The antigenicity and cholesteroid nature of mycolic acids determined by recombinant chicken antibodies
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Ranchod, Heena
Ndlandla, Fortunate
Lemmer, Yolandy
Beukes, Mervyn
Niebuhr, Johann
Al-Dulayymi, Juma
Wemmer, Susan
Fehrsen, Jeanni
Baird, Mark S.
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Abstract
Mycolic acids (MA) are major, species-specific lipid components of Mycobacteria and
related genera. In Mycobacterium tuberculosis, it is made up of alpha-, methoxy- and keto-
MA, each with specific biological functions and conformational characteristics. Antibodies in
tuberculosis (TB) patient sera respond differently towards the three MA classes and were
reported to cross-react with cholesterol. To understand the antigenicity and cholesterol
cross-reactivity of MA, we generated three different chicken -derived phage-displayed single-
chain variable fragments (scFv) that reacted similarly towards the natural mixture of MA,
but the first recognized all three classes of chemically synthetic MAs, the second only the
two oxygenated types of MAs and the third only methoxy MA. The cholesterol cross-reactivity
was investigated after grafting each of the three scFv types onto two configurations of
constant chain domains±CH1-4 and CH2-4. Weak but significant cross-reactivity with cholesterol
was found only with CH2-4 versions, notably those two that were also able to recognize
the trans-keto MA. The cholesteroid nature of mycobacterial mycolic acids therefore
seems to be determined by the trans-keto MA subclass. The significantly weaker binding to
cholesterol in comparison to MA confirms the potential TB diagnostic application of these
antibodies.
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S1 Fig. Sequences of gallibody clones produced by antibody engineering. 12) Anti-MA 12,
16) Anti-MA 16, 18) Anti-MA 18, CH1-4 = full length constant region, CH2-4 = truncated constant region, VH = variable heavy chain, VL = variable light chain.
S2 Fig. SDS-PAGE analysis illustrating gallibody purification using Ni-NTA affinity columns. A) 12CH1-4, B) 16CH1-4, C) 18CH1-4, D) 12CH2-4, E) 16CH2-4, F) 18CH2-4. Gel lanes 1) Marker, 2) Culture supernatant, 3) Flow through 1, 4) Flow through 2, 5) Washes, 6) Elution 1, 7) Elution 2, 8) Elution 3, 9) Elution 4. Successful purification is demonstrated by the comparable thickness of the 67 kDa band obtained with the culture supernatant (2) and the elutions (6±9).
S1 Dataset. Experimental data used for producing Figs 3 and 4.
S2 Dataset. Experimental data used for producing Fig 5.
S3 Dataset. Experimental data used for producing Fig 6.
S2 Fig. SDS-PAGE analysis illustrating gallibody purification using Ni-NTA affinity columns. A) 12CH1-4, B) 16CH1-4, C) 18CH1-4, D) 12CH2-4, E) 16CH2-4, F) 18CH2-4. Gel lanes 1) Marker, 2) Culture supernatant, 3) Flow through 1, 4) Flow through 2, 5) Washes, 6) Elution 1, 7) Elution 2, 8) Elution 3, 9) Elution 4. Successful purification is demonstrated by the comparable thickness of the 67 kDa band obtained with the culture supernatant (2) and the elutions (6±9).
S1 Dataset. Experimental data used for producing Figs 3 and 4.
S2 Dataset. Experimental data used for producing Fig 5.
S3 Dataset. Experimental data used for producing Fig 6.
Keywords
Mycolic acids, Antibodies, Trans-keto, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), Single enantiomers, Phage display, Ketomycolic acid, Recognition, Fragments, Stability, Epicholesterol, Technology, Generation, Tuberculosis (TB)
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Citation
Ranchod H, Ndlandla F, Lemmer Y,
Beukes M, Niebuhr J, Al-Dulayymi J, et al. (2018)
The antigenicity and cholesteroid nature of mycolic
acids determined by recombinant chicken
antibodies. PLoS ONE 13(8): e0200298. https://DOI.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200298.