Eunike C McGowan1,2,3, Robert L Flower1,2, Martina L Jones2,3, David O Irving1,4, Ross T Barnard2,5, Catherine A Hyland1,2, Stephen M Mahler2,3, Xuan T Bui1,2,3. 1. Research and Development, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Brisbane, Australia. 2. Australian Research Council Training Centre for Biopharmaceutical Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. 3. Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. 4. University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia. 5. School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: RhD-immunoglobulin (RhIg) prevents anti-D alloimmunisation in D-negative pregnant women when the fetus is D-positive, reducing the incidence of haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn. Manufacturing RhIg is reliant on the limited supply of plasma donations with anti-D antibodies. Monoclonal antibody (mAb) development platforms such as phage display, require blood samples to be collected from anti-D donors, which may be a complicated process. The blood filter chamber (BFC) discarded after an anti-D donor's donation might provide a source of Ig-encoding RNA. This study aims to evaluate whether used BFCs are a suitable source of Ig-encoding RNA for phage display. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Haemonetics PCS2 BFCs were obtained from 10 anti-D donors for total RNA extraction, cDNA synthesis and amplification of VH and VL IgG sequences for assembly of single-chain variable fragments (scFvs). A scFv-phage display library was constructed and 3 rounds of biopanning were performed using D-positive and D-negative red blood cells (RBCs). Positive phage clones were isolated, Sanger sequenced and, where possible, reformatted into full-length human IgGs to define specificity. The BFC aggregates from 2 anti-D donors underwent a Wright-Giemsa stain and hematological cell count. RESULTS: Of 10 BFCs, a sufficient yield of total RNA for library construction was obtained from BFCs containing cellular aggregates (n=5). Aggregate analysis showed lymphocytes were the cellular source of Ig-encoding RNA. From the 5 samples with aggregates, scFvs were assembled from amplified IgG variable regions. The library constructed from 1 of these samples resulted in the isolation of clones binding to D-positive RBCs with IGHV3 gene usage. Of the 4 reformatted IgG, 3 were anti-D and 1 had undefined specificity. DISCUSSION: BFC aggregates are a new and convenient source of Ig-encoding RNA which can be used to construct Ig gene libraries for mAb isolation and discovery via antibody phage display.
BACKGROUND: RhD-immunoglobulin (RhIg) prevents anti-D alloimmunisation in D-negative pregnant women when the fetus is D-positive, reducing the incidence of haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn. Manufacturing RhIg is reliant on the limited supply of plasma donations with anti-D antibodies. Monoclonal antibody (mAb) development platforms such as phage display, require blood samples to be collected from anti-D donors, which may be a complicated process. The blood filter chamber (BFC) discarded after an anti-D donor's donation might provide a source of Ig-encoding RNA. This study aims to evaluate whether used BFCs are a suitable source of Ig-encoding RNA for phage display. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Haemonetics PCS2 BFCs were obtained from 10 anti-D donors for total RNA extraction, cDNA synthesis and amplification of VH and VL IgG sequences for assembly of single-chain variable fragments (scFvs). A scFv-phage display library was constructed and 3 rounds of biopanning were performed using D-positive and D-negative red blood cells (RBCs). Positive phage clones were isolated, Sanger sequenced and, where possible, reformatted into full-length human IgGs to define specificity. The BFC aggregates from 2 anti-D donors underwent a Wright-Giemsa stain and hematological cell count. RESULTS: Of 10 BFCs, a sufficient yield of total RNA for library construction was obtained from BFCs containing cellular aggregates (n=5). Aggregate analysis showed lymphocytes were the cellular source of Ig-encoding RNA. From the 5 samples with aggregates, scFvs were assembled from amplified IgG variable regions. The library constructed from 1 of these samples resulted in the isolation of clones binding to D-positive RBCs with IGHV3 gene usage. Of the 4 reformatted IgG, 3 were anti-D and 1 had undefined specificity. DISCUSSION: BFC aggregates are a new and convenient source of Ig-encoding RNA which can be used to construct Ig gene libraries for mAb isolation and discovery via antibody phage display.
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