
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