Improved stability and yield of Fv targeted superantigen by introducing both linker and disulfide bond into the targeting moiety

Biochimie. 2005 Aug;87(8):661-7. doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2005.04.005.

Abstract

Bacterial superantigens (SAg) are the most potent activators of human T lymphocytes and recombinant immunotoxin using bacterial SAg shows promising clinical values. To engineer superantigen for immunotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma, we genetically fused the superantigen staphylococcus enterotoxin A (SEA(D(227)A)) to the single-chain disulfide-stabilized Fv (scdsFv) of anti-hepatoma monoclonal antibody HAb25 through a short peptide GGGSGGS. We expressed this recombinant protein in Escherichia coli and extract it from inclusion bodies. We found purified scdsFv-targeted SAg contains equivalent binding affinity with disulfide-stabilized Fv (dsFv) targeted SAg and single-chain Fvs (scFv) targeted SAg, but more stable and more suitable for large scale production. The MTS(3-(4,5-dimethylthiazole-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazoliu m, inner salt) assay shows that the scdsFv-targeted SAg also shares the ability to activate a large number of T lymphocytes and has cytotoxic activity on human hepatoma cell line SMMC-7721. Therefore, this novel generation of recombinant immunotoxins using scdsFv has a high potential in hepato cancer treatment and the same strategy may also be applied to other cancer treatments.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology
  • Antibody Affinity
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / immunology
  • Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
  • Disulfides / chemistry*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Stability*
  • Enterotoxins / genetics*
  • Enterotoxins / immunology
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin Fragments / chemistry*
  • Immunoglobulin Fragments / genetics
  • Immunoglobulin Fragments / isolation & purification
  • Immunotoxins / chemistry*
  • Immunotoxins / genetics
  • Immunotoxins / pharmacology
  • Mutation
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Superantigens / chemistry*
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Disulfides
  • Enterotoxins
  • Immunoglobulin Fragments
  • Immunotoxins
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Superantigens
  • immunoglobulin Fv
  • enterotoxin A, Staphylococcal