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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, volume 105, issue 6, pages 2040-2045

Structure and specificity of lamprey monoclonal antibodies

Brantley R. Herrin 1, 2, 3, 4
Matthew N. Alder 1, 2, 3, 4
Kenneth H. Roux 5
Christina Sina 6
Götz R. A. Ehrhardt 1, 2, 3, 4
Jeremy A. Boydston 2
Charles L. Turnbough 2
Max D. Cooper 1, 2, 3, 4
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Pediatrics,
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Microbiology, and
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Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294;
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Departments of *Medicine,
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2008-02-12
Quartile SCImago
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Quartile WOS
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Impact factor11.1
ISSN00278424, 10916490
Multidisciplinary
Abstract

Adaptive immunity in jawless vertebrates (lamprey and hagfish) is mediated by lymphocytes that undergo combinatorial assembly of leucine-rich repeat (LRR) gene segments to create a diverse repertoire of variable lymphocyte receptor ( VLR ) genes. Immunization with particulate antigens induces VLR-B-bearing lymphocytes to secrete antigen-specific VLR-B antibodies. Here, we describe the production of recombinant VLR-B antibodies specific for BclA, a major coat protein of Bacillus anthracis spores. The recombinant VLR-B antibodies possess 8–10 uniform subunits that collectively bind antigen with high avidity. Sequence analysis, mutagenesis, and modeling studies show that antigen binding involves residues in the β-sheets lining the VLR-B concave surface. EM visualization reveals tetrameric and pentameric molecules having a central core and highly flexible pairs of stalk-region “arms” with antigen-binding “hands.” Remarkable antigen-binding specificity, avidity, and stability predict that these unusual LRR-based monoclonal antibodies will find many biomedical uses.

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Herrin B. R. et al. Structure and specificity of lamprey monoclonal antibodies // Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2008. Vol. 105. No. 6. pp. 2040-2045.
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Herrin B. R., Alder M. N., Roux K. H., Sina C., Ehrhardt G. R. A., Boydston J. A., Turnbough C. L., Cooper M. D. Structure and specificity of lamprey monoclonal antibodies // Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2008. Vol. 105. No. 6. pp. 2040-2045.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1073/pnas.0711619105
UR - https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0711619105
TI - Structure and specificity of lamprey monoclonal antibodies
T2 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
AU - Herrin, Brantley R.
AU - Alder, Matthew N.
AU - Roux, Kenneth H.
AU - Sina, Christina
AU - Ehrhardt, Götz R. A.
AU - Boydston, Jeremy A.
AU - Turnbough, Charles L.
AU - Cooper, Max D.
PY - 2008
DA - 2008/02/12 00:00:00
PB - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
SP - 2040-2045
IS - 6
VL - 105
SN - 0027-8424
SN - 1091-6490
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@article{2008_Herrin,
author = {Brantley R. Herrin and Matthew N. Alder and Kenneth H. Roux and Christina Sina and Götz R. A. Ehrhardt and Jeremy A. Boydston and Charles L. Turnbough and Max D. Cooper},
title = {Structure and specificity of lamprey monoclonal antibodies},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
year = {2008},
volume = {105},
publisher = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)},
month = {feb},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0711619105},
number = {6},
pages = {2040--2045},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.0711619105}
}
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Herrin, Brantley R., et al. “Structure and specificity of lamprey monoclonal antibodies.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 105, no. 6, Feb. 2008, pp. 2040-2045. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0711619105.
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