Generation of human scFv antibody libraries: PCR amplification and assembly of light- and heavy-chain coding sequences

Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2011 Sep 1;2011(9):pdb.prot065573. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot065573.

Abstract

The development of therapeutic antibodies for use in the treatment of human diseases has long been a goal for many researchers in the antibody field. One way to obtain these antibodies is through phage-display libraries constructed from human lymphocytes. This protocol describes the construction of human scFv (single chain antibody fragment) libraries using a short linker (GGSSRSS) or a long linker (GGSSRSSSSGGGGSGGGG). In this method, the individual rearranged heavy- and light-chain variable regions are amplified separately and are linked through a series of overlap polymerase chain reaction (PCR) steps to give the final scFv products that are used for cloning.

MeSH terms

  • Biological Products
  • Gene Library*
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Factors / genetics
  • Immunologic Techniques / methods*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Single-Chain Antibodies / genetics*
  • Technology, Pharmaceutical / methods*

Substances

  • Biological Products
  • Immunologic Factors
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Single-Chain Antibodies