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Lefranc MP, Lefranc G. Using IMGT unique numbering for IG allotypes and Fc-engineered variants of effector properties and half-life of therapeutic antibodies. Immunol Rev 2024. [PMID: 39367563 DOI: 10.1111/imr.13399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/06/2024]
Abstract
Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAb) are usually of the IgG1, IgG2, and IgG4 classes, and their heavy chains may be modified by amino acid (aa) changes involved in antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC), antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis (ADCP), complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC), and/or half-life. Allotypes and Fc-engineered variants are classified using IMGT/HGNC gene nomenclature (e.g., Homo sapiens IGHG1). Allotype names follow the WHO/IMGT nomenclature. IMGT-engineered variant names use the IMGT nomenclature (e.g., Homsap G1v1), which comprises species and gene name (both abbreviated) followed by the letter v (for variant) and a number. Both allotypes and engineered variants are defined by their aa changes and positions, based on the IMGT unique numbering for C domain, identified in sequence motifs, referred to as IMGT topological motifs, as their limits and length are standardized and correspond to a structural feature (e.g., strand or loop). One hundred twenty-six variants are displayed with their type, IMGT numbering, Eu-IMGT positions, motifs before and after changes, and their property and function (effector and half-life). Three motifs characterize effector variants, CH2 1.6-3, 23-BC-41, and the FG loop, whereas three different motifs characterize half-life variants, two on CH2 13-AB-18 and 89-96 with H93, and one on CH3 the FG loop with H115.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marie-Paule Lefranc
- IMGT®, the international ImMunoGeneTics information system® (IMGT), Laboratoire d'ImmunoGénétique Moléculaire (LIGM), Institut de Génétique Humaine (IGH), UMR 9002 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Montpellier (UM), Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- IMGT®, the international ImMunoGeneTics information system® (IMGT), Laboratoire d'ImmunoGénétique Moléculaire (LIGM), Institut de Génétique Humaine (IGH), UMR 9002 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Montpellier (UM), Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Damelang T, Brinkhaus M, van Osch TLJ, Schuurman J, Labrijn AF, Rispens T, Vidarsson G. Impact of structural modifications of IgG antibodies on effector functions. Front Immunol 2024; 14:1304365. [PMID: 38259472 PMCID: PMC10800522 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1304365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies are a critical component of the adaptive immune system, binding to and neutralizing pathogens and other foreign substances. Recent advances in molecular antibody biology and structural protein engineering enabled the modification of IgG antibodies to enhance their therapeutic potential. This review summarizes recent progress in both natural and engineered structural modifications of IgG antibodies, including allotypic variation, glycosylation, Fc engineering, and Fc gamma receptor binding optimization. We discuss the functional consequences of these modifications to highlight their potential for therapeutical applications.
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- Timon Damelang
- Sanquin Research, Department of Experimental Immunohematology and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Department of Antibody Research & Technologies’, Genmab, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research, Department of Experimental Immunohematology and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research, Department of Experimental Immunohematology and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Antibody Research & Technologies’, Genmab, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Antibody Research & Technologies’, Genmab, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research, Department of Experimental Immunohematology and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Aurelia LC, Purcell RA, Chung AW. Identification of IgG1 and IgG3 Allotypes by PCR and Sanger Sequencing. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2826:201-218. [PMID: 39017895 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3950-4_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/18/2024]
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The immunoglobulin heavy constant gamma (IGHG) gene cluster encoding immunoglobulin G (IgG) subclasses is highly polymorphic, resulting in amino acid variation along the antibody constant heavy chain referred to as allotypes. IGHG1 and IGHG3 are the two most polymorphic IgG subclasses in humans, with 4 classical IgG1 allotypes and 13 allotypes described for IgG3, though recent studies suggest greater allelic diversity, especially in underrepresented ethnic populations. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Sanger sequencing of IGHG amplicons allow for the identification of the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) responsible for the observed amino acid substitutions. Here, we provide a detailed protocol for the amplification of IGHG1 and IGHG3 segments by PCR, sample preparation for Sanger sequencing, and analysis of sequencing data to identify SNPs associated with different IgG1 and IgG3 allotypes.
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- L Carissa Aurelia
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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Wojcik I, Wuhrer M, Heeringa P, Stegeman CA, Rutgers A, Falck D. Specific IgG glycosylation differences precede relapse in PR3-ANCA associated vasculitis patients with and without ANCA rise. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1214945. [PMID: 37841251 PMCID: PMC10570725 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1214945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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Introduction Immunoglobulin G (IgG) contains a conserved N-glycan in the fragment crystallizable (Fc), modulating its structure and effector functions. In anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) alterations of IgG Fc-glycosylation have been observed to correlate with the disease course. Here, we examined longitudinal changes in N-linked Fc glycans of IgG in an AAV patient cohort and their relationship with disease flares. Methods Using liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry, we analysed IgG Fc-glycosylation in 410 longitudinal samples from 96 individuals with AAV. Results Analysis of the cross-sectional differences as well as longitudinal changes demonstrated that IgGs of relapsing PR3-ANCA patients have higher ΔFc-bisection at diagnosis (P = 0.004) and exhibit a decrease in Fc-sialylation prior to the relapse (P = 0.0004), discriminating them from non-relapsing patients. Most importantly, PR3-ANCA patients who experienced an ANCA rise and relapsed shortly thereafter, exhibit lower IgG Fc-fucosylation levels compared to non-relapsing patients already 9 months before relapse (P = 0.02). Discussion Our data indicate that IgG Fc-bisection correlates with long-term treatment outcome, while lower IgG Fc-fucosylation and sialylation associate with impending relapse. Overall, our study replicated the previously published reduction in total IgG Fc-sialylation at the time of relapse, but showed additionally that its onset precedes relapse. Furthermore, our findings on IgG fucosylation and bisection are entirely new. All these IgG Fc-glycosylation features may have the potential to predict a relapse either independently or in combination with known risk factors, such as a rise in ANCA titre.
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- Iwona Wojcik
- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
- Glycoscience Research Laboratory, Genos Ltd., Zagreb, Croatia
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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Purcell RA, Theisen RM, Arnold KB, Chung AW, Selva KJ. Polyfunctional antibodies: a path towards precision vaccines for vulnerable populations. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1183727. [PMID: 37600816 PMCID: PMC10433199 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1183727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
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Vaccine efficacy determined within the controlled environment of a clinical trial is usually substantially greater than real-world vaccine effectiveness. Typically, this results from reduced protection of immunologically vulnerable populations, such as children, elderly individuals and people with chronic comorbidities. Consequently, these high-risk groups are frequently recommended tailored immunisation schedules to boost responses. In addition, diverse groups of healthy adults may also be variably protected by the same vaccine regimen. Current population-based vaccination strategies that consider basic clinical parameters offer a glimpse into what may be achievable if more nuanced aspects of the immune response are considered in vaccine design. To date, vaccine development has been largely empirical. However, next-generation approaches require more rational strategies. We foresee a generation of precision vaccines that consider the mechanistic basis of vaccine response variations associated with both immunogenetic and baseline health differences. Recent efforts have highlighted the importance of balanced and diverse extra-neutralising antibody functions for vaccine-induced protection. However, in immunologically vulnerable populations, significant modulation of polyfunctional antibody responses that mediate both neutralisation and effector functions has been observed. Here, we review the current understanding of key genetic and inflammatory modulators of antibody polyfunctionality that affect vaccination outcomes and consider how this knowledge may be harnessed to tailor vaccine design for improved public health.
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- Ruth A. Purcell
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Lefranc MP, Lefranc G. Antibody Sequence and Structure Analyses Using IMGT ®: 30 Years of Immunoinformatics. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2552:3-59. [PMID: 36346584 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2609-2_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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IMGT®, the international ImMunoGeneTics information system®, http://www.imgt.org , the global reference in immunogenetics and immunoinformatics, was created in 1989 by Marie-Paule Lefranc (Université de Montpellier and CNRS) to manage the huge diversity of the antigen receptors, immunoglobulins (IG) or antibodies, and T cell receptors (TR) of the adaptive immune responses. The founding of IMGT® marked the advent of immunoinformatics, which emerged at the interface between immunogenetics and bioinformatics. IMGT® standardized analysis of the IG, TR, and major histocompatibility (MH) genes and proteins bridges the gap between sequences and three-dimensional (3D) structures, for all jawed vertebrates from fish to humans. This is achieved through the IMGT Scientific chart rules, based on the IMGT-ONTOLOGY axioms, and primarily CLASSIFICATION (IMGT gene and allele nomenclature) and NUMEROTATION (IMGT unique numbering and IMGT Colliers de Perles). IMGT® comprises seven databases (IMGT/LIGM-DB for nucleotide sequences, IMGT/GENE-DB for genes and alleles, etc.), 17 tools (IMGT/V-QUEST, IMGT/JunctionAnalysis, IMGT/HighV-QUEST for NGS, etc.), and more than 20,000 Web resources. In this chapter, the focus is on the tools for amino acid sequences per domain (IMGT/DomainGapAlign and IMGT/Collier-de-Perles), and on the databases for receptors (IMGT/2Dstructure-DB and IMGT/3D-structure-DB) described per receptor, chain, and domain and, for 3D, with contact analysis, paratope, and epitope. The IMGT/mAb-DB is the query interface for monoclonal antibodies (mAb), fusion proteins for immune applications (FPIA), composite proteins for clinical applications (CPCA), and related proteins of interest (RPI) with links to IMGT® 2D and 3D databases and to the World Health Organization (WHO) International Nonproprietary Names (INN) program lists. The chapter includes the human IG allotypes and antibody engineered variants for effector properties used in the description of therapeutical mAb.
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- Marie-Paule Lefranc
- IMGT®, the international ImMunoGeneTics information system®, Laboratoire d'ImmunoGénétique Moléculaire LIGM, Institut de Génétique Humaine IGH, UMR 9002 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier cedex 5, France.
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- IMGT®, the international ImMunoGeneTics information system®, Laboratoire d'ImmunoGénétique Moléculaire LIGM, Institut de Génétique Humaine IGH, UMR 9002 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier cedex 5, France.
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Distinct Longitudinal Changes in Immunoglobulin G N-Glycosylation Associate with Therapy Response in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23158473. [PMID: 35955616 PMCID: PMC9368836 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23158473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Immunosuppressants and biologicals are widely used therapeutics for various chronic inflammatory diseases (CID). To gain more detailed insight into their downstream effects, we examined their impact on serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) glycosylation. We analyzed IgG subclass-specific fragment crystallizable (Fc) N-glycosylation in patients suffering from various CID using the LC-MS approach. Firstly, we compared IgG Fc N-glycosylation between 128 CID patients and 204 healthy controls. Our results replicated previously observed CID-related decrease in IgG Fc galactosylation (adjusted p-value range 1.70 × 10−2–5.95 × 10−22) and sialylation (adjusted p-value range 1.85 × 10−2–1.71 × 10−18). Secondly, to assess changes in IgG Fc N-glycosylation associated with therapy and remission status, we compared 139 CID patients receiving either azathioprine, infliximab, or vedolizumab therapy. We observed an increase in IgG Fc galactosylation (adjusted p-value range 1.98 × 10−2–1.30 × 10−15) and sialylation (adjusted p-value range 3.28 × 10−6–4.34 × 10−18) during the treatment. Furthermore, patients who reached remission displayed increased Fc galactosylation levels (p-value range 2.25 × 10−2–5.44 × 10−3) in comparison to patients with active disease. In conclusion, the alterations in IgG Fc glycosylation and the fact these changes are even more pronounced in patients who achieved remission, suggest modulation of IgG inflammatory potential associated with CID therapy.
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Lefranc MP, Lefranc G. IMGT ®Homo sapiens IG and TR Loci, Gene Order, CNV and Haplotypes: New Concepts as a Paradigm for Jawed Vertebrates Genome Assemblies. Biomolecules 2022; 12:381. [PMID: 35327572 PMCID: PMC8945572 DOI: 10.3390/biom12030381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
IMGT®, the international ImMunoGeneTics information system®, created in 1989, by Marie-Paule Lefranc (Université de Montpellier and CNRS), marked the advent of immunoinformatics, a new science which emerged at the interface between immunogenetics and bioinformatics for the study of the adaptive immune responses. IMGT® is based on a standardized nomenclature of the immunoglobulin (IG) and T cell receptor (TR) genes and alleles from fish to humans and on the IMGT unique numbering for the variable (V) and constant (C) domains of the immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) of vertebrates and invertebrates, and for the groove (G) domain of the major histocompatibility (MH) and MH superfamily (MhSF) proteins. IMGT® comprises 7 databases, 17 tools and more than 25,000 pages of web resources for sequences, genes and structures, based on the IMGT Scientific chart rules generated from the IMGT-ONTOLOGY axioms and concepts. IMGT® reference directories are used for the analysis of the NGS high-throughput expressed IG and TR repertoires (natural, synthetic and/or bioengineered) and for bridging sequences, two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) structures. This manuscript focuses on the IMGT®Homo sapiens IG and TR loci, gene order, copy number variation (CNV) and haplotypes new concepts, as a paradigm for jawed vertebrates genome assemblies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marie-Paule Lefranc
- IMGT®, The International ImMunoGeneTics Information System®, Laboratoire d’Immuno Génétique Moléculaire (LIGM), Institut de Génétique Humaine (IGH), Université de Montpellier (UM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR 9002 CNRS-UM, 141 rue de la Cardonille, CEDEX 5, 34396 Montpellier, France
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- IMGT®, The International ImMunoGeneTics Information System®, Laboratoire d’Immuno Génétique Moléculaire (LIGM), Institut de Génétique Humaine (IGH), Université de Montpellier (UM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR 9002 CNRS-UM, 141 rue de la Cardonille, CEDEX 5, 34396 Montpellier, France
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van Tilburg SJ, Jacobs BC, Ooijevaar-de Heer P, Fokkink WJR, Huizinga R, Vidarsson G, Rispens T. Novel approach to monitor intravenous immunoglobulin pharmacokinetics in humans using polymorphic determinants in IgG1 constant domains. Eur J Immunol 2021; 52:609-617. [PMID: 34854474 DOI: 10.1002/eji.202149653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 11/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Clinical efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin treatment (IVIg) is related to its pharmacokinetic (PK) profile. Its usual evaluation, by measuring serum total IgG levels, is imprecise, because IVIg cannot be distinguished from endogenous IgG. We developed ELISAs to specifically monitor the PK of IVIg using the polymorphic determinants G1m(a), G1m(x), and G1m(f). The specificity of the IgG1 allotype assays was sufficient to determine IVIg concentrations as low as 0.1 mg/mL in sera from individuals not expressing the respective markers. IVIg was quantified in posttreatment serum from patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) by measuring IgG1 allotypes not expressed endogenously. After serotyping, 27/28 GBS patients were found eligible for IVIg monitoring using one or two genetic markers. In 17 cases, IVIg levels could be determined by both anti-G1m(a) and anti-G1m(x) measurement, showing significant correlation. Longitudinal monitoring of IVIg PK in seven GBS patients showed potential differences in clearance of total IgG versus IVIg-derived IgG, highlighting that total IgG measurements may not accurately reflect IVIg PK. To summarize, anti-IgG1 allotype assays can discriminate between endogenous IgG and therapeutic polyclonal IgG. These assays will be an important tool to better understand the variability in IVIg PK and treatment response of all patients treated with IVIg.
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- Sander J van Tilburg
- Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Experimental Immunohematology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Bashirova AA, Zheng W, Akdag M, Augusto DG, Vince N, Dong KL, O'hUigin C, Carrington M. Population-specific diversity of the immunoglobulin constant heavy G chain (IGHG) genes. Genes Immun 2021; 22:327-334. [PMID: 34864821 PMCID: PMC8674132 DOI: 10.1038/s41435-021-00156-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Human immunoglobulin G (IgG) molecules, IgG1, IgG2 and IgG3, exhibit substantial inter-individual variation in their constant heavy chain regions, as discovered by serological methods. This polymorphism is encoded by the IGHG1, IGHG2, and IGHG3 genes and may influence antibody function. We sequenced the coding fragments of these genes in 95 European Americans, 94 African Americans, and 94 Black South Africans. Striking differences were observed between the population groups, including extremely low amino acid sequence variation in IGHG1 among South Africans, and higher IGHG2 and IGHG3 diversity in individuals of African descent compared to individuals of European descent. Molecular definition of the loci illustrates a greater level of allelic polymorphism than previously described, including the presence of common IGHG2 and IGHG3 variants that were indistinguishable serologically. Comparison of our data with the 1000 Genome Project sequences indicates overall agreement between the datasets, although some inaccuracies in the 1000 Genomes Project are likely. These data represent the most comprehensive analysis of IGHG polymorphisms across major populations, which can now be applied to deciphering their functional impact.
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- Arman A Bashirova
- Basic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research in the Laboratory of Integrative Cancer Immunology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- The Laboratory of Integrative Cancer Immunology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Basic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research in the Laboratory of Integrative Cancer Immunology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Université de Nantes, CHU Nantes, Inserm, Centre de Recherche en Transplantation et Immunologie, UMR 1064, ITUN, F-44000, Nantes, France
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- Females Rising through Education, Support, and Health, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Basic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research in the Laboratory of Integrative Cancer Immunology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Basic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research in the Laboratory of Integrative Cancer Immunology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.
- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Habazin S, Štambuk J, Šimunović J, Keser T, Razdorov G, Novokmet M. Mass Spectrometry-Based Methods for Immunoglobulin G N-Glycosylation Analysis. EXPERIENTIA SUPPLEMENTUM (2012) 2021; 112:73-135. [PMID: 34687008 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76912-3_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Mass spectrometry and its hyphenated techniques enabled by the improvements in liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, novel ionization, and fragmentation modes are truly a cornerstone of robust and reliable protein glycosylation analysis. Boost in immunoglobulin G (IgG) glycan and glycopeptide profiling demands for both applied biomedical and research applications has brought many new advances in the field in terms of technical innovations, sample preparation, improved throughput, and confidence in glycan structural characterization. This chapter summarizes mass spectrometry basics, focusing on IgG and monoclonal antibody N-glycosylation analysis on several complexity levels. Different approaches, including antibody enrichment, glycan release, labeling, and glycopeptide preparation and purification, are covered and illustrated with recent breakthroughs and examples from the literature omitting excessive theoretical frameworks. Finally, selected highly popular methodologies in IgG glycoanalytics such as liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization are discussed more thoroughly yet in simple terms making this text a practical starting point either for the beginner in the field or an experienced clinician trying to make sense out of the IgG glycomic or glycoproteomic dataset.
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- Siniša Habazin
- Glycoscience Research Laboratory, Genos Ltd., Zagreb, Croatia
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- Glycoscience Research Laboratory, Genos Ltd., Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Glycoscience Research Laboratory, Genos Ltd., Zagreb, Croatia.
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Chu TH, Patz EF, Ackerman ME. Coming together at the hinges: Therapeutic prospects of IgG3. MAbs 2021; 13:1882028. [PMID: 33602056 PMCID: PMC7899677 DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2021.1882028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The human IgG3 subclass is conspicuously absent among the formats for approved monoclonal antibody therapies and Fc fusion protein biologics. Concern about the potential for rapid degradation, reduced plasma half-life, and increased immunogenicity due to marked variation in allotypes has apparently outweighed the potential advantages of IgG3, which include high affinity for activating Fcγ receptors, effective complement fixation, and a long hinge that appears better suited for low abundance targets. This review aims to highlight distinguishing features of IgG3 and to explore its functional role in the immune response. We present studies of natural immunity and recombinant antibody therapies that elucidate key contributions of IgG3 and discuss historical roadblocks that no longer remain clearly relevant. Collectively, this body of evidence motivates thoughtful reconsideration of the clinical advancement of this distinctive antibody subclass for treatment of human diseases. Abbreviations: ADCC - Antibody-Dependent Cell-mediated CytotoxicityADE - Antibody-dependent enhancementAID - Activation-Induced Cytidine DeaminaseCH - Constant HeavyCHF - Complement factor HCSR - Class Switch RecombinationEM - Electron MicroscopyFab - Fragment, antigen bindingFc - Fragment, crystallizableFcRn - Neonatal Fc ReceptorFcγR - Fc gamma ReceptorHIV - Human Immunodeficiency VirusIg - ImmunoglobulinIgH - Immunoglobulin Heavy chain geneNHP - Non-Human Primate.
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- Thach H. Chu
- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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Petrović T, Trbojević-Akmačić I. Lectin and Liquid Chromatography-Based Methods for Immunoglobulin (G) Glycosylation Analysis. EXPERIENTIA SUPPLEMENTUM (2012) 2021; 112:29-72. [PMID: 34687007 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76912-3_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Immunoglobulin (Ig) glycosylation has been shown to dramatically affect its structure and effector functions. Ig glycosylation changes have been associated with different diseases and show a promising biomarker potential for diagnosis and prognosis of disease advancement. On the other hand, therapeutic biomolecules based on structural and functional features of Igs demand stringent quality control during the production process to ensure their safety and efficacy. Liquid chromatography (LC) and lectin-based methods are routinely used in Ig glycosylation analysis complementary to other analytical methods, e.g., mass spectrometry and capillary electrophoresis. This chapter covers analytical approaches based on LC and lectins used in low- and high-throughput N- and O-glycosylation analysis of Igs, with the focus on immunoglobulin G (IgG) applications. General principles and practical examples of the most often used LC methods for Ig purification are described, together with typical workflows for N- and O-glycan analysis on the level of free glycans, glycopeptides, subunits, or intact Igs. Lectin chromatography is a historical approach for the analysis of lectin-carbohydrate interactions and glycoprotein purification but is still being used as a valuable tool in Igs purification and glycan analysis. On the other hand, lectin microarrays have found their application in the rapid screening of glycan profiles on intact proteins.
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- Tea Petrović
- Glycoscience Research Laboratory, Genos Ltd., Zagreb, Croatia
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Fall AKDJ, Dechavanne C, Sabbagh A, Guitard E, Milet J, Garcia A, Dugoujon JM, Courtin D, Migot-Nabias F. Susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum Malaria: Influence of Combined Polymorphisms of IgG3 Gm Allotypes and Fc Gamma Receptors IIA, IIIA, and IIIB. Front Immunol 2020; 11:608016. [PMID: 33424858 PMCID: PMC7786284 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.608016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The binding of immunoglobulin (Ig) to Fc gamma receptors (FcgR) at the immune cell surface is an important step to initiate immunological defense against malaria. However, polymorphisms in receptors and/or constant regions of the IgG heavy chains may modulate this binding. Here, we investigated whether polymorphisms located in FcgR and constant regions of the heavy chain of IgG are associated with susceptibility to P. falciparum malaria. For this purpose, a clinical and parasitological follow-up on malaria was conducted among 656 infants in southern Benin. G3m allotypes (from total IgG3) were determined by a serological method of hemagglutination inhibition. FcgRIIA 131R/H and FcgRIIIA 176F/V genotypes were determined using the TaqMan method and FcgRIIIB NA1/NA2 genotypes were assessed by polymerase chain reaction using allele-specific primers. Association analyses between the number of malaria infections during the follow-up and polymorphisms in IgG G3m allotypes and FcgR were studied independently by zero inflated binomial negative regression. The influence of combinations of G3m allotypes and FcgRIIA/FcgRIIIA/FcgRIIIB polymorphisms on the number of P. falciparum infections, and their potential interaction with environmental exposure to malaria was assessed by using the generalized multifactor dimensionality reduction (GMDR) method. Results showed that individual carriage of G3m24 single allotype and of G3m5,6,10,11,13,14,24 phenotype was independently associated with a high risk of malaria infection. A risk effect for G3m6 was observed only under high environmental exposure. FcgRIIIA 176VV single genotype and combined carriage of FcgRIIA 131RH/FcgRIIIA 176VV/FcgRIIIB NA1NA2, FcgRIIA 131HH/FcgRIIIA 176FF/FcgRIIIB NA1NA1, FcgRIIA 131HH/FcgRIIIA 176VV/FcgRIIIB NA2NA2 and FcgRIIA 131HH/FcgRIIIA 176VV/FcgRIIIB NA1NA2 genotypes were related to a high number of malaria infections. The risk was accentuated for FcgRIIIA 176VV when considering the influence of environmental exposure to malaria. Finally, the GMDR analysis including environmental exposure showed strengthened associations with a malaria risk when FcgRIIA/FcgRIIIA/FcgRIIIB genotypes were combined to G3m5,6,11,24 and G3m5,6,10,11,13,15,24 phenotypes or G3m10 and G3m13 single allotypes. Our results highlight the relevance of studying IgG heavy chain and FcgR polymorphisms, independently as well as in combination, in relation to the individual susceptibility to P. falciparum infection. The intensity of individual exposure to mosquito bites was demonstrated to impact the relationships found.
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- Université de Paris, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR 261 MERIT, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR 261 MERIT, Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR 5288 Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Moléculaire et d'Imagerie de Synthèse (AMIS), Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse, France
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- Université de Paris, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR 261 MERIT, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR 261 MERIT, Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR 5288 Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Moléculaire et d'Imagerie de Synthèse (AMIS), Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse, France
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- Université de Paris, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR 261 MERIT, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR 261 MERIT, Paris, France
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Coelho CH, Nadakal ST, Gonzales Hurtado P, Morrison R, Galson JD, Neal J, Wu Y, King CR, Price V, Miura K, Wong-Madden S, Alamou Doritchamou JY, Narum DL, MacDonald NJ, Snow-Smith M, Vignali M, Taylor JJ, Lefranc MP, Trück J, Long CA, Sagara I, Fried M, Duffy PE. Antimalarial antibody repertoire defined by plasma IG proteomics and single B cell IG sequencing. JCI Insight 2020; 5:143471. [PMID: 33048842 PMCID: PMC7710313 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.143471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Plasma antimalarial Ab can mediate antiparasite immunity but has not previously been characterized at the molecular level. Here, we develop an innovative strategy to characterize humoral responses by integrating profiles of plasma immunoglobulins (IGs) or Abs with those expressed on B cells as part of the B cell receptor. We applied this strategy to define plasma IG and to determine variable (V) gene usage after vaccination with the Plasmodium falciparum zygote antigen Pfs25. Using proteomic tools coupled with bulk immunosequencing data, we determined human antigen-binding fragment [F(ab')2] peptide sequences from plasma IG of adults who received 4 doses of Pfs25-EPA/Alhydrogel. Specifically, Pfs25 antigen-specific F(ab')2 peptides (Pfs25-IG) were aligned to cDNA sequences of IG heavy (IGH) chain complementarity determining region 3 from a data set generated by total peripheral B cell immunosequencing of the entire vaccinated population. IGHV4 was the most commonly identified IGHV subgroup of Pfs25-IG, a pattern that was corroborated by V heavy/V light chain sequencing of Pfs25-specific single B cells from 5 vaccinees and by matching plasma Pfs25-IG peptides and V-(D)-J sequences of Pfs25-specific single B cells from the same donor. Among 13 recombinant human mAbs generated from IG sequences of Pfs25-specific single B cells, a single IGHV4 mAb displayed strong neutralizing activity, reducing the number of P. falciparum oocysts in infected mosquitoes by more than 80% at 100 μg/mL. Our approach characterizes the human plasma Ab repertoire in response to the Pfs25-EPA/Alhydrogel vaccine and will be useful for studying circulating Abs in response to other vaccines as well as those induced during infections or autoimmune disorders.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/blood
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antibodies, Protozoan/blood
- Antibodies, Protozoan/immunology
- Antigens, Protozoan/immunology
- Antimalarials/administration & dosage
- Antimalarials/immunology
- B-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- Female
- Humans
- Immunoglobulins/blood
- Immunoglobulins/immunology
- Malaria Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Malaria Vaccines/immunology
- Malaria, Falciparum/blood
- Malaria, Falciparum/immunology
- Malaria, Falciparum/parasitology
- Malaria, Falciparum/prevention & control
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Plasmodium falciparum/immunology
- Protozoan Proteins/immunology
- Vaccination
- Young Adult
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- Camila H. Coelho
- Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Alchemab Therapeutics Ltd, London, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- PATH’s Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Washington, DC, USA
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- Laboratory of Malaria and Vector and Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Malaria and Vector and Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Rockville, Maryland, USA
- Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- IMGT, the International ImMunoGeneTics Information System, Laboratoire d’ImmunoGénétique Moléculaire, Institut de Génétique Humaine, UMR9002 CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Malaria and Vector and Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Sciences, Techniques, and Technologies, Bamako, Mali
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- Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Lefranc MP, Lefranc G. Immunoglobulins or Antibodies: IMGT ® Bridging Genes, Structures and Functions. Biomedicines 2020; 8:E319. [PMID: 32878258 PMCID: PMC7555362 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines8090319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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IMGT®, the international ImMunoGeneTics® information system founded in 1989 by Marie-Paule Lefranc (Université de Montpellier and CNRS), marked the advent of immunoinformatics, a new science at the interface between immunogenetics and bioinformatics. For the first time, the immunoglobulin (IG) or antibody and T cell receptor (TR) genes were officially recognized as 'genes' as well as were conventional genes. This major breakthrough has allowed the entry, in genomic databases, of the IG and TR variable (V), diversity (D) and joining (J) genes and alleles of Homo sapiens and of other jawed vertebrate species, based on the CLASSIFICATION axiom. The second major breakthrough has been the IMGT unique numbering and the IMGT Collier de Perles for the V and constant (C) domains of the IG and TR and other proteins of the IG superfamily (IgSF), based on the NUMEROTATION axiom. IMGT-ONTOLOGY axioms and concepts bridge genes, sequences, structures and functions, between biological and computational spheres in the IMGT® system (Web resources, databases and tools). They provide the IMGT Scientific chart rules to identify, to describe and to analyse the IG complex molecular data, the huge diversity of repertoires, the genetic (alleles, allotypes, CNV) polymorphisms, the IG dual function (paratope/epitope, effector properties), the antibody humanization and engineering.
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- Marie-Paule Lefranc
- IMGT, The International ImMunoGeneTics Information System, Laboratoire d’ImmunoGénétique Moléculaire LIGM, Institut de Génétique Humaine IGH, Université de Montpellier UM, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS, UMR 9002 CNRS-UM, 141 Rue de la Cardonille, CEDEX 5, 34396 Montpellier, France
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- IMGT, The International ImMunoGeneTics Information System, Laboratoire d’ImmunoGénétique Moléculaire LIGM, Institut de Génétique Humaine IGH, Université de Montpellier UM, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS, UMR 9002 CNRS-UM, 141 Rue de la Cardonille, CEDEX 5, 34396 Montpellier, France
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Warrender AK, Kelton W. Beyond Allotypes: The Influence of Allelic Diversity in Antibody Constant Domains. Front Immunol 2020; 11:2016. [PMID: 32973808 PMCID: PMC7461860 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.02016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Polymorphic diversity in antibody constant domains has long been defined by allotypic motifs that cross react with the sera of other individuals. Improvements in sequencing technologies have led to the discovery of a large number of new allelic sequences that underlie this diversity. Many of the point mutations lie outside traditional allotypic motifs suggesting they do not elicit immunogenic responses. As antibodies play an important role in immune defense and biotechnology, understanding how this newly resolved diversity influences the function of antibodies is important. This review investigates the current known diversity of antibody alleles at a protein level for each antibody isotype as well as the kappa and lambda light chains. We focus on evidence emerging for how these mutations perturb antibody interactions with antigens and Fc receptors that are critical for function, as well as the influence this might have on the use of antibodies as therapeutics and reagents.
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- Te Huataki Waiora School of Health, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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de Taeye SW, Bentlage AEH, Mebius MM, Meesters JI, Lissenberg-Thunnissen S, Falck D, Sénard T, Salehi N, Wuhrer M, Schuurman J, Labrijn AF, Rispens T, Vidarsson G. FcγR Binding and ADCC Activity of Human IgG Allotypes. Front Immunol 2020; 11:740. [PMID: 32435243 PMCID: PMC7218058 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) is an Fc-dependent effector function of IgG important for anti-viral immunity and anti-tumor therapies. NK-cell mediated ADCC is mainly triggered by IgG-subclasses IgG1 and IgG3 through the IgG-Fc-receptor (FcγR) IIIa. Polymorphisms in the immunoglobulin gamma heavy chain gene likely form a layer of variation in the strength of the ADCC-response, but this has never been studied in detail. We produced all 27 known IgG allotypes and assessed FcγRIIIa binding and ADCC activity. While all IgG1, IgG2, and IgG4 allotypes behaved similarly within subclass, large allotype-specific variation was found for IgG3. ADCC capacity was affected by residues 291, 292, and 296 in the CH2 domain through altered affinity or avidity for FcγRIIIa. Furthermore, allotypic variation in hinge length affected ADCC, likely through altered proximity at the immunological synapse. Thus, these functional differences between IgG allotypes have important implications for therapeutic applications and susceptibility to infectious-, allo- or auto-immune diseases.
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- Steven W de Taeye
- Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Department of Immunopathology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Department of Experimental Immunohematology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Department of Experimental Immunohematology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Department of Experimental Immunohematology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Department of Immunopathology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Department of Immunopathology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Department of Experimental Immunohematology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Chu TH, Crowley AR, Backes I, Chang C, Tay M, Broge T, Tuyishime M, Ferrari G, Seaman MS, Richardson SI, Tomaras GD, Alter G, Leib D, Ackerman ME. Hinge length contributes to the phagocytic activity of HIV-specific IgG1 and IgG3 antibodies. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1008083. [PMID: 32092122 PMCID: PMC7058349 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Antibody functions such as neutralization require recognition of antigen by the Fab region, while effector functions are additionally mediated by interactions of the Fc region with soluble factors and cellular receptors. The efficacy of individual antibodies varies based on Fab domain characteristics, such as affinity for antigen and epitope-specificity, and on Fc domain characteristics that include isotype, subclass, and glycosylation profile. Here, a series of HIV-specific antibody subclass and hinge variants were constructed and tested to define those properties associated with differential effector function. In the context of the broadly neutralizing CD4 binding site-specific antibody VRC01 and the variable loop (V3) binding antibody 447-52D, hinge truncation and extension had a considerable impact on the magnitude of phagocytic activity of both IgG1 and IgG3 subclasses. The improvement in phagocytic potency of antibodies with extended hinges could not be attributed to changes in either intrinsic antigen or antibody receptor affinity. This effect was specific to phagocytosis and was generalizable to different phagocytes, at different effector cell to target ratios, for target particles of different size and composition, and occurred across a range of antibody concentrations. Antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity and neutralization were generally independent of hinge length, and complement deposition displayed variable local optima. In vivo stability testing showed that IgG molecules with altered hinges can exhibit similar biodistribution and pharmacokinetic profiles as IgG1. Overall, these results suggest that when high phagocytic activity is desirable, therapeutic antibodies may benefit from being formatted as human IgG3 or engineered IgG1 forms with elongated hinges.
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- Thach H. Chu
- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Centre for HIV and STIs, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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- Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
- The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America
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Calonga-Solís V, Malheiros D, Beltrame MH, Vargas LDB, Dourado RM, Issler HC, Wassem R, Petzl-Erler ML, Augusto DG. Unveiling the Diversity of Immunoglobulin Heavy Constant Gamma ( IGHG) Gene Segments in Brazilian Populations Reveals 28 Novel Alleles and Evidence of Gene Conversion and Natural Selection. Front Immunol 2019; 10:1161. [PMID: 31214166 PMCID: PMC6558194 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Even though immunoglobulins are critical for immune responses and human survival, the diversity of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene (IGH) is poorly known and mostly characterized only by serological methods. Moreover, this genomic region is not well-covered in genomic databases and genome-wide association studies due to particularities that impose technical difficulties for its analysis. Therefore, the IGH gene has never been systematically sequenced across populations. Here, we deliver an unprecedented and comprehensive characterization of the diversity of the IGHG1, IGHG2, and IGHG3 gene segments, which encode the constant region of the most abundant circulating immunoglobulins: IgG1, IgG2, and IgG3, respectively. We used Sanger sequencing to analyze 357 individuals from seven different Brazilian populations, including five Amerindian, one Japanese-descendant and one Euro-descendant population samples. We discovered 28 novel IGHG alleles and provided evidence that some of them may have been originated by gene conversion between common alleles of different gene segments. The rate of synonymous substitutions was significantly higher than the rate of the non-synonymous substitutions for IGHG1 and IGHG2 (p = 0.01 and 0.03, respectively), consistent with purifying selection. Fay and Wu's test showed significant negative values for most populations (p < 0.001), which indicates that positive selection in an adjacent position may be shaping IGHG variation by hitchhiking of variants in the vicinity, possibly the regions that encode the Ig variable regions. This study shows that the variation in the IGH gene is largely underestimated. Therefore, exploring its nucleotide diversity in populations may provide valuable information for comprehension of its evolution, its impact on diseases and vaccine research.
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- Verónica Calonga-Solís
- Laboratório de Genética Molecular Humana, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética Molecular Humana, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética Molecular Humana, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética Molecular Humana, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética Molecular Humana, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética Molecular Humana, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Interação Planta-Bactéria, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética Molecular Humana, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genética Molecular Humana, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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Subclass-specific IgG glycosylation is associated with markers of inflammation and metabolic health. Sci Rep 2017; 7:12325. [PMID: 28951559 PMCID: PMC5615071 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12495-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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This study indicates that glycosylation of immunoglobulin G, the most abundant antibody in human blood, may convey useful information with regard to inflammation and metabolic health. IgG occurs in the form of different subclasses, of which the effector functions show significant variation. Our method provides subclass-specific IgG glycosylation profiling, while previous large-scale studies neglected to measure IgG2-specific glycosylation. We analysed the plasma Fc glycosylation profiles of IgG1, IgG2 and IgG4 in a cohort of 1826 individuals by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. For all subclasses, a low level of galactosylation and sialylation and a high degree of core fucosylation associated with poor metabolic health, i.e. increased inflammation as assessed by C-reactive protein, low serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and high triglycerides, which are all known to indicate increased risk of cardiovascular disease. IgG2 consistently showed weaker associations of its galactosylation and sialylation with the metabolic markers, compared to IgG1 and IgG4, while the direction of the associations were overall similar for the different IgG subclasses. These findings demonstrate the potential of IgG glycosylation as a biomarker for inflammation and metabolic health, and further research is required to determine the additive value of IgG glycosylation on top of biomarkers which are currently used.
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Dambrun M, Dechavanne C, Emmanuel A, Aussenac F, Leduc M, Giangrande C, Vinh J, Dugoujon JM, Lefranc MP, Guillonneau F, Migot-Nabias F. Human Immunoglobulin Heavy Gamma Chain Polymorphisms: Molecular Confirmation Of Proteomic Assessment. Mol Cell Proteomics 2017; 16:824-839. [PMID: 28265047 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m116.064733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2016] [Revised: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Immunoglobulin G (IgG) proteins are known for the huge diversity of the variable domains of their heavy and light chains, aimed at protecting each individual against foreign antigens. The IgG also harbor specific polymorphism concentrated in the CH2 and CH3-CHS constant regions located on the Fc fragment of their heavy chains. But this individual particularity relies only on a few amino acids among which some could make accurate sequence determination a challenge for mass spectrometry-based techniques.The purpose of the study was to bring a molecular validation of proteomic results by the sequencing of encoding DNA fragments. It was performed using ten individual samples (DNA and sera) selected on the basis of their Gm (gamma marker) allotype polymorphism in order to cover the main immunoglobulin heavy gamma (IGHG) gene diversity. Gm allotypes, reflecting part of this diversity, were determined by a serological method. On its side, the IGH locus comprises four functional IGHG genes totalizing 34 alleles and encoding the four IgG subclasses. The genomic study focused on the nucleotide polymorphism of the CH2 and CH3-CHS exons and of the intron. Despite strong sequence identity, four pairs of specific gene amplification primers could be designed. Additional primers were identified to perform the subsequent sequencing. The nucleotide sequences obtained were first assigned to a specific IGHG gene, and then IGHG alleles were deduced using a home-made decision tree reading of the nucleotide sequences. IGHG amino acid (AA) alleles were determined by mass spectrometry. Identical results were found at 95% between alleles identified by proteomics and those deduced from genomics. These results validate the proteomic approach which could be used for diagnostic purposes, namely for a mother-and-child differential IGHG detection in a context of suspicion of congenital infection.
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- Magalie Dambrun
- From the ‡Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR 216 Mère et enfant face aux infections tropicales, Paris, France.,§COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.,¶¶Magalie Dambrun, Célia Dechavanne and Alexandra Emmanuel contributed equally to this work
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- From the ‡Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR 216 Mère et enfant face aux infections tropicales, Paris, France.,§COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.,¶¶Magalie Dambrun, Célia Dechavanne and Alexandra Emmanuel contributed equally to this work
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- From the ‡Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR 216 Mère et enfant face aux infections tropicales, Paris, France.,§COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.,¶ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, Spectrométrie de Masse Biologique et Protéomique (SMBP), CNRS USR 3149, Paris, France.,¶¶Magalie Dambrun, Célia Dechavanne and Alexandra Emmanuel contributed equally to this work
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- From the ‡Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR 216 Mère et enfant face aux infections tropicales, Paris, France.,§COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- ‖Plate-forme protéomique de l'Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- ¶ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, Spectrométrie de Masse Biologique et Protéomique (SMBP), CNRS USR 3149, Paris, France
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- ¶ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, Spectrométrie de Masse Biologique et Protéomique (SMBP), CNRS USR 3149, Paris, France
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- **Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Moléculaire et Imagerie de Synthèse, UMR 5288, CNRS et Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse, France
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- ‡‡IMGT®, the international ImMunoGeneTics information system®, Laboratoire d'ImmunoGénétique Moléculaire, LIGM, Institut de Génétique Humaine, IGH, UMR 9002, CNRS et Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,§§Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- ‖Plate-forme protéomique de l'Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.,‖‖François Guillonneau and Florence Migot-Nabias contributed equally to this work
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- From the ‡Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR 216 Mère et enfant face aux infections tropicales, Paris, France; .,§COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.,‖‖François Guillonneau and Florence Migot-Nabias contributed equally to this work
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Plomp R, Bondt A, de Haan N, Rombouts Y, Wuhrer M. Recent Advances in Clinical Glycoproteomics of Immunoglobulins (Igs). Mol Cell Proteomics 2016; 15:2217-28. [PMID: 27009965 PMCID: PMC4937499 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.o116.058503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Antibody glycosylation analysis has seen methodological progress resulting in new findings with regard to antibody glycan structure and function in recent years. For example, antigen-specific IgG glycosylation analysis is now applicable for clinical samples because of the increased sensitivity of measurements, and this has led to new insights in the relationship between IgG glycosylation and various diseases. Furthermore, many new methods have been developed for the purification and analysis of IgG Fc glycopeptides, notably multiple reaction monitoring for high-throughput quantitative glycosylation analysis. In addition, new protocols for IgG Fab glycosylation analysis were established revealing autoimmune disease-associated changes. Functional analysis has shown that glycosylation of IgA and IgE is involved in transport across the intestinal epithelium and receptor binding, respectively.
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- Rosina Plomp
- From the ‡Leiden University Medical Center, Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- From the ‡Leiden University Medical Center, Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden, The Netherlands; §Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- From the ‡Leiden University Medical Center, Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- ¶Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, France
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- From the ‡Leiden University Medical Center, Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden, The Netherlands;
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Analytical characterization of IgG Fc subclass variants through high-resolution separation combined with multiple LC-MS identification. Anal Bioanal Chem 2015; 407:7055-66. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-015-8863-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Revised: 06/10/2015] [Accepted: 06/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Plomp R, Dekkers G, Rombouts Y, Visser R, Koeleman CAM, Kammeijer GSM, Jansen BC, Rispens T, Hensbergen PJ, Vidarsson G, Wuhrer M. Hinge-Region O-Glycosylation of Human Immunoglobulin G3 (IgG3). Mol Cell Proteomics 2015; 14:1373-84. [PMID: 25759508 PMCID: PMC4424406 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m114.047381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2014] [Revised: 03/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Immunoglobulin G (IgG) is one of the most abundant proteins present in human serum and a fundamental component of the immune system. IgG3 represents ∼8% of the total amount of IgG in human serum and stands out from the other IgG subclasses because of its elongated hinge region and enhanced effector functions. This study reports partial O-glycosylation of the IgG3 hinge region, observed with nanoLC-ESI-IT-MS(/MS) analysis after proteolytic digestion. The repeat regions within the IgG3 hinge were found to be in part O-glycosylated at the threonine in the triple repeat motif. Non-, mono- and disialylated core 1-type O-glycans were detected in various IgG3 samples, both poly- and monoclonal. NanoLC-ESI-IT-MS/MS with electron transfer dissociation fragmentation and CE-MS/MS with CID fragmentation were used to determine the site of IgG3 O-glycosylation. The O-glycosylation site was further confirmed by the recombinant production of mutant IgG3 in which potential O-glycosylation sites had been knocked out. For IgG3 samples from six donors we found similar O-glycan structures and site occupancies, whereas for the same samples the conserved N-glycosylation of the Fc CH2 domain showed considerable interindividual variation. The occupancy of each of the three O-glycosylation sites was found to be ∼10% in six serum-derived IgG3 samples and ∼13% in two monoclonal IgG3 allotypes.
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- Rosina Plomp
- From the ‡Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics
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- From the ‡Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, §Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- From the ‡Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics
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- ¶¶Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- From the ‡Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, **Division of BioAnalytical Chemistry, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Vidarsson G, Dekkers G, Rispens T. IgG subclasses and allotypes: from structure to effector functions. Front Immunol 2014; 5:520. [PMID: 25368619 PMCID: PMC4202688 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1677] [Impact Index Per Article: 167.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2014] [Accepted: 10/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Of the five immunoglobulin isotypes, immunoglobulin G (IgG) is most abundant in human serum. The four subclasses, IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, and IgG4, which are highly conserved, differ in their constant region, particularly in their hinges and upper CH2 domains. These regions are involved in binding to both IgG-Fc receptors (FcγR) and C1q. As a result, the different subclasses have different effector functions, both in terms of triggering FcγR-expressing cells, resulting in phagocytosis or antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity, and activating complement. The Fc-regions also contain a binding epitope for the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn), responsible for the extended half-life, placental transport, and bidirectional transport of IgG to mucosal surfaces. However, FcRn is also expressed in myeloid cells, where it participates in both phagocytosis and antigen presentation together with classical FcγR and complement. How these properties, IgG-polymorphisms and post-translational modification of the antibodies in the form of glycosylation, affect IgG-function will be the focus of the current review.
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- Gestur Vidarsson
- Department of Experimental Immunohematology, Sanquin Research, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , Netherlands
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- Department of Experimental Immunohematology, Sanquin Research, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , Netherlands
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LC-MS analysis of polyclonal IgGs using IdeS enzymatic proteolysis for oxidation monitoring. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2014; 961:1-4. [PMID: 24837162 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2014.04.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2014] [Revised: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Susceptibility of IgGs to oxidation is a significant issue for intravenous immunoglobulin preparations (IVIG) in liquid solution and raises both safety and efficacy concerns. Here we present an optimized chromatography method coupled to mass spectrometry (MS) to determine the oxidation of Fc/2 fragments derived from polyclonal IgGs after IdeS treatment. Separation of the four IgG subclasses was achieved using a diphenyl column and UV/MS detections were used for quantification and characterization. Several oxidized Fc/2 fragments generated by stress conditions were resolved and oxidized methionines were identified. This procedure can be used to monitor the oxidative status of IVIG preparations during formulation or stability studies.
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Rispens T, Davies AM, Ooijevaar-de Heer P, Absalah S, Bende O, Sutton BJ, Vidarsson G, Aalberse RC. Dynamics of inter-heavy chain interactions in human immunoglobulin G (IgG) subclasses studied by kinetic Fab arm exchange. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:6098-109. [PMID: 24425871 PMCID: PMC3937676 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.541813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Interdomain interactions between the CH3 domains of antibody heavy chains are the first step in antibody assembly and are of prime importance for maintaining the native structure of IgG. For human IgG4 it was shown that CH3-CH3 interactions are weak, resulting in the potential for half-molecule exchange (“Fab arm exchange”). Here we systematically investigated non-covalent interchain interactions for CH3 domains in the other human subclasses, including polymorphisms (allotypes), using real-time monitoring of Fab arm exchange with a FRET-based kinetic assay. We identified structural variation between human IgG subclasses and allotypes at three amino acid positions (Lys/Asn-392, Val/Met-397, Lys/Arg-409) to alter the strength of inter-domain interactions by >6 orders of magnitude. Each substitution affected the interactions independent from the other substitutions in terms of affinity, but the enthalpic and entropic contributions were non-additive, suggesting a complex interplay. Allotypic variation in IgG3 resulted in widely different CH3 interaction strengths that were even weaker for IgG3 than for IgG4 in the case of allotype G3m(c3c5*/6,24*), whereas G3m(s*/15*) was equally stable to IgG1. These interactions are sufficiently strong to maintain the structural integrity of IgG1 during its normal life span; for IgG2 and IgG3 the inter-heavy chain disulfide bonds are essential to prevent half-molecule dissociation, whereas the labile hinge disulfide bonds favor half-molecule exchange in vivo for IgG4.
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- Theo Rispens
- From Sanquin Research, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
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Zauner G, Selman MHJ, Bondt A, Rombouts Y, Blank D, Deelder AM, Wuhrer M. Glycoproteomic analysis of antibodies. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013; 12:856-65. [PMID: 23325769 PMCID: PMC3617332 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.r112.026005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Antibody glycosylation has been shown to change with various processes. This review presents mass spectrometric approaches for antibody glycosylation analysis at the level of released glycans, glycopeptides, and intact protein. With regard to IgG fragment crystallizable glycosylation, mass spectrometry has shown its potential for subclass-specific, high-throughput analysis. In contrast, because of the vast heterogeneity of peptide moieties, fragment antigen binding glycosylation analysis of polyclonal IgG relies entirely on glycan release. Next to IgG, IgA has gained some attention, and studies of its O- and N-glycosylation have revealed disease-associated glycosylation changes. Glycoproteomic analyses of IgM and IgE are lagging behind but should complete our picture of glycosylation's influence on antibody function.
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- Gerhild Zauner
- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry Unit, Postbus 9600, 2300RC Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Iriemenam NC, Pandey JP, Williamson J, Blackstock AJ, Yesupriya A, Namboodiri AM, Rocca KM, van Eijk AM, Ayisi J, Oteino J, Lal RB, ter Kuile FO, Steketee R, Nahlen B, Slutsker L, Shi YP. Association between immunoglobulin GM and KM genotypes and placental malaria in HIV-1 negative and positive women in western Kenya. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53948. [PMID: 23326546 PMCID: PMC3543394 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Accepted: 12/06/2012] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Immunoglobulin (Ig) GM and KM allotypes, genetic markers of γ and κ chains, are associated with humoral immune responsiveness. Previous studies have shown the relationships between GM6-carrying haplotypes and susceptibility to malaria infection in children and adults; however, the role of the genetic markers in placental malaria (PM) infection and PM with HIV co-infection during pregnancy has not been investigated. We examined the relationship between the gene polymorphisms of Ig GM6 and KM allotypes and the risk of PM infection in pregnant women with known HIV status. DNA samples from 728 pregnant women were genotyped for GM6 and KM alleles using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method. Individual GM6 and KM genotypes and the combined GM6 and KM genotypes were assessed in relation to PM in HIV-1 negative and positive women, respectively. There was no significant effect of individual GM6 and KM genotypes on the risk of PM infection in HIV-1 negative and positive women. However, the combination of homozygosity for GM6(+) and KM3 was associated with decreased risk of PM (adjusted OR, 0.25; 95% CI, 0.08-0.8; P = 0.019) in HIV-1 negative women while in HIV-1 positive women the combination of GM6(+/-) with either KM1-3 or KM1 was associated with increased risk of PM infection (adjusted OR, 2.10; 95% CI, 1.18-3.73; P = 0.011). Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE) tests further showed an overall significant positive F(is) (indication of deficit in heterozygotes) for GM6 while there was no deviation for KM genotype frequency from HWE in the same population. These findings suggest that the combination of homozygous GM6(+) and KM3 may protect against PM in HIV-1 negative women while the HIV-1 positive women with heterozygous GM6(+/-) combined with KM1-3 or KM1 may be more susceptible to PM infection. The deficit in heterozygotes for GM6 further suggests that GM6 could be under selection likely by malaria infection.
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- Nnaemeka C. Iriemenam
- Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
- * E-mail: (YPS); (JPP)
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- Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Atlanta Research and Education Foundation/VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America
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- National Office of Public Health Genomics, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Centre for Vector Biology and Control Research, Kenyan Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
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- Centre for Vector Biology and Control Research, Kenyan Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
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- New Nyanza Provincial General Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kisumu, Kenya
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- Division of AIDS, STD, TB Laboratory Research, National Center for HIV, STD, TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Child and Reproductive Health Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- * E-mail: (YPS); (JPP)
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Buck D, Albrecht E, Aslam M, Goris A, Hauenstein N, Jochim A, Cepok S, Grummel V, Dubois B, Berthele A, Lichtner P, Gieger C, Winkelmann J, Hemmer B. Genetic variants in the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus are associated with the IgG index in multiple sclerosis. Ann Neurol 2012; 73:86-94. [PMID: 23225573 DOI: 10.1002/ana.23749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2012] [Revised: 07/22/2012] [Accepted: 08/31/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Intrathecal synthesis of immunoglobulin gamma (IgG) synthesis is frequently observed in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Whereas the extent of intrathecal IgG synthesis varies largely between patients, it remains rather constant in the individual patient over time. The aim of this study was to identify common genetic variants associated with the IgG index as a marker of intrathecal IgG synthesis in MS. METHODS We performed a genome-wide association study of the IgG index in a discovery series of 229 patients. For confirmation we performed a replication in 2 independent series comprising 256 and 153 patients, respectively. The impact of associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on MS susceptibility was analyzed in an additional 1,854 cases and 5,175 controls. RESULTS Significant association between the IgG index and 5 SNPs was detected in the discovery and confirmed in both replication series reaching combined p values of p = 6.5 × 10(-11) to p = 7.5 × 10(-16) . All identified SNPs are clustered around the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IGHC) locus on chromosome 14q32.33 and are in linkage disequilibrium (r(2) range, 0.71-0.95). The best associated SNP is located in an intronic region of the immunoglobulin gamma3 heavy chain gene. Additional sequencing identified the GM21* haplotype to be associated with a high IgG index. Further evaluation of the IGHC SNPs revealed no association with susceptibility to MS in our data set. INTERPRETATION The extent of intrathecal IgG in MS is influenced by the IGHC locus. No association with susceptibility to MS was found. Therefore GM haplotypes might affect intrathecal IgG synthesis independently of the underlying disease.
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- Dorothea Buck
- Department of Neurology, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Human Gm, Km, and Am allotypes and their molecular characterization: a remarkable demonstration of polymorphism. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 882:635-80. [PMID: 22665258 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-842-9_34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Human immunoglobulin allotypes are antigenic determinants (or "markers") determined serologically, classically by hemagglutination inhibition, on the human immunoglobulin (IG) heavy and light chains. The allotypes have been identified on the gamma1, gamma2, gamma3, and alpha2 heavy chains (they are designated as G1m, G2m, G3m, and A2m allotypes, respectively), and on the kappa light chain (Km allotypes). Gm-Am allotypes are inherited in fixed combinations, or Gm-Am haplotypes, owing to the linkage of the human IGHC genes (IGHG3, IGHG1, IGHA1, IGHG2, IGHG4, IGHE, and IGHA2 from 5' to 3' in the IGH locus on chromosome 14). Gm and Am allotypes have been one of the most powerful tools in population genetics and very instrumental in molecular characterization of the human IGHC genes (gene conversion, copy number variation, gene order). They represent a major system for understanding immunogenicity of the polymorphic IG chains, in relation with amino acid and conformational changes. The correlation between G3m allotypes and amino acid changes has been possible with the sequencing of many alleles of the IGHG3 gene, from individuals from different populations and with known allotypes. In this chapter, we integrate genetics and sequence data and provide an updated overview of the Gm-Am haplotypes and Km allotypes. We propose, for the first time, a complete elucidation of the G3m allotypes, illustrated by the "IMGT G3m allele butterfly" concept that allows a graphical representation of the G3m alleles (variants of a gene expressing a given set of allotypes). Knowledge of allotypes is important in antibody engineering and humanization of monoclonal antibodies to improve immunotherapy.
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Dechavanne C, Guillonneau F, Chiappetta G, Sago L, Lévy P, Salnot V, Guitard E, Ehrenmann F, Broussard C, Chafey P, Le Port A, Vinh J, Mayeux P, Dugoujon JM, Lefranc MP, Migot-Nabias F. Mass spectrometry detection of G3m and IGHG3 alleles and follow-up of differential mother and neonate IgG3. PLoS One 2012; 7:e46097. [PMID: 23049948 PMCID: PMC3457951 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2012] [Accepted: 08/28/2012] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Mass spectrometry (MS) analysis for detection of immunoglobulins (IG) of the human IgG3 subclass is described that relies on polymorphic amino acids of the heavy gamma3 chains. IgG3 is the most polymorphic human IgG subclass with thirteen G3m allotypes located on the constant CH2 and CH3 domains of the gamma3 chain, the combination of which leads to six major G3m alleles. Amino acid changes resulting of extensive sequencing previously led to the definition of 19 IGHG3 alleles that have been correlated to the G3m alleles. As a proof of concept, MS proteotypic peptides were defined which encompass discriminatory amino acids for the identification of the G3m and IGHG3 alleles. Plasma samples originating from ten individuals either homozygous or heterozygous for different G3m alleles, and including one mother and her baby (drawn sequentially from birth to 9 months of age), were analyzed. Total IgG3 were purified using affinity chromatography and then digested by a combination of AspN and trypsin proteases, and peptides of interest were detected by mass spectrometry. The sensitivity of the method was assessed by mixing variable amounts of two plasma samples bearing distinct G3m allotypes. A label-free approach using the high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) retention time of peptides and their MS mass analyzer peak intensity gave semi-quantitative information. Quantification was realized by selected reaction monitoring (SRM) using synthetic peptides as internal standards. The possibility offered by this new methodology to detect and quantify neo-synthesized IgG in newborns will improve knowledge on the first acquisition of antibodies in infants and constitutes a promising diagnostic tool for vertically-transmitted diseases.
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- Célia Dechavanne
- Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 216 Mère et enfant face aux infections tropicales, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Paris, France.
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Pandey JP, Kistner-Griffin E. Genetic variation at immunoglobulin kappa locus is associated with hepatitis C-treatment-induced viral clearance in African Americans. Hum Immunol 2011; 72:667-70. [PMID: 21536089 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2011.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2011] [Revised: 03/08/2011] [Accepted: 03/31/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Host genetic factors, especially genes of the immune system, are thought to contribute to the racial differences in response rates to therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The aim of the present investigation was to determine whether immunoglobulin gamma heavy chain marker (GM) and kappa light chain marker (KM) -were associated with sustained viral response (SVR) in patients treated with peginterferon-α-2a and ribavirin. DNA samples from 319 subjects with genotype-1 HCV infections were allotyped for alleles at four GM loci: GM3/GM17, GM23+/GM23-, GM5/GM21, GM6+/GM6- and the KM locus: KM1/KM3, using molecular methods. Noncarriage of KM1 allele, i.e., KM3 homozygosity, was associated with higher SVR in African Americans (odds ratio = 2.50, 95% confidence interval = 1.12-5.60). Consistent with this finding, the HCV RNA level in KM1 noncarriers was significantly (p = 0.013) lower than in carriers of this allele. Thus, the KM3 allele may be a marker for higher SVR in African Americans.
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- Janardan P Pandey
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
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Sanchez-Mazas A, Fernandez-Viña M, Middleton D, Hollenbach JA, Buhler S, Di D, Rajalingam R, Dugoujon JM, Mack SJ, Thorsby E. Immunogenetics as a tool in anthropological studies. Immunology 2011; 133:143-64. [PMID: 21480890 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2011.03438.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The genes coding for the main molecules involved in the human immune system--immunoglobulins, human leucocyte antigen (HLA) molecules and killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR)--exhibit a very high level of polymorphism that reveals remarkable frequency variation in human populations. 'Genetic marker' (GM) allotypes located in the constant domains of IgG antibodies have been studied for over 40 years through serological typing, leading to the identification of a variety of GM haplotypes whose frequencies vary sharply from one geographic region to another. An impressive diversity of HLA alleles, which results in amino acid substitutions located in the antigen-binding region of HLA molecules, also varies greatly among populations. The KIR differ between individuals according to both gene content and allelic variation, and also display considerable population diversity. Whereas the molecular evolution of these polymorphisms has most likely been subject to natural selection, principally driven by host-pathogen interactions, their patterns of genetic variation worldwide show significant signals of human geographic expansion, demographic history and cultural diversification. As current developments in population genetic analysis and computer simulation improve our ability to discriminate among different--either stochastic or deterministic--forces acting on the genetic evolution of human populations, the study of these systems shows great promise for investigating both the peopling history of modern humans in the time since their common origin and human adaptation to past environmental (e.g. pathogenic) changes. Therefore, in addition to mitochondrial DNA, Y-chromosome, microsatellites, single nucleotide polymorphisms and other markers, immunogenetic polymorphisms represent essential and complementary tools for anthropological studies.
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- Alicia Sanchez-Mazas
- Department of Genetics and Evolution, Anthropology unit, Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and peopling history, University of Geneva, 12 rue Gustave-Revilliod, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Namboodiri AM, Pandey JP. The human cytomegalovirus TRL11/IRL11-encoded FcγR binds differentially to allelic variants of immunoglobulin G1. Arch Virol 2011; 156:907-10. [PMID: 21311920 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-011-0937-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2010] [Accepted: 01/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) has evolved several immune-evasion strategies. One strategy involves encoding Fcgamma receptor (FcγR)-like proteins that thwart the Fcγ-mediated effector functions. Our aim was to determine whether GM allotypes-immunoglobulin γ chain determinants expressed primarily on the Fc segment-modulate this viral strategy through differential binding to the viral FcγR. Results of our ELISA binding studies show that the mean absorbance values for binding to the HCMV TRL11/IRL11-encoded FcγR were higher for IgG1 expressing the GM 3 allotype than for those expressing the allelic GM 1,2,17 determinants (p = 0.0005), a finding with potential implications for genetic etiology of HCMV-associated diseases.
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- Aryan M Namboodiri
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, 29425-2230, USA
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Jefferis R, Lefranc MP. Human immunoglobulin allotypes: possible implications for immunogenicity. MAbs 2009; 1:332-8. [PMID: 20073133 PMCID: PMC2726606 DOI: 10.4161/mabs.1.4.9122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2009] [Accepted: 05/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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More than twenty recombinant monoclonal antibodies are approved as therapeutics. Almost all of these are based on the whole IgG isotype format, but vary in the origin of the variable regions between mouse (chimeric), humanized mouse and fully human sequences; all of those with whole IgG format employ human constant region sequences. Currently, the opposing merits of the four IgG subclasses are considered with respect to the in vivo biological activities considered to be appropriate to the disease indication being treated. Human heavy chain genes also exhibit extensive structural polymorphism(s) and, being closely linked, are inherited as a haplotype. Polymorphisms (allotypes) within the IgG isotype were originally discovered and described using serological reagents derived from humans; demonstrating that allotypic variants can be immunogenic and provoke antibody responses as a result of allo-immunization. The serologically defined allotypes differ widely within and between population groups; therefore, a mAb of a given allotype will, inevitably, be delivered to a cohort of patients homozygous for the alternative allotype. This publication reviews the serologically defined human IgG allotypes and considers the potential for allotype differences to contribute to or potentiate immunogenicity.
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- Roy Jefferis
- School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
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Schanfield MS, Ferrell RE, Hossaini AA, Gerald Sandler S, Stevenson JC. Immunoglobulin allotypes in Southwest Asia: Populations at the Crossroads. Am J Hum Biol 2008; 20:671-82. [DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Immunoglobulin allotypes influence IgG antibody responses to hepatitis C virus envelope proteins E1 and E2. Hum Immunol 2008; 69:158-64. [PMID: 18396207 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2008.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2007] [Revised: 01/28/2008] [Accepted: 01/31/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Immunoglobulin (Ig) GM and KM allotypes-genetic markers of gamma and kappa chains, respectively-are associated with the outcome of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. We hypothesized that GM and KM allotypes could contribute to the outcome of HCV infection by influencing the levels of IgG antibodies to the HCV glycoproteins E1E2. We serologically allotyped 100 African American individuals with persistent HCV infection for GM and KM markers and measured anti-E1E2 antibodies. Subjects with the GM 1,17 5,13 phenotype had significantly higher levels of anti-E1E2 antibodies than subjects who lacked this phenotype (p = 0.008). Likewise, subjects with the KM 1-carrying phenotypes had higher levels of anti-E1E2 antibodies than subjects who lacked these phenotypes (p = 0.041). Median titers were fourfold higher in persons expressing both GM 1,17 5,13 and KM 1-carrying phenotypes compared with those who lacked these phenotypes (p = 0.011). Interactive effects of these GM-KM phenotypes were previously found to be highly significantly associated with spontaneous HCV clearance. Results presented here show that Ig allotypes contribute to the interindividual differences in humoral immunity to the HCV epitopes, a finding that may provide a mechanistic explanation for their involvement in the outcome of HCV infection.
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Wuhrer M, Stam JC, van de Geijn FE, Koeleman CAM, Verrips CT, Dolhain RJEM, Hokke CH, Deelder AM. Glycosylation profiling of immunoglobulin G (IgG) subclasses from human serum. Proteomics 2008; 7:4070-81. [PMID: 17994628 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200700289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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All four subclasses of human serum IgG contain a single N-glycosylation site in the constant region of their heavy chain, which is occupied by biantennary, largely core-fucosylated and partially truncated oligosaccharides, that may carry a bisecting N-acetylglucosamine and sialic acid residues. IgG glycosylation has been shown to be altered under various physiological and pathological circumstances. IgG N-glycan profiles vary with age, and galactosylation for example is enhanced during pregnancy. Several diseases including rheumatoid arthritis are associated with a reduction in galactosylation of the IgG N-glycans. Here, we describe a robust method for the isolation of IgG subclasses using protein A (binds IgG1, IgG2, and IgG4) and protein G (binds additionally IgG3) at the 96-well plate level, which is suitable for automation. Isolated IgGs were digested with trypsin, and obtained glycopeptides were analyzed by nano-LC-MS. Glycopeptides were characterized by CID as well as electron transfer dissociation (ETD). The method provided glycosylation profiles for IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, and IgG4 and revealed distinct differences in N-glycosylation between the four IgG subclasses. The changes in galactosylation associated with rheumatoid arthritis could readily be monitored. This method is suitable for the subclass-specific analysis of IgG glycosylation from clinical samples.
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- Manfred Wuhrer
- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry Unit, Department of Parasitology, Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Scinicariello F, Masseoud F, Jayashankar L, Attanasio R. Sooty mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus atys) IGHG and IGHA genes. Immunogenetics 2006; 58:955-65. [PMID: 17048039 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-006-0152-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2006] [Accepted: 08/14/2006] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Antibodies are adaptor molecules of the immune system that link antigen recognition with the effector mechanisms responsible for antigen clearance. Several nonhuman primate species are widely used in biomedical research, especially for vaccine development and for AIDS-related studies. However, nonhuman primate antibody molecules have been characterized only partially and only in a few species. Here, we describe sooty mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus atys) IGHG and IGHA genes, which encode the heavy-chain constant region of IgG and IgA molecules, respectively. The four mangabey IGHG genes are highly homologous to the rhesus macaque and baboon IGHG genes (percent identity varies between 94.0 and 98.8, depending on the subclass), with most amino acid differences located in the hinge regions. Results obtained by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction show that the four IGHG genes are expressed at least at the mRNA level. The mangabey IGHA gene is highly homologous to the corresponding gene from rhesus macaques (percent identity ranges from 88.6 to 96.7, depending on the allele considered), the only other nonhominoid primate species for which the complete sequence of the IGHA gene is currently available. In the mangabey analyzed, two IGHA alleles are present, confirming that high levels of IGHA gene heterozygosity are present in monkey species. These results show that nonhuman primate gamma and alpha heavy chains differ from each other mostly at the level of the hinge region and that alpha sequence heterogeneity in nonhuman primate species is also present in other gamma regions. In addition, these results provide sequence information that can be used for residue frequency analysis of antibody heavy-chain constant region sequences.
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Arbiza L, Dopazo J, Dopazo H. Positive selection, relaxation, and acceleration in the evolution of the human and chimp genome. PLoS Comput Biol 2006; 2:e38. [PMID: 16683019 PMCID: PMC1447656 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2005] [Accepted: 03/15/2006] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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For years evolutionary biologists have been interested in searching for the genetic bases underlying humanness. Recent efforts at a large or a complete genomic scale have been conducted to search for positively selected genes in human and in chimp. However, recently developed methods allowing for a more sensitive and controlled approach in the detection of positive selection can be employed. Here, using 13,198 genes, we have deduced the sets of genes involved in rate acceleration, positive selection, and relaxation of selective constraints in human, in chimp, and in their ancestral lineage since the divergence from murids. Significant deviations from the strict molecular clock were observed in 469 human and in 651 chimp genes. The more stringent branch-site test of positive selection detected 108 human and 577 chimp positively selected genes. An important proportion of the positively selected genes did not show a significant acceleration in rates, and similarly, many of the accelerated genes did not show significant signals of positive selection. Functional differentiation of genes under rate acceleration, positive selection, and relaxation was not statistically significant between human and chimp with the exception of terms related to G-protein coupled receptors and sensory perception. Both of these were over-represented under relaxation in human in relation to chimp. Comparing differences between derived and ancestral lineages, a more conspicuous change in trends seems to have favored positive selection in the human lineage. Since most of the positively selected genes are different under the same functional categories between these species, we suggest that the individual roles of the alternative positively selected genes may be an important factor underlying biological differences between these species. Since the publication of the human and the chimp genomes, one of the major challenges in evolutionary biology has begun to be deciphered: namely, the search for positively selected genes that have shaped humanness. Arbiza and colleagues undertake a genomic-scale search for the genes that have been positively selected in human, in chimp, and in their common ancestral lineage. They conclude that events of positive selection were six times more frequent in chimp than in human, although they do not group under specific functional classes that have been preferentially selected in either species. However, in the comparisons of the evolutionary trends between the ancestral and the descendant lineages, they found that most of the relative differences in common classes show an abundance of positive selection on the human branch. By differentiating positive selection from a relaxation of selective constraints, both producing analogous footprints in the genome, they demonstrate that many of the genes previously thought to have been positively selected correspond to likely cases of relaxation. Finally, they quantify the bias produced by the use of average rate–based approaches to concentrate cases of adaptive evolution in these species.
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- Leonardo Arbiza
- Pharmacogenomics and Comparative Genomics Unit, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe (CIPF), Valencia, Spain
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- Functional Genomics Unit, Bioinformatics Department, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe (CIPF), Valencia, Spain
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- Pharmacogenomics and Comparative Genomics Unit, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe (CIPF), Valencia, Spain
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Dugoujon JM, Hazout S, Loirat F, Mourrieras B, Crouau-Roy B, Sanchez-Mazas A. GM haplotype diversity of 82 populations over the world suggests a centrifugal model of human migrations. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2004; 125:175-92. [PMID: 15365983 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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This study investigates the GM genetic relationships of 82 human populations, among which 10 represent original data, within and among the main broad geographic areas of the world. Different approaches are used: multidimensional scaling analysis and test for isolation by distance, to assess the correlation between genetic variation and spatial distributions; analysis of variance, to investigate the genetic structure at different hierarchical levels of population subdivision; genetic similarity map (geographic map distorted by available genetic information), to identify regions of high and low genetic variation; and minimal spanning network, to point out possible migration routes across continental areas. The results show that the GM polymorphism is characterized by one of the highest amounts of genetic variation observed so far among populations of different continents (Fct=0.3915, P < 0.0001). GM diversity can be explained by a model of isolation by distance (IBD) at most continental levels, with a particularly significant fit to IBD for the Middle East and Europe. Five peripheral regions of the world (Europe, west and south sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and America) exhibit a low level of genetic diversity both within and among populations. By contrast, East and North African, Southwest Asian, and Northeast Asian populations are highly diverse and interconnected genetically by large genetic distances. Therefore, the observed GM variation can be explained by a "centrifugal model" of modern humans peopling history, involving ancient dispersals across a large intercontinental area spanning from East Africa to Northeast Asia, followed by recent migrations in peripheral geographic regions.
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- Jean-Michel Dugoujon
- Laboratory of Anthropobiology, Anthropology Center, UMR 8555 CNRS, 31000 Toulouse, France
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Nelson PN, Westwood OMR, Soltys A, Jefferis R, Goodall M, Baumforth KRN, Frampton G, Tribbick G, Roden D, Hay FC. Characterisation of epitopes of pan-IgG/anti-G3m(u) and anti-Fc monoclonal antibodies. Immunol Lett 2003; 88:77-83. [PMID: 12853166 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2478(03)00056-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The characterisation of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) and their epitopes is important prior to their application as molecular probes. In this study, Western blotting using IgG1 Fc and pFc' fragments was employed to screen seven MAbs before pepscan analysis to determine their reactivity to potentially linear epitopes. MAbs PNF69C, PNF110A, X1A11 and MAbs WC2, G7C, JD312, 1A1 detected epitopes within the C(H)3 and C(H)2 domains, respectively. However, only four MAbs showed pepscan profiles that highlighted likely target residues. In particular, MAbs PNF69C and PNF110A that have previously been characterised with pan-IgG and anti-G3m(u) specificity, detected the peptide motif 338-KAKGQPR-344 which was located within the N-terminal region of the C(H)3 domain. Furthermore the majority of residues were present in all four IgG subclasses. Consequently the peptide identified was consistent with the pan-IgG nature of these antibodies. By using PCImdad, a molecular display programme, this sequence was visualised as surface accessible, located in the C(H)2/C(H)3 inter-domain region and proximal to the residue arginine(435). It is speculated that this residue may be important for phenotypic expression of G3m(u) and specificity of these reagents. Pepscan analysis of MAbs G7C and JD312 (both pan-IgG) highlighted the core peptide sequence 290-KPREE-294, which was present in the C(H)2 domain and was common to all four IgG subclasses. PCImdad also showed this region to be highly accessible and was consistent with previous bioinformatic and autoimmune analysis of IgG. Overall these MAbs may serve as useful anti-IgG or anti-G3m(u) reagents and probes of immunoglobulin structure.
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- Paul N Nelson
- Molecular Immunology Research Group, Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SB, UK.
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Esteves PJ, Alves PC, Ferrand N, van der Loo W. Hotspot variation at the CH2-CH3 interface of leporid IgG antibodies (Oryctolagus, Sylvilagus and Lepus). EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOGENETICS : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY AND IMMUNOGENETICS 2002; 29:529-35. [PMID: 12437613 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2370.2002.00355.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is the only species known to express only one subclass of gamma class immunoglobulin (IgG) antibodies. The rabbit IGHGCH2 (second domain of the gene region encoding the IgG heavy chain constant region) or e locus presents two serologically defined alleles, the e14 and e15 allotypes. These are correlated with amino acid variation at position 309, which is located within the target region of the neonatal FcRn receptor. The e14 and e15 markers were also observed in other lagomorph species. Population genetic research has indicated that polymorphism at this locus is sustained by selection. We present here the IGHGCH2 exon sequences for 12 species of rabbit and hare (genera Oryctolagus, Sylvilagus and Lepus). The inferred amino acid sequences reveal that, despite an overall sequence identity of 97%, five different residues can occur at position 309. As for Oryctolagus, the e15 allotype was always associated with the presence of an Ala309 codon. In all but one case, this codon defined an allotype-specific ThaI restriction site. The potential of PCR/ThaI restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analyses for studying IGHGCH2 variation within and between populations is emphasized.
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- P J Esteves
- Centro de Estudos de Ciência Animal, ICETA-UP, Vairão, Portugal
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