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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1995
We describe a method to facilitate radioimaging with technetium-99m (99mTc) by genetic incorporat... more We describe a method to facilitate radioimaging with technetium-99m (99mTc) by genetic incorporation of a 99mTc chelation site in recombinant single-chain Fv (sFv) antibody proteins. This method relies on fusion of the sFv C terminus with a Gly4Cys peptide that specifically coordinates 99mTc. By using analogues of the 26-10 anti-digoxin sFv as our primary model, we find that addition of the chelate peptide, to form 26-10-1 sFv', does not alter the antigen-binding affinity of sFv. We have demonstrated nearly quantitative chelation of 0.5-50 mCi of 99mTc per mg of 26-10-1 sFv' (1 Ci = 37 GBq). These 99mTc-labeled sFv' complexes are highly stable to challenge with saline buffers, plasma, or diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid. We find that the 99mTc-labeled 741F8-1 sFv', specific for the c-erbB-2 tumor-associated antigen, is effective in imaging human ovarian carcinoma in a scid mouse tumor xenograft model. This fusion chelate methodology should be applicable to diagnost...
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Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 1993
Studies of monoclonal antibody-based imaging agents show that blood clearance is inversely propor... more Studies of monoclonal antibody-based imaging agents show that blood clearance is inversely proportional to molecular size, i.e., Fab or Fab' > F(ab')2 > IgG. Indium-111-antimyosin Fab-DTPA is a highly specific and sensitive marker for myocardial necrosis. An improvement on current antibody diagnostic imaging may result from the use of smaller labeled fragments. We report the first in vivo targeting of acute myocardial infarction with a novel recombinant single-chain Fv (sFv) antimyosin protein. The sFv (MW = 27,594) is approximately one-half the size of the Fab and is comprised of the heavy and light chain variable regions from the myosin-specific murine monoclonal antibody R11D10 which were joined by a 15-amino-acid linker and expressed as a fusion protein (sFv) in E. coli. The binding affinity of the sFv for cardiac myosin was similar to the affinity observed for the Fab fragment. Technetium-99m labeling of the sFv was accomplished by the attachment of a cleavable, e...
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Bone Reports, 2021
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Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1992
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Biophysical Journal, 1992
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Cancer research, 1995
Single-chain Fv proteins containing a COOH-terminal cysteine (sFv') were constructed by using... more Single-chain Fv proteins containing a COOH-terminal cysteine (sFv') were constructed by using an antidigoxin 26.10 sFv and an anti-c-erbB-2 741F8 sFv. The fully active sFv' proteins were prepared by expression in Escherichia coli as insoluble inclusion bodies, followed by in vitro refolding using glutathione redox buffers and purification. The COOH-terminal cysteines of the refolded sFv' proteins were protected by a blocking group presumed to be the glutathionyl peptide, which was easily and selectively removed by gentle reduction. Air oxidation of the reduced sFv' monomers resulted in the efficient formation of disulfide-linked sFv' homodimers, designated (sFv')2, which were stable under oxidizing conditions and relatively slow to be disrupted under reducing conditions. The (26-10-1 sFv')-(741F8-1 sFv') heterodimer was prepared and possessed dual-antigen specificity; the active bispecific (sFv')2 dimerized under native conditions, apparently as a...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1988
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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
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Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta Gene Structure and Expression, Feb 28, 1988
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Arch Virol, 1975
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