PUBLICATION
In vitro evolution of myc-tag antibodies: in-depth specificity and affinity analysis of Myc1-9E10 and Hyper-Myc
- Authors
- Russo, G., Unkauf, T., Meier, D., Wenzel, E.V., Langreder, N., Schneider, K.T., Wiesner, R., Bischoff, R., Stadler, V., Dübel, S.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-220323-19
- Date
- 2022
- Source
- Biological chemistry 403(5-6): 479-494 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Russo, Giulio
- Keywords
- epitope mapping, hypermyc, myc-tag, peptide microarrays, phage display, recombinant antibody
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal*/chemistry
- Epitope Mapping
- Epitopes
- Mice
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/genetics
- Rabbits
- Zebrafish*
- PubMed
- 35312243 Full text @ Biol. Chem.
Citation
Russo, G., Unkauf, T., Meier, D., Wenzel, E.V., Langreder, N., Schneider, K.T., Wiesner, R., Bischoff, R., Stadler, V., Dübel, S. (2022) In vitro evolution of myc-tag antibodies: in-depth specificity and affinity analysis of Myc1-9E10 and Hyper-Myc. Biological chemistry. 403(5-6):479-494.
Abstract
One of the most widely used epitope tags is the myc-tag, recognized by the anti-c-Myc hybridoma antibody Myc1-9E10. Combining error-prone PCR, DNA shuffling and phage display, we generated an anti-c-Myc antibody variant (Hyper-Myc) with monovalent affinity improved to 18 nM and thermal stability increased by 37%. Quantification of capillary immunoblots and by flow cytometry demonstrated improved antigen detection by Hyper-Myc. Further, three different species variants of this antibody were generated to allow the use of either anti-human, anti-mouse or anti-rabbit Fc secondary antibodies for detection. We characterized the specificity of both antibodies in depth: individual amino acid exchange mapping demonstrated that the recognized epitope was not changed by the in vitro evolution process. A laser printed array of 29,127 different epitopes representing all human linear B-cell epitopes of the Immune Epitope Database allowing to chart unwanted reactivities with mimotopes showed these to be very low for both antibodies and not increased for Hyper-Myc despite its improved affinity. The very low background reactivity of Hyper-Myc was confirmed by staining of myc-tag transgenic zebrafish whole mounts. Hyper-Myc retains the very high specificity of Myc1-9E10 while allowing myc-tag detection at lower concentrations and with either anti-mouse, anti-rabbit or anti human secondary antibodies.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping