Production and characterization of a recombinant single-chain antibody against Hantaan virus envelop glycoprotein

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2010 Apr;86(4):1067-75. doi: 10.1007/s00253-009-2379-8. Epub 2009 Dec 10.

Abstract

Hantaan virus (HTNV) is the type of Hantavirus causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, for which no specific therapeutics are available so far. Cell type-specific internalizing antibodies can be used to deliver therapeutics intracellularly to target cell and thus, have potential application in anti-HTNV infection. To achieve intracellular delivery of therapeutics, it is necessary to obtain antibodies that demonstrate sufficient cell type-specific binding, internalizing, and desired cellular trafficking. Here, we describe the prokaryotic expression, affinity purification, and functional testing of a single-chain Fv antibody fragment (scFv) against HTNV envelop glycoprotein (GP), an HTNV-specific antigen normally located on the membranes of HTNV-infected cells. This HTNV GP-targeting antibody, scFv3G1, was produced in the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli cells as a soluble protein and was purified by immobilized metal affinity chromatography. The purified scFv possessed a high specific antigen-binding activity to HTNV GP and HTNV-infected Vero E6 cells and could be internalized into HTNV-infected cells probably through the clathrin-dependent endocytosis pathways similar to that observed with transferrin. Our results showed that the E. coli-produced scFv had potential applications in targeted and intracellular delivery of therapeutics against HTNV infections.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Chromatography, Affinity
  • Endocytosis
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Hantaan virus / immunology*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Protein Binding
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / immunology
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Single-Chain Antibodies / genetics*
  • Single-Chain Antibodies / immunology*
  • Single-Chain Antibodies / metabolism
  • Vero Cells
  • Viral Envelope Proteins / immunology*

Substances

  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Single-Chain Antibodies
  • Viral Envelope Proteins

Associated data

  • GENBANK/FJ751231
  • GENBANK/FJ751232