Analysis of the structural diversity of monoclonal antibodies to cyclosporine

Molecular Immunology
D SchmitterM H Van Regenmortel

Abstract

The immunosuppressive cyclic undecapeptide cyclosporine (Cs) represents a useful model for studying the molecular basis of antibody-antigen interactions. The three-dimensional structure of the Cs molecule is known and a large panel of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to Cs has been well characterized by cross-reactivity studies with numerous Cs analogs. In the present study, the sequences of the variable regions of seven mAbs to Cs were determined and a striking relationship was found between the expressed variable region genes and the Cs recognition pattern. An analysis of the length and hydrophobic content of the hypervariable regions and sequence similarities suggested that the heavy chain plays a major role in Cs recognition. Different fine specificities were observed for mAbs exhibiting identical light chains, while two antibodies differed by only a single amino acid located in the heavy chain. The presence of a duplication of 12 nucleotides within the heavy chain third hypervariable region of two antibodies suggests the existence of an additional mechanism for creating antibody diversity.

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