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Animals, cells and methods for production of detectably-labeled antibodies

a technology of antibodies and cells, applied in the field of animals, cells and methods for producing detectably-labeled antibodies, can solve the problems of cumbersome procedures, unsatisfactory background staining, and limitations that do not permit full advantage of these advances

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-12-21
SIMON SANFORD +1
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"The invention is about a genetically-modified mammal that can produce antibodies with a detectable protein or peptide fused with an immunoglobulin gene. The detectable protein or peptide can be an autofluorescent protein, a visibly-detectable protein, an enzymatically-active protein, or a protein or peptide that interacts with another molecule to produce a detectable product. The genetically-modified mammal can also express at least one chimeric immunoglobulin gene comprising at least one detectable protein or peptide. The technical effect of this invention is the ability to produce antibodies with a detectable protein or peptide for various applications such as research, diagnostics, and therapeutics."

Problems solved by technology

This procedure is somewhat cumbersome and may result in undesirable background staining due to non-specific reactivity of the secondary antibody.
With advances in optical and digital imaging and detection, multiply-labeled samples and simultaneous detection of several analytes is possible, yet the aforementioned biological limitations do not permit full advantage to be taken of these advances.
These procedures are cumbersome and requires purification of the primary antibodies.

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Secretion of Detectably-Labeled Antibodies

[0054] A rat IgG2A antibody hybridoma which produces a monoclonal antibody reactive against beta-galactosidase was used to determining whether GFP fusion proteins would be correctly assembled, secreted, and recognize antigen. The cDNA of the secreted form of the heavy and light chains against beta-galactosidase were cloned. The polynucleotide sequence encoding GFP was placed in front of the stop codon of both the heavy chain of IgG2A and light kappa chains. The plasmid combinations of 1) non-GFP tagged, 2) IgG2A heavy chain tagged, 3) light chain tagged, and 4) both heavy chain and light chain tagged, were transfected into 293T kidney cells and tested for ability to bind antigen.

[0055] The 293T cells do not express any endogenous antibodies. They were transfected with two expression vectors of combinations of IgG2A and kappa chains against beta-galactosidase: 1) IgG2A and kappa; 2) IgG2A and kappa-GFP; 3) IgG2A-GFP and kappa; and 4) IgG2A-...

example 2

Preparation of Genetically-Modified (Knock-In) Animals Comprising Detectably-Labeled Immunoglobulin Genes

[0057] Knock-in or gene replacement involves replacing an endogenous piece of DNA in the chromosome with a constructed piece of DNA. Thus, the constructed DNA must correctly integrate into the same genetic location as the gene to be replaced. This is distinctly different from transgenic technology where a constructed DNA is randomly introduced into a cell.

[0058] I. Construction of a segment of bacterial plasmid DNA that contains the change of interest and extensive homology to the target. Generation of the IgG1-GFP fusion knock-in construct is described below. The VDJ variable regions of the IgG1 constant chain are far upstream (5′) of this area. Immediately upstream of this area are the IgM and IgD constant regions. Downstream to this area are the constant regions for IgG2a, IgG2b, IgG3, IgE, and IgA. The exons CH1, CH2 and G1 are spliced together to make the constant region o...

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Homogeneous Immunoassays Using Detectably-Labeled Antibodies from a Genetically-Modified Mouse

[0064] In a further example of the methods described in Example 2, above, a genetically-modified mouse may be prepared which responds to immunization with an antigen by the production of chimeric immunoglobulin molecules capable of reading out a signal only on binding with the target antigen. Such chimeric antibodies may be used in a very simple homogeneous immunoassay in which, on combining with a sample, indicates the presence or extent of the level of the antigen in the sample.

[0065] Such chimeric antibodies are prepared by following the methods herein. Both a fluorescent peptide or polypeptide, and a fluorescence-quenching peptide or polypeptide, are fused into either the heavy immunoglobulin chain or the light immunoglobulin chain in the appropriate position in the genome of the mouse. Such pairs may include FRET pairs or proteins, such as described, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,9...

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Abstract

Genetically-modified mammals and immune cells are provided which are capable of producing or secreting detectably-labeled immunoglobulin molecules as a result of genetic modifications of at least one immunoglobulin gene in the genome thereof, such that a fusion polynucleotide encoding a detectable protein or peptide and an immunoglobulin component molecule is present.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09 / 982,120, filed Oct. 17, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,091,396, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) to provisional application Ser. No. 60 / 241,053, filed Oct. 17, 2000, both of which—are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Applicants claim the benefits of these applications under 35 U.S.C. § 19(e) and 35 U.S.C. §120.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The invention is directed to methods for obtaining detectably-labeled antibodies to any antigen by using genetically-modified mammals which express at least one detectably-labeled antibody molecule component. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Antibodies are widely used for diagnostic and research purposes for localizing an antigen within a cell, tissue, or other biological sample. For histopathology or cytology, cells are usually first exposed to a primary antibody which is specific for the desired target...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A01K67/027
CPCA01K67/0275A01K2217/05A01K2217/072A01K2227/105C07K2317/52C07K2319/00C07K2319/60C12N15/8509A01K2267/01
Inventor SIMON, SANFORDCHEN, YU
Owner SIMON SANFORD
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