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ArticleInfection and immunity2011

Generation of a neutralizing human monoclonal antibody Fab fragment to surface antigen 1 of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites.

Yong-Feng Fu, Meng Feng, Kenji Ohnishi, Tamon Kimura, Johbu Itoh, Xun-Jia Cheng, Hiroshi Tachibana

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Recent advances in Toxoplasma gondii immunotherapeutics.The Korean journal of parasitology · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yong-Feng FuDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Fudan University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
Meng Feng
Kenji Ohnishi
Tamon Kimura
Johbu Itoh
Xun-Jia Cheng
Hiroshi Tachibana
Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University · CNTokai University · JPTokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A combinatorial immunoglobulin gene library was constructed from lymphocytes in peripheral blood of a patient with toxoplasmosis and screened for production of human monoclonal antibody Fab fragments to recombinant surface antigen 1 (SAG1) of Toxoplasma gondii. Two Fab clones, Tox203 and Tox1403, which consisted of a common heavy chain and different light chains, showed positive staining on the entire surface of tachyzoites in confocal microscopy. Sequence analysis of the heavy-chain gene revealed that the closest germ line V segments were VH3-23. The germ line D segment was D1-7, and the closest germ line J segment was JH4. In the light-chain genes, the closest germ line V segment was Vκ1-17 with the Jκ1 or Jκ4 segments. The dissociation constants of these Fab fragments with recombinant SAG1 were 3.09 × 10(-9) M for Tox203 and 2.01 × 10(-8) M for Tox1403, indicating that the affinity of Tox203 was 7 times higher than that of Tox1403. Preincubation of T. gondii tachyzoites with Tox203 significantly inhibited their attachment to cultured MDBK cells. Passive immunization of mice with Tox203 also significantly reduced mortality after challenge with T. gondii tachyzoites. This is the first report of bacterial expression of human monoclonal antibody Fab fragments to SAG1 of T. gondii. These results also demonstrate that human Fab fragments to SAG1 might be applicable for immunoprophylaxis of toxoplasmosis.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ProtozoanAntigens, ProtozoanAntigens, SurfaceCloning, MolecularFemaleGene LibraryHumansImmunoglobulin Fab FragmentsImmunoglobulinsImmunoglobulin Variable RegionMiceMice, Inbred BALB CAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ProtozoanAntigens, ProtozoanAntigens, SurfaceImmunoglobulin Fab FragmentsImmunoglobulinsImmunoglobulin Variable Region

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PMID20956568
PMCPMC3019919
OpenAlexW2127816786

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