A dimeric bispecific miniantibody combines two specificities with avidity

FEBS Lett. 1998 Jul 31;432(1-2):45-9. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00829-1.

Abstract

Bispecific antibodies extend the capabilities of nature and might be applied in immunotherapy and biotechnology. By fusing the gene of a single-chain Fv (scFv) fragment to a helical dimerization domain, followed by a second scFv fragment of different specificity, we were able to express a functional protein in E. coli, which is bispecific and has two valencies for each specificity. The dimeric bispecific (DiBi) miniantibody preserves the natural avidity of antibodies in a very small-sized molecule of only 120 kDa. The generality of the principle was shown with a scFv fragment binding the EGF-receptor (named scFv 425) in three combinations with scFv fragments either directed against CD2 (ACID2.M1), phosphorylcholine (McPC603) or fluorescein (FITC-E2). Binding was analyzed by sandwich surface plasmon resonance biosensor (BIAcore) measurements.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Antibodies, Bispecific / genetics
  • Antibodies, Bispecific / immunology*
  • Antibody Affinity*
  • Antibody Specificity*
  • CD2 Antigens / immunology
  • Dimerization
  • ErbB Receptors / immunology
  • Fluorescein
  • Haptens / immunology
  • Immunoglobulin Fragments / genetics
  • Immunoglobulin Fragments / immunology
  • Immunoglobulin Variable Region / genetics
  • Immunoglobulin Variable Region / immunology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phosphorylcholine / immunology
  • Recombinant Proteins / immunology
  • Single-Chain Antibodies

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bispecific
  • CD2 Antigens
  • Haptens
  • Immunoglobulin Fragments
  • Immunoglobulin Variable Region
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Single-Chain Antibodies
  • immunoglobulin Fv
  • scFv 425
  • Phosphorylcholine
  • ErbB Receptors
  • Fluorescein