Abstract:
:A study aiming at cloning and characterizing natural antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) targets is described. In particular, we report the molecular cloning of a Fab molecule binding the HIV-1/Tat protein from a seronegative patient. The Fab was characterized for its binding specificity and investigated in regards to its molecular structure. Furthermore, to evaluate the role played by the heavy and light chains in the binding to the antigen, hybrid Fabs were constructed combining the heavy and the light chain of the natural anti-Tat clone with a control high-affinity Fab derived from the repertoire of the same patient. The results indicate that the natural immunoglobulin under study: (i) is a polyreactive antibody of IgG1 isotype, and not an IgM as usually described for anti-HIV natural clones, (ii) shows a pattern of mutations compatible with an antigen-driven mechanisms, (iii) its heavy chain derives from a V-gene subfamily (V3-23) highly represented in fetal life, and (iv) its heavy chain variable region exhibits several characteristics, including an extremely long, hydrophilic CDR3, that are unusual and theoretically important in determining the polyreactive capacity of the molecule.
journal_name
Mol Immunoljournal_title
Molecular immunologyauthors
Mancini N,Perotti M,Carletti S,Canducci F,Sampaolo M,Clementi M,Burioni Rdoi
10.1016/j.molimm.2005.08.003subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-03-01 00:00:00pages
1363-9issue
9eissn
0161-5890issn
1872-9142pii
S0161-5890(05)00317-2journal_volume
43pub_type
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