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J Immunol Methods ; 422: 72-9, 2015 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25889751

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Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is a commonly used marker of prostate cancer. A panel of four kallikrein immunoassays has been reported to improve the prediction of prostate biopsy outcome (cancer vs benign) in men with elevated PSA in the circulation. Assay of one of the kallikrein forms, intact free PSA (fPSA-I), is based on a unique monoclonal antibody (4D4), which is specific for PSA without the internal cleavage at Lys(145)-Lys(146). Due to high dissociation rate the 4D4 antibody is less than optimal for achieving a highly sensitive robust assay. In this study, we cloned the 4D4 Mab into a recombinant fragment (Fab) format and constructed three mutant libraries with the aim to increase its binding affinity. The libraries contained targeted mutations either in the CDR-H1, CDR-H2 or CDR-L3 region. PSA-I specific antibodies were enriched from the libraries by phage display technology. We identified fourteen unique clones with 1-5 mutated amino acids showing reduced dissociation of the PSA conjugate compared to the wt-4D4 Fab. Five of these mutant antibodies had 2-6 times higher binding affinity compared to the wt-4D4 Fab yet retaining the original specificity for PSA-I. The analytical sensitivity of fPSA-I assay with mutant L3-2 Fab was 0.12 µg/L compared to 4.46 µg/L with the original wt-4D4 Fab. In the method comparison study, the developed assay showed an excellent correlation to the existing fPSA-I assay. The high affinity and specificity of these mutant antibodies have potential to provide sensitive and robust detection of intact and nicked PSA from patient samples in different test formats.


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Afinidade de Anticorpos/imunologia , Técnicas de Visualização da Superfície Celular/métodos , Fragmentos Fab das Imunoglobulinas/imunologia , Antígeno Prostático Específico/sangue , Neoplasias da Próstata/diagnóstico , Anticorpos Monoclonais/imunologia , Humanos , Imunoensaio , Fragmentos Fab das Imunoglobulinas/genética , Masculino , Antígeno Prostático Específico/análise , Antígeno Prostático Específico/imunologia
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