Characterisation of epitopes of pan-IgG/anti-G3m(u) and anti-Fc monoclonal antibodies.
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Nelson, Paul N.Westwood, Olwyn M. R.
Soltys, Andy
Jefferis, Roy
Goodall, Margaret
Baumforth, Karl R. N.
Frampton, Geoffrey
Tribbick, Gordon
Roden, Denise A.
Hay, Frank C.
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2003Submitted date
2007-01-24
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The characterisation of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) and their epitopes is important prior to their application as molecular probes. In this study, Western blotting using IgG1 Fc and pFc' fragments was employed to screen seven MAbs before pepscan analysis to determine their reactivity to potentially linear epitopes. MAbs PNF69C, PNF110A, X1A11 and MAbs WC2, G7C, JD312, 1A1 detected epitopes within the C(H)3 and C(H)2 domains, respectively. However, only four MAbs showed pepscan profiles that highlighted likely target residues. In particular, MAbs PNF69C and PNF110A that have previously been characterised with pan-IgG and anti-G3m(u) specificity, detected the peptide motif 338-KAKGQPR-344 which was located within the N-terminal region of the C(H)3 domain. Furthermore the majority of residues were present in all four IgG subclasses. Consequently the peptide identified was consistent with the pan-IgG nature of these antibodies. By using PCImdad, a molecular display programme, this sequence was visualised as surface accessible, located in the C(H)2/C(H)3 inter-domain region and proximal to the residue arginine(435). It is speculated that this residue may be important for phenotypic expression of G3m(u) and specificity of these reagents. Pepscan analysis of MAbs G7C and JD312 (both pan-IgG) highlighted the core peptide sequence 290-KPREE-294, which was present in the C(H)2 domain and was common to all four IgG subclasses. PCImdad also showed this region to be highly accessible and was consistent with previous bioinformatic and autoimmune analysis of IgG. Overall these MAbs may serve as useful anti-IgG or anti-G3m(u) reagents and probes of immunoglobulin structure.Citation
Immunology Letters, 88(1): 77-83Publisher
Elsevier BVPubMed ID
12853166Type
Journal articleLanguage
enISSN
0165-2478ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/S0165-2478(03)00056-7