Phage Display Cloning and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibody Genes and Recombinant Fab Fragment against the CD98 Oncoprotein

Abstract

The Fab gene of anti-CD98 heavy chain (h.c.) monoclonal antibody (mAb) HBJ127 was cloned and expressed as a recombinant Fab (rFab) fragment by means of a phage display system. The variable heavy and light chain genes of HBJ127 were found to be derived from VOx-1 and IgVk8-30 germline, respectively. Extensive somatic mutation was found in the heavy chain complementarity determining region 2. rFab fragment was purified homogeneously from crude bacterial lysates by Nichelate chromatography in a yield of 71.4 µ µ µ µg from 100 ml of culture. , respectively. Three-fold lower affinity of rFab fragment may be due to the difference of valency of the antibody preparation. Cell growth inhibition in vitro by rFab fragment preincubated with anti-Fab suggests that the rFab fragment produced by cloned gene-bearing Escherichia coli was identical to the Fab part of HBJ127 mAb. These results show that a small fragment with antigen binding activity similar to that of the parent mAb can easily be prepared by using a phage display system. To our knowledge, this is a first report of the production of anti-CD98 h.c. rFab fragment.

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