Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies to estrogen-related receptor alpha (ERRα) and use in immunoaffinity chromatography.

Protein Expression and Purification
Amanda M EschRichard R Burgess

Abstract

Estrogen-related receptor alpha (ERRα) is an orphan nuclear receptor whose elevated expression is thought to contribute to breast, colon, and ovarian cancers. In order to investigate the role of ERRα in human disease, there is a need for immunological reagents suitable for detection and purification of ERRα. We expressed recombinant human ERRα in Escherichia coli, purified the protein, and used it to generate monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to ERRα. Nine high-affinity mAbs were chosen for their abilities to detect overexpressed ERRα in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) and Western blots, after which isotyping and preliminary epitope mapping was performed. The mAbs were all IgG subtypes and reacted with several different regions of full-length ERRα. A majority of the mAbs were found to be useful for immunoprecipitation of ERRα, and several could detect DNA-bound ERRα in electrophoretic mobility supershift assays (EMSAs) and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP). The suitability of mAbs to detect ERRα in immunofluorescence assays was assessed. One mAb in particular, 2ERR10, could specifically detect endogenous ERRα in mammary carcinoma cells. Finally, we performed assays to screen for mAbs that gently release ERRα in the pr...Continue Reading

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