A Novel Strategy for Screening Tumor-Specific Variable Domain of Heavy-Chain Antibodies. 2023

Abdur Rafique, and Genki Hichiwa, and Muhammad Feisal Jatnika, and Yuji Ito
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Kagoshima, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan.

The properties of the variable domain of heavy-chain (VHH) antibodies are particularly relevant in cancer therapy. To isolate tumor cell-specific VHH antibodies, VHH phage libraries were constructed from multiple tumor cells. After enriching the libraries against particular tumor cell lines, a next-generation sequencer was used to screen the pooled phages of each library for potential antibody candidates. Based on high amplification folds, 50 sequences from each library were used to construct phylogenetic trees. Several clusters with identical CDR3 were observed. Groups X, Y, and Z were assigned as common sequences among the different trees. These identical groups over the trees were considered to be cross-reactive antibodies. To obtain monoclonal antibodies, we assembled 200 sequences (top 50 sequences from each library) and rebuilt a combined molecular phylogenetic tree. Groups were categorized as A-G. For each group, we constructed a phagemid and determined its binding specificity with tumor cells. The phage-binding results were consistent with the phylogenetic tree-generated groups, which indicated particular tumor-specific clusters; identical groups showed cross-reactivity. The strategy used in the current study is effective for screening and isolating monoclonal antibodies. Specific antibodies can be identified, even when the target markers of cancer cells are unknown.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007143 Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains The largest of polypeptide chains comprising immunoglobulins. They contain 450 to 600 amino acid residues per chain, and have molecular weights of 51-72 kDa. Immunoglobulins, Heavy-Chain,Heavy-Chain Immunoglobulins,Ig Heavy Chains,Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain,Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Subgroup VH-I,Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Subgroup VH-III,Heavy Chain Immunoglobulins,Heavy Chain, Immunoglobulin,Heavy Chains, Ig,Heavy Chains, Immunoglobulin,Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Subgroup VH I,Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Subgroup VH III,Immunoglobulins, Heavy Chain
D010802 Phylogeny The relationships of groups of organisms as reflected by their genetic makeup. Community Phylogenetics,Molecular Phylogenetics,Phylogenetic Analyses,Phylogenetic Analysis,Phylogenetic Clustering,Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis,Phylogenetic Comparative Methods,Phylogenetic Distance,Phylogenetic Generalized Least Squares,Phylogenetic Groups,Phylogenetic Incongruence,Phylogenetic Inference,Phylogenetic Networks,Phylogenetic Reconstruction,Phylogenetic Relatedness,Phylogenetic Relationships,Phylogenetic Signal,Phylogenetic Structure,Phylogenetic Tree,Phylogenetic Trees,Phylogenomics,Analyse, Phylogenetic,Analysis, Phylogenetic,Analysis, Phylogenetic Comparative,Clustering, Phylogenetic,Community Phylogenetic,Comparative Analysis, Phylogenetic,Comparative Method, Phylogenetic,Distance, Phylogenetic,Group, Phylogenetic,Incongruence, Phylogenetic,Inference, Phylogenetic,Method, Phylogenetic Comparative,Molecular Phylogenetic,Network, Phylogenetic,Phylogenetic Analyse,Phylogenetic Clusterings,Phylogenetic Comparative Analyses,Phylogenetic Comparative Method,Phylogenetic Distances,Phylogenetic Group,Phylogenetic Incongruences,Phylogenetic Inferences,Phylogenetic Network,Phylogenetic Reconstructions,Phylogenetic Relatednesses,Phylogenetic Relationship,Phylogenetic Signals,Phylogenetic Structures,Phylogenetic, Community,Phylogenetic, Molecular,Phylogenies,Phylogenomic,Reconstruction, Phylogenetic,Relatedness, Phylogenetic,Relationship, Phylogenetic,Signal, Phylogenetic,Structure, Phylogenetic,Tree, Phylogenetic
D000911 Antibodies, Monoclonal Antibodies produced by a single clone of cells. Monoclonal Antibodies,Monoclonal Antibody,Antibody, Monoclonal
D015723 Gene Library A large collection of DNA fragments cloned (CLONING, MOLECULAR) from a given organism, tissue, organ, or cell type. It may contain complete genomic sequences (GENOMIC LIBRARY) or complementary DNA sequences, the latter being formed from messenger RNA and lacking intron sequences. DNA Library,cDNA Library,DNA Libraries,Gene Libraries,Libraries, DNA,Libraries, Gene,Libraries, cDNA,Library, DNA,Library, Gene,Library, cDNA,cDNA Libraries
D045744 Cell Line, Tumor A cell line derived from cultured tumor cells. Tumor Cell Line,Cell Lines, Tumor,Line, Tumor Cell,Lines, Tumor Cell,Tumor Cell Lines
D019151 Peptide Library A collection of cloned peptides, or chemically synthesized peptides, frequently consisting of all possible combinations of amino acids making up an n-amino acid peptide. Phage Display Peptide Library,Random Peptide Library,Peptide Phage Display Library,Phage Display Library, Peptide,Synthetic Peptide Combinatorial Library,Synthetic Peptide Library,Libraries, Peptide,Libraries, Random Peptide,Libraries, Synthetic Peptide,Library, Peptide,Library, Random Peptide,Library, Synthetic Peptide,Peptide Libraries,Peptide Libraries, Random,Peptide Libraries, Synthetic,Peptide Library, Random,Peptide Library, Synthetic,Random Peptide Libraries,Synthetic Peptide Libraries

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