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Generation of mutated variants of the human form of the MHC class I-related receptor, FcRn, with increased affinity for mouse immunoglobulin G.

Abstract：

:Much data support the concept that the MHC class I-related receptor FcRn serves to regulate immunoglobulin G (IgG) concentrations in serum and other diverse body sites in both rodents and humans. Previous studies have indicated that the human ortholog of FcRn is endowed with unexpectedly high stringency in binding specificity for IgGs. In contrast to mouse FcRn, which binds promiscuously to IgGs across species, human FcRn does not bind to mouse IgG1 or IgG2a, and interacts weakly with mouse IgG2b. Here, we investigate the molecular basis for this high-level specificity. We have systematically mutated human FcRn residues to the corresponding mouse FcRn residues in the regions that encompass the FcRn-IgG interaction site. Notably, mutation of the poorly conserved residue Leu137 of human FcRn to glutamic acid (L137E) generates a human FcRn mutant that binds to mouse IgG1 and mouse IgG2a with equilibrium dissociation constants of 13.2 microM and 14.4 microM, respectively. From earlier high-resolution structural analyses of the rat FcRn-rat Fc complex, residue 137 of human FcRn is predicted to contact residue 436 of IgG, which can be either His436 (mouse IgG1, mouse IgG2a) or Tyr436 (human IgG1, mouse IgG2b). The simplest interpretation of our data for the L137E mutant is therefore that replacement of the Leu137-Tyr436 (human) by the Glu137-His436 (mouse) pair generates a receptor that can bind to mouse IgG1 and mouse IgG2a. The L137E mutation reduces the affinity of human FcRn for human IgG1 by about twofold, consistent with the introduction of a less favorable Glu137-Tyr436 interaction. However, the analysis of the effects of other mutations on the binding to different IgGs indicates that the contribution to binding of the interaction of FcRn residue 137 with IgG residue 436 can vary. This suggests the existence of distinct docking topologies that are accompanied by variations in contacts between these two residues for different FcRn-IgG pairs. Our observations are of direct relevance to understanding the molecular nature of the human FcRn-IgG interaction. In turn, understanding human FcRn function has significance for the optimization of the serum half-lives of therapeutic and prophylactic antibodies.

journal_name

J Mol Biol

journal_title

Journal of molecular biology

authors

Zhou J,Johnson JE,Ghetie V,Ober RJ,Ward ES

doi

10.1016/s0022-2836(03)00952-5

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pub_date

2003-09-26 00:00:00

pages

901-13

issue

eissn

0022-2836

issn

1089-8638

pii

S0022283603009525

journal_volume

332

pub_type

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Generation of mutated variants of the human form of the MHC class I-related receptor, FcRn, with increased affinity for mouse immunoglobulin G.