ABSTRACT
AIM: To establish an human-mouse chimeric antibody against tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) receptor 2 (death receptor 5, DR5) in an eukaryotic cell line and analyse its tumoricidal activity. METHODS: The cDNAs encoding for the variable regions of heavy chain (V(H);) and light chain (V(L);) of AD5-10 were amplified by PCR and inserted into the human IgG heavy and light chain containing expression vector RpCI-neo, respectively. The recombinant plasmids were co-transfected into HEK293 and/or CHO cells. The production of anti-DR5 human-mouse chimeric antibody (hmAD5-10) and the antibody affinity for DR5 were identified by ELISA and Western blot assay. The tumoricidal activity of hmAD5-10 was demonstrated by MTS assay. The stable expression cells were selected and cultured in serum-free medium. RESULTS: Two stable CHO cells CHO-A5 and CHO-B11 with the chimeric antibody hmAD5-10 expression were established, in which the production of hmAD5-10 were reached at (0.36±0.11) mg/L and (0.16±0.01) mg/L, respectively. The hmAD5-10 secreted from the cells can well bind with DR5 and kill the cultured leukemia SVT35 cells by apoptosis remarkably. CONCLUSION: The human-mouse chimeric antibody hmAD5-10 was successfully expressed in the eukaryotic cells and resulted tumor cell death by apoptosis. This study lays a fundamental basis for the potential application of the recombinant chimeric antibody in cancer therapy.
