Targeted multiplex imaging mass spectrometry with single chain fragment variable (scfv) recombinant antibodies

J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 2012 Oct;23(10):1689-96. doi: 10.1007/s13361-012-0423-x. Epub 2012 Aug 7.

Abstract

Recombinant scfv antibodies specific for CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 P450 enzymes were combined with targeted imaging mass spectrometry to simultaneously detect the P450 enzymes present in archived, paraffin-embedded, human breast cancer tissue sections. By using CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 specific scfv, each coupled to a unique reporter molecule (i.e., a mass tag) it was possible to simultaneously detect multiple antigens within a single tissue sample with high sensitivity and specificity using mass spectrometry. The capability of imaging multiple antigens at the same time is a significant advance that overcomes technical barriers encountered when using present day approaches to develop assays that can simultaneously detect more than a single antigen in the same tissue sample.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / chemistry
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / chemistry
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / immunology
  • Avidin / chemistry
  • Avidin / immunology
  • Biotin / chemistry
  • Biotin / immunology
  • Breast / chemistry
  • Breast Neoplasms / chemistry
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 / chemistry
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 / immunology
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1B1
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Female
  • Histocytochemistry / methods
  • Humans
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • Mice
  • Molecular Imaging / methods*
  • Rats
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Single-Chain Antibodies / chemistry*
  • Single-Chain Antibodies / metabolism

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Single-Chain Antibodies
  • Avidin
  • Biotin
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases
  • CYP1A1 protein, human
  • CYP1B1 protein, human
  • Cyp1b1 protein, mouse
  • Cyp1b1 protein, rat
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1B1