Antibodies (Nov 2023)

Expanding the Anti-Phl p 7 Antibody Toolkit: An Anti-Idiotype Nanobody Inhibitor

  • Susan K. Vester,
  • Anna M. Davies,
  • Rebecca L. Beavil,
  • Balraj S. Sandhar,
  • Andrew J. Beavil,
  • Hannah J. Gould,
  • Brian J. Sutton,
  • James M. McDonnell

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/antib12040075
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 4
p. 75

Abstract

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We have previously produced a toolkit of antibodies, comprising recombinant human antibodies of all but one of the human isotypes, directed against the polcalcin family antigen Phl p 7. In this work, we complete the toolkit of human antibody isotypes with the IgD version of the anti-Phl p 7 monoclonal antibody. We also raised a set of nanobodies against the IgD anti-Phl p 7 antibody and identify and characterize one paratope-specific nanobody. This nanobody also binds to the IgE isotype of this antibody, which shares the same idiotype, and orthosterically inhibits the interaction with Phl p 7. The 2.1 Å resolution X-ray crystal structure of the nanobody in complex with the IgD Fab is described.

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