Proteoliposome-based selection of a recombinant antibody fragment against the human M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor

Monoclon Antib Immunodiagn Immunother. 2014 Dec;33(6):378-85. doi: 10.1089/mab.2014.0041.

Abstract

The development of antibodies against human G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) has achieved limited success, which has mainly been attributed to their low stability in a detergent-solubilized state. We herein describe a method that can generally be applied to the selection of phage display libraries with human GPCRs reconstituted in liposomes. A key feature of this approach is the production of biotinylated proteoliposomes that can be immobilized on the surface of streptavidin-coupled microplates or paramagnetic beads and used as a binding target for antibodies. As an example, we isolated a single chain Fv fragment from an immune phage library that specifically binds to the human M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor with nanomolar affinity. The selected antibody fragment recognized the GPCR in both detergent-solubilized and membrane-embedded forms, which suggests that it may be a potentially valuable tool for structural and functional studies of the GPCR. The use of proteoliposomes as immunogens and screening bait will facilitate the application of phage display to this difficult class of membrane proteins.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Epitope Mapping
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin Fragments / biosynthesis*
  • Immunoglobulin Fragments / immunology*
  • Kinetics
  • Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
  • Peptide Library
  • Protein Binding
  • Proteolipids / biosynthesis*
  • Proteolipids / metabolism*
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M2 / genetics
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M2 / immunology*
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / immunology*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin Fragments
  • Peptide Library
  • Proteolipids
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M2
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • proteoliposomes