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The structure of cyclosporin A dimethyl isosorbide solvate (C62H111N11O12 · C8H14O4, CsA · DMI) was solved using direct methods and refined anisotropically to the R value of 0.091 for 7120 observed independent reflections. The title compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21 with lattice parameters a = 15.521(2) Å, b = 20.833(3) Å, c = 12.949(3) Å, β = 100.21(1)°, Z = 2. In comparison with the structures of CsA monohydrate or dihydrate, the molecular shape of CsA · DMI differs in the backbone conformation (ψ
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Sidhu SS, Li B, Chen Y, Fellouse FA, Eigenbrot C, Fuh G. Phage-displayed antibody libraries of synthetic heavy chain complementarity determining regions. J Mol Biol 2004; 338:299-310. [PMID: 15066433 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.02.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2003] [Revised: 02/18/2004] [Accepted: 02/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A structure-based approach was used to design libraries of synthetic heavy chain complementarity determining regions (CDRs). The CDR libraries were displayed as either monovalent or bivalent single-chain variable fragments (scFvs) with a single heavy chain variable domain scaffold and a fixed light chain variable domain. Using the structure of a parent antibody as a guide, we restricted library diversity to CDR positions with significant exposure to solvent. We introduced diversity with tailored degenerate codons that ideally only encoded for amino acids commonly observed in natural antibody CDRs. With these design principles, we reasoned that we would produce libraries of diverse solvent-exposed surfaces displayed on stable scaffolds with minimal structural perturbations. The libraries were sorted against a panel of proteins and yielded multiple unique binding clones against all six antigens tested. The bivalent library yielded numerous unique sequences, while the monovalent library yielded fewer unique clones. Selected scFvs were converted to the Fab format, and the purified Fab proteins retained high affinity for antigen. The results support the view that synthetic heavy chain diversity alone may be sufficient for the generation of high-affinity antibodies from phage-displayed libraries; thus, it may be possible to dispense with the light chain altogether, as is the case in natural camelid immunoglobulins.
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- Sachdev S Sidhu
- Department of Protein Engineering, Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, Mailstop 27, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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The immunosuppressant drug cyclosporin (Cs) A is a cyclic undecapeptide which has been used as a model antigen because structural information and a large number of analogs, modified at each of its 11 positions, were available. This review summarizes immunochemical and crystallographic studies of the interaction between the Fab of monoclonal antibody R45-45-11 and Cs. Three points are discussed: (1) the different conformations of CsA and the question of its biologically active form; (2) the Fab-CsA recognition mechanism; and (3) the relationship between structure and binding properties of CsA analogs.
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- Danièle Altschuh
- UMR 7100 - CNRS/ULP 'Biotechnologie des Interactions Moléculaires', Ecole Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg, Pôle API, Bld Sébastien Brandt, 67400 Illkirch, France.
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Molecular dissection of protein antigens and the prediction of epitopes. SYNTHETIC PEPTIDES AS ANTIGENTS 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0075-7535(08)70446-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Kodandapani R, Veerapandian L, Ni CZ, Chiou CK, Whittal RM, Kunicki TJ, Ely KR. Conformational change in an anti-integrin antibody: structure of OPG2 Fab bound to a beta 3 peptide. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 251:61-6. [PMID: 9790907 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.9380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Antibodies are important tools to explore receptor-ligand interactions. The anti-integrin antibody OPG2 binds in an RGD-related manner to the alphaIIb beta3 integrin as a molecular mimic of fibrinogen. The Fab fragment from OPG2 was cocrystallized with a peptide from the beta3 subunit of the integrin representing a site that binds RGD. The crystal structure of the complex was determined at 2.2-A resolution and compared with the unbound Fab. On binding the integrin peptide there were conformational changes in CDR3 of the heavy chain. Also, a significant shift across the intermolecular interface between the CH1-CL domains was observed so that the angle of rotation relating the two domains was reduced by 15 degrees. This unusual conformational adjustment represents the first example of ligand-induced conformational changes in the carboxyl domains of a Fab fragment.
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- R Kodandapani
- Cancer Research Center, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California, 92037, USA
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Taylor P, Husi H, Kontopidis G, Walkinshaw MD. Structures of cyclophilin-ligand complexes. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1998; 67:155-81. [PMID: 9446934 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6107(97)00014-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- P Taylor
- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Edinburgh, U.K
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Limitations in protein homology modeling often arise from the inability to adequately model loops. In this paper we focus on the selection of loop conformations. We present a complete computational treatment that allows the screening of loop conformations to identify those that best fit a molecular model. The stability of a loop in a protein is evaluated via computations of conformational free energies in solution, i.e., the free energy difference between the reference structure and the modeled one. A thermodynamic cycle is used for calculation of the conformational free energy, in which the total free energy of the reference state (i.e., gas phase) is the CHARMm potential energy. The electrostatic contribution of the solvation free energy is obtained from solving the finite-difference Poisson-Boltzmann equation. The nonpolar contribution is based on a surface area-based expression. We applied this computational scheme to a simple but well-characterized system, the antibody hypervariable loop (complementarity-determining region, CDR). Instead of creating loop conformations, we generated a database of loops extracted from high-resolution crystal structures of proteins, which display geometrical similarities with antibody CDRs. We inserted loops from our database into a framework of an antibody; then we calculated the conformational free energies of each loop. Results show that we successfully identified loops with a "reference-like" CDR geometry, with the lowest conformational free energy in gas phase only. Surprisingly, the solvation energy term plays a confusing role, sometimes discriminating "reference-like" CDR geometry and many times allowing "non-reference-like" conformations to have the lowest conformational free energies (for short loops). Most "reference-like" loop conformations are separated from others by a gap in the gas phase conformational free energy scale. Naturally, loops from antibody molecules are found to be the best models for long CDRs (> or = 6 residues), mainly because of a better packing of backbone atoms into the framework of the antibody model.
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- J L Pellequer
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
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- E A Padlan
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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The X-ray diffraction experiments on peptides and related molecules which have been carried out in Western Europe, except Italy, in the last eight years are reviewed. The crystal structures of some bioactive peptides such as Leu-enkephalin (a neurotransmitter), cyclosporin A (an immunomodulator in both the free and protein-bound state), balhimycin (an antibiotic) and octreotide (a somatostatin analogue) are briefly presented. Crystallized N- and C-protected model peptides have given an insight into the folding tendency and folding modes depending on the peptide sequences. The crystal structures of various pseudopeptide molecules reveal how the three-dimensional structure of peptide analogues can be modulated by substituting non-peptide groups for the peptide bond. A few examples of structural mimetics of the beta- and gamma-turns, and of templates for alpha-helix induction are also presented.
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- M Marraud
- LCPM, CNRS-URA 494, ENSIC-INPL, Nancy, France
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Zeder-Lutz G, Rauffer N, Altschuh D, Van Regenmortel MH. Analysis of cyclosporin interactions with antibodies and cyclophilin using the BIAcore. J Immunol Methods 1995; 183:131-40. [PMID: 7602131 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(95)00041-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The immunosuppressive cyclic undecapeptide cyclosporin A (CS) exists in various conformers in water. Up to 1 h is needed to reach maximum complex formation after mixing the drug with its receptor, cyclophilin or with a monoclonal antibody. Differences in the ability of CS and its analogs to bind to antibody or cyclophilin have been measured using the BIAcore. These experiments suggest that the rate-limiting step of complex formation is determined by the interconversion between different CS conformers existing in solution. The contribution to antibody binding of individual atomic groups of CS was evaluated by measuring the equilibrium affinity constants of analogs with the BIAcore. When the binding data were analyzed in terms of the known crystallographic structure of the CS/Fab complex, it could be shown that modifications of CS residues located in the central part of the binding site drastically affect affinity, while modifications of residues located at the periphery are more easily accommodated.
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- G Zeder-Lutz
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, UPR 9021, Laboratoire d'Immunochimie des Virus et des Peptides, Strasbourg, France
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Jeffrey PD, Schildbach JF, Chang CY, Kussie PH, Margolies MN, Sheriff S. Structure and specificity of the anti-digoxin antibody 40-50. J Mol Biol 1995; 248:344-60. [PMID: 7739045 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(95)80055-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We determined the sequence, specificity for structurally related cardenolides, and three-dimensional structure of the anti-digoxin antibody 40-50 Fab in complex with ouabain. The 40-50 antibody does not share close sequence homology with other high-affinity anti-digoxin antibodies. Measurement of the binding constants of structurally distinct digoxin analogs indicated a well-defined specificity pattern also distinct from other anti-digoxin antibodies. The 40-50-ouabain Fab complex crystallizes in space group C2 with cell dimensions of a = 93.7 A, b = 84.8 A, c = 70.1 A, beta = 128.0 degrees. The structure of the complex was determined by X-ray crystallography and refined at a resolution of 2.7 A. The hapten is bound in a pocket extending as a groove from the center of the combining site across the light chain variable domain, with five of the six complementarity-determining regions involved in interactions with the hapten. Approximately three-quarters of the hapten surface area is buried in the complex; two hydrogen bonds are formed between the antibody and hapten. The surface area of the antibody combining site buried by ouabain is contributed equally by the light and heavy chain variable domains. Over half of the surface area buried on the Fab consists of the aromatic side-chains. The surface complementarity between hapten and antibody is sufficient to make the complex specific for only one lactone ring conformation in the hapten. The crystal structure of the 40-50-ouabain complex allows qualitative explanation of the observed fine specificities of 40-50, including that for the binding of haptens substituted at the 16 and 12 positions. Comparison of the crystal structures of 40-50 complexed with ouabain and the previously determined 26-10 anti-digoxin Fab complexed with digoxin, demonstrates that the antibodies bind these structurally related haptens in different orientations, consistent with their different fine specificities. These results demonstrate that the immune system can generate antibodies that provide diverse structural solutions to the binding of even small molecules.
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- P D Jeffrey
- Department of Macromolecular Crystallography, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, NJ 08543-4000, USA
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Kodandapani R, Veerapandian B, Kunicki TJ, Ely KR. Crystal structure of the OPG2 Fab. An antireceptor antibody that mimics an RGD cell adhesion site. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:2268-73. [PMID: 7836460 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.5.2268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Cell surface receptors called integrins mediate diverse cell adhesion phenomena through recognition of the sequence arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) present in proteins such as fibronectin and fibrinogen. Platelet aggregation in hemostasis is mediated by the binding of fibrinogen to the gpIIb/IIIa integrin. The OPG2 antibody binds the gpIIb/IIIa receptor and acts as a ligand mimic due to the presence of an arginine-tyrosine-aspartic acid (RYD) sequence in the CDR3 loop of the heavy chain. The RYD loop and side chains are ordered in the 2.0-A resolution crystal structure of the Fab fragment from this antireceptor antibody. Moreover, the RYD loop assumes two clearly defined conformations that may correspond to the orientations of the loop in the free state or bound to integrin. This molecule will serve as a tool for understanding protein-integrin recognition in platelet aggregation and other RGD-mediated cell adhesion interactions.
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- R Kodandapani
- Cancer Research Center, La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, California 92037
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Proteins can interact with short peptide sequences in a variety of ways that can be sequence dependent or independent. The bound peptides are frequently in an extended conformation but may also adopt beta-turns or alpha-helices as motifs for recognition. The peptides can be completely buried in cavities, bound in grooves or pockets, or form beta-strand type interactions at the protein surface. These various recognition motifs are illustrated by peptide interactions with antibodies, calmodulin, OppA periplasmic binding protein, PapD chaperone, MHC class I and class II molecules, and Src homology (SH) domains 2 and 3.
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- R L Stanfield
- Department of Molecular Biology MB13, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Zeder-Lutz G, Van Regenmortel MH, Wenger R, Altschuh D. Interaction of cyclosporin A and two cyclosporin analogs with cyclophilin: relationship between structure and binding. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS 1994; 662:301-6. [PMID: 7719484 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(94)00211-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The immunosuppressant drug cyclosporin A exists as various conformers in water. Up to 1 h is needed to reach maximum complex formation after mixing the drug with its receptor, cyclophilin, or an antibody, indicating that only a fraction of the conformers in aqueous solution adopts a conformation suitable for binding. In the present study we compare the binding behavior of cyclosporin to that of two analogs, using a biosensor instrument (BIAcore, Pharmacia). The amount of complex formation was measured as a function of time after adding the peptides to cyclophilin. The equilibrium affinity constants of cyclophilin for these analogs have been measured. The slow binding of cyclosporin to cyclophilin compared to the instant binding of the cyclosporin analogs supports the hypothesis that cyclophilin recognizes a well defined conformation of cyclosporin that exists in water prior to binding.
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- G Zeder-Lutz
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, Laboratoire d'Immunochimie, Strasbourg, France
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Herron JN, Terry AH, Johnston S, He XM, Guddat LW, Voss EW, Edmundson AB. High resolution structures of the 4-4-20 Fab-fluorescein complex in two solvent systems: effects of solvent on structure and antigen-binding affinity. Biophys J 1994; 67:2167-83. [PMID: 7696460 PMCID: PMC1225602 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(94)80738-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Three-dimensional structures were determined for three crystal forms of the antigen binding fragment (Fab) of anti-fluorescein antibody 4-4-20 in complex with fluorescein. These included 1) a triclinic (P1) form crystallized in 47% (v/v) 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol (MPD); 2) a triclinic (P1) form crystallized in 16% (w/v) poly(ethylene glycol), molecular weight 3350 (PEG); and 3) a monoclinic (P21) form crystallized in 16% PEG. Solvent molecules were added to the three models and the structures were refined to their diffraction limits (1.75-A, 1.78-A, and 2.49-A resolution for the MPD, triclinic PEG, and monoclinic PEG forms, respectively). Comparisons of these structures were interesting because 4-4-20 exhibited a lower antigen-binding affinity in 47% MPD (Ka = 1.3 x 10(8) M-1) than in either 16% PEG (Ka = 2.9 x 10(9) M-1) or phosphate-buffered saline (Ka = 1.8 x 10(10) M-1). Even though the solution behavior of the antibody was significantly different in MPD and PEG, the crystal structures were remarkably similar. In all three structures, the fluorescein-combining site was an aromatic slot formed by tyrosines L32, H96, and H97 and tryptophans L96 and H33. In addition, several active site constituents formed an electrostatic network with the ligand. These included a salt link between arginine L34 and one of fluorescein's enolate oxygen atoms, a hydrogen bond between histidine L27d and the second enolic group, a hydrogen bond between tyrosine L32 and the phenylcarboxylate group, and two medium range (approximately 5 A) electrostatic interactions with lysine L50 and arginine H52. The only major difference between the triclinic MPD and PEG structures was the degree of hydration of the antigen-combining site. Three water molecules participated in the above electrostatic network in the MPD structure, while eight were involved in the PEG structure. Based on this observation, we believe that 4-4-20 exhibits a lower affinity in MPD due to the depletion of the hydration shell of the antigen-combining site.
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- J N Herron
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112
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Altschuh D, Braun W, Kallen J, Mikol V, Spitzfaden C, Thierry JC, Vix O, Walkinshaw MD, Wüthrich K. Conformational polymorphism of cyclosporin A. Structure 1994; 2:963-72. [PMID: 7866747 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(94)00098-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cyclosporin A (CsA) is a cyclic undecapeptide fungal metabolite with immunosuppressive properties, widely used in transplant surgery. It forms a tight complex with the ubiquitous 18 kDa cytosolic protein cyclophilin A (CypA). The conformation of CsA in this complex, as studied by NMR or X-ray crystallography, is very different from that of free CsA. Another, different conformation of CsA has been found in a complex with an antibody fragment (Fab). RESULTS A detailed comparison of the conformations of experimentally determined structures of protein-bound CsA is presented. The X-ray and NMR structures of CsA-CypA complexes are similar. The Fab-bound conformation of CsA, as determined by X-ray crystallography, is significantly different from the cyclophilin-bound conformation. The protein-CsA interactions in both the Fab and CypA complexes involve five hydrogen bonds, and the buried CsA surface areas are 395 A2 and 300 A2, respectively. However, the CsA-protein interactions involve rather different side chain contacts in the two complexes. CONCLUSIONS The structural results presented here are consistent with CypA recognizing and binding a population of CsA molecules which are in the required CypA-binding conformation. In contrast, the X-ray structures of the Fab complex with CsA suggest that in this case there is mutual adaptation of both receptor and ligand during complex formation.
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- D Altschuh
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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Rauffer N, Zeder-Lutz G, Wenger R, Van Regenmortel MH, Altschuh D. Structure-activity relationships for the interaction between cyclosporin A derivatives and the Fab fragment of a monoclonal antibody. Mol Immunol 1994; 31:913-22. [PMID: 8065374 DOI: 10.1016/0161-5890(94)90011-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The crystallographic structure of a complex between cyclosporin A and the Fab fragment of monoclonal antibody R45-45-11 has been solved to 2.65 A resolution (Altschuh et al., 1992a, Science 256, 92; Vix et al., 1993, Proteins 15, 339), yielding a precise three-dimensional picture of interacting surfaces. In order to evaluate the contribution of observed contacts to the energy of interaction, we have measured the effect on binding affinity of minor chemical modifications of CS. The equilibrium binding constant of the Fab fragment for a set of cyclosporin analogs was obtained by measuring in a biosensor instrument the dependence of complex formation on Fab concentration, at constant analog concentrations. Data were analysed using Scatchard plots. Differences in binding energy resulting from cyclosporin modifications discriminated between two types of contact areas. The first type displays adaptability to structural modifications of cyclosporin at the cost of a small decrease in binding energy, and contacting residues in the antibody form the periphery of the combining site. The second type does not accommodate structural changes and corresponds in cyclosporin to three residues whose modifications drastically decrease binding energy with the antibody. The corresponding contact residues in the antibody form the core of the antibody combining site.
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- N Rauffer
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, Laboratoire d'Immunochimie, Strasbourg, France
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Denesyuk AI, Lundell J, Zav'yalov V, Korpela T. Cyclophilin A and an antibody against cyclosporin A resemble each other in their binding sites. Immunol Lett 1994; 41:213-6. [PMID: 8002040 DOI: 10.1016/0165-2478(94)90135-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The three-dimensional structures of cyclosporin A complexed with cyclophilin A or Fab fragment of a monoclonal antibody were compared. In these two complexes conformations of the fragment D-alanine8-N-methylvaline11 in cyclosporin A were in a good agreement. In addition, cyclophilin A and the Fab fragment had related arrangements of the aromatic amino acids in their binding sites, implying that antibody independently utilizes similar structural themes for binding cyclosporin A as cyclophilin A.
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Schildbach JF, Shaw SY, Bruccoleri RE, Haber E, Herzenberg LA, Jager GC, Jeffrey PD, Panka DJ, Parks DR, Near RI. Contribution of a single heavy chain residue to specificity of an anti-digoxin monoclonal antibody. Protein Sci 1994; 3:737-49. [PMID: 8061604 PMCID: PMC2142714 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560030503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Two distinct spontaneous variants of the murine anti-digoxin hybridoma 26-10 were isolated by fluorescence-activated cell sorting for reduced affinity of surface antibody for antigen. Nucleotide and partial amino acid sequencing of the variant antibody variable regions revealed that 1 variant had a single amino acid substitution: Lys for Asn at heavy chain position 35. The second variant antibody had 2 heavy chain substitutions: Tyr for Asn at position 35, and Met for Arg at position 38. Mutagenesis experiments confirmed that the position 35 substitutions were solely responsible for the markedly reduced affinity of both variant antibodies. Several mutants with more conservative position 35 substitutions were engineered to ascertain the contribution of Asn 35 to the binding of digoxin to antibody 26-10. Replacement of Asn with Gln reduced affinity for digoxin 10-fold relative to the wild-type antibody, but maintained wild-type fine specificity for cardiac glycoside analogues. All other substitutions (Val, Thr, Leu, Ala, and Asp) reduced affinity by at least 90-fold and caused distinct shifts in fine specificity. The Ala mutant demonstrated greatly increased relative affinities for 16-acetylated haptens and haptens with a saturated lactone. The X-ray crystal structure of the 26-10 Fab in complex with digoxin (Jeffrey PD et al., 1993, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 90:10310-10314) reveals that the position 35 Asn contacts hapten and forms hydrogen bonds with 2 other contact residues. The reductions in affinity of the position 35 mutants for digoxin are greater than expected based upon the small hapten contact area provided by the wild-type Asn. We therefore performed molecular modeling experiments which suggested that substitution of Gln or Asp can maintain these hydrogen bonds whereas the other substituted side chains cannot. The altered binding of the Asp mutant may be due to the introduction of a negative charge. The similarities in binding of the wild-type and Gln-mutant antibodies, however, suggest that these hydrogen bonds are important for maintaining the architecture of the binding site and therefore the affinity and specificity of this antibody. The Ala mutant eliminates the wild-type hydrogen bonding, and molecular modeling suggests that the reduced side-chain volume also provides space that can accommodate a congener with a 16-acetyl group or saturated lactone, accounting for the altered fine specificity of this antibody.
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- J F Schildbach
- Program on Immunology, Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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The structures of the various regions of an antibody molecule are analysed and correlated with biological function. The structural features which relate to potential applications are detailed.
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- E A Padlan
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Chang CY, Jeffrey PD, Bajorath J, Hellström I, Hellström KE, Sheriff S. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the monoclonal anti-tumor antibody BR96 and its complex with the Lewis Y determinant. J Mol Biol 1994; 235:372-6. [PMID: 8289260 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(05)80044-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The monoclonal anti-tumor antibody BR96 binds a tetrasaccharide, Lewis y (Le(y)), in vitro and recognizes a Le(y)-bearing or Le(y)-related tumor-associated antigen in vivo. The Fab of the murine monoclonal antibody, mBR96 (IgG3, kappa), and the Fab' of its human chimera, cBR96 (IgG1, kappa), and their complexes with Le(y) have been screened for crystallization conditions. Crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction have been obtained for uncomplexed cBR96 Fab', cBR96 Fab' in complex with Le(y) and mBR96 Fab in complex with Le(y). The symmetry of the cBR96 Fab' crystals is consistent with space group P2(1)2(1)2, a = 61.1 A; b = 174.3 A; c = 45.6 A; the symmetry of the cBR96 Fab'-Le(y) complex crystals with space group P4(3)2(1)2 (or its enantiomorph), a = b = 82.2 A; c = 167.1 A and the symmetry of the mBR96 Fab-Le(y) complex crystals with space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), a = 69.4 A; b = 84.9 A; c = 86.8 A.
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- C Y Chang
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, NJ 08543-4000
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Zeder-Lutz G, Wenger R, Van Regenmortel MH, Altschuh D. Interaction of cyclosporin A with an Fab fragment or cyclophilin. Affinity measurements and time-dependent changes in binding. FEBS Lett 1993; 326:153-7. [PMID: 8325363 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)81781-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
Different conformers of the immunosuppressant cyclosporin A have been observed in structural studies of the isolated molecule and of its complex with cyclophilin or with an Fab fragment. The factors that control this conformational change are not well understood. Variations in the amount of complex formed with cyclophilin or with the antibody were measured as a function of time after adding cyclosporin to the proteins, using the Pharmacia BIAcore biosensor instrument. Up to 1 hour was needed to reach maximum complex formation in solution, which is likely to reflect the time needed for a conformational transition of cyclosporin. The equilibrium affinity constant of both proteins for cyclosporin has been measured.
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Affiliation(s)
- G Zeder-Lutz
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, Laboratoire d'Immunochimie, Strasbourg, France
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