Disclosure of Invention
Based on the technical problems, the invention provides a single-domain antibody capable of targeting PCSK9 binding, and a preparation method and application of the single-domain antibody.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows:
A single domain antibody capable of targeting PCSK9 comprises a heavy chain variable region comprising a framework region and a complementarity determining region comprising complementarity determining region 1, complementarity determining region 2 and complementarity determining region 3, the sequence of complementarity determining region 1 being shown in sequence 1, the sequence of complementarity determining region 2 being shown in sequence 2, and the sequence of complementarity determining region 3 being shown in sequence 3.
The framework regions comprise a framework region 1, a framework region 2, a framework region 3 and a framework region 4, the sequence of the framework region 1 is shown as a sequence 4, the sequence of the framework region 2 is shown as a sequence 5, the sequence of the framework region 3 is shown as a sequence 6, and the sequence of the framework region 4 is shown as a sequence 7.
The sequence of the heavy chain variable region is shown in SEQ ID NO. 8.
An expression vector comprising a polynucleotide sequence as set forth in sequence 9.
A process for preparing the single-domain antibody able to target PCSK9 includes such steps as choosing the expression carrier containing polynucleotide sequence as shown in sequence 9 and host cell, transferring the expression carrier to host cell, culturing, and expressing the single-domain antibody able to target PCSK 9.
The expression vector adopts pMECS plasmid, and the host cell adopts escherichia coli HB2151 subtype strain;
Or the expression vector adopts pPICZa plasmid, and the host cell adopts yeast X33 subtype strain;
or the expression vector is selected from pCDNA3.1 plasmid, and the host cell is selected from HEK293E cell strain.
Further, the preparation method comprises the following steps:
Immunizing alpaca with eukaryotic expressed PCSK9 antigen, separating peripheral blood mononuclear cell to extract total RNA, reverse transcription and nest PCR library establishment to obtain PCSK9 immune single domain antibody library, coating PCSK9 antigen onto ELISA plate, phage display to screen PCSK9 immune single domain antibody library, and converting the screened single domain antibody into host cell for expression to obtain PCSK9 monoclonal single domain antibody strain.
More specifically, the preparation method comprises the following steps:
step one, construction of PCSK9 single-domain antibody phage display library
(11) PCSK9 immunized alpaca
Mixing PCSK9 with equal volume of Freund adjuvant, injecting into alpaca neck subcutaneous 3-5 points, immunizing once per month, and total immunizing 4 times, wherein 10mL of alpaca peripheral blood is taken in EDTA anticoagulant tube during each immunization, continuously and slowly shaking, and fully mixing;
(12) Blood lymphocyte sample separation
Separating lymphocytes from blood samples collected before and after each immunization;
(13) Total RNA extraction and cDNA Synthesis
Adding equal volume of isopropanol, mixing, standing at room temperature, centrifuging to remove supernatant, drying water, dissolving RNA with water without nuclease, and measuring 1 mu L of RNA for concentration and purity;
Taking RNA, and adopting a kit to synthesize cDNA;
(14) Phage display library construction
Amplifying the V region of the alpaca heavy chain antibody by using cDNA as a template and adopting Nest-PCR;
After the PCR reaction is finished, detecting a PCR product by agarose gel electrophoresis, cutting a target gene fragment of the first round of PCR at 700bp, recovering a target band, performing the second round of PCR, cutting the target gene fragment at 500bp, and recovering the target band, namely an sdAb fragment;
Double-enzyme cutting is carried out on the sdAb fragment and the carrier by using restriction endonucleases Not I and Pst I of NEB respectively, the enzyme cutting products of the carrier and the sdAb fragment are mixed, and the ligation is carried out overnight at 4 ℃ by using ligase of NEB to obtain a ligation product;
(15) Construction of phage display library
Purifying the connection product, taking 1 mu L of transformed TG competent cells, resuscitating for 2 hours at 37 ℃, carrying out gradient dilution to 10 1,102,103, respectively taking 300 mu L of coated plates, culturing at 37 ℃ overnight, and calculating the clone number;
the same transformation method is adopted for large quantity transformation until the clone number of the library reaches more than 10 7, all clones are eluted by the sterilized LB liquid culture medium, centrifugated, suspended by the sterilized LB liquid culture medium, added with glycerol with the same volume and frozen;
(16) Library diversity detection
Randomly picking 40 clones in the step (5) as templates to perform clone PCR reaction, detecting PCR products by using 2% agarose gel electrophoresis, verifying the recombination rate of the constructed PCSK9 single-domain antibody library, sequencing the recombinant PCSK9 single-domain antibody library, and analyzing the diversity of the PCSK9 single-domain antibody library;
(17) Phage amplification and rescue
Culturing the monoclonal library stored in the step (5) in a culture medium until the logarithmic phase, adding the auxiliary phage, standing at room temperature, centrifuging, suspending a sediment in the culture medium, inoculating the sediment in the culture medium, culturing overnight;
Step two, panning PCSK9 single domain antibody by phage display technology
(21) Affinity PCSK9 single domain antibody phage library panning
Taking PCSK9 antigen coated ELISA plate, incubating overnight, adding the rescued PCSK9 single-domain antibody phage the next day, incubating at room temperature, washing the hole by PBST, adding triethylamine, incubating at room temperature, and collecting phage, namely affinity washing the obtained PCSK9 single-domain antibody phage library;
(22) Amplification and rescue of phages after screening
Amplification and rescue methods are the same as step (17);
(23) ELISA evaluation of the enrichment degree of specific antibodies
(24) Identification of PCSK 9-specific Single-Domain antibody Positive clones
(25) Positive clone sequence analysis
The DNA of the positive clone obtained in the step (24) is extracted to carry out PCR verification on the inserted fragment, the clone which is positive through the PCR verification is subjected to sequencing analysis, the sequencing result shows that two nucleotide sequences are obtained, the amino acid sequence of the nucleotide sequences is analyzed, one sequence has the structure of a typical single domain antibody and comprises a framework region and a complementarity determining region, and the nucleotide and amino acid sequence of the single domain antibody monoclonal is as follows:
The amino acid sequence of the PCSK9 single-domain antibody protein sdAb-C12 is shown in a sequence 8. Wherein the sequence of the framework region 1 is shown as a sequence 4, the sequence of the framework region 2 is shown as a sequence 5, the sequence of the framework region 3 is shown as a sequence 6, and the sequence of the framework region 4 is shown as a sequence 7, the sequence of the complementarity determining region 1 is shown as a sequence 1, the sequence of the complementarity determining region 2 is shown as a sequence 2, and the sequence of the complementarity determining region 3 is shown as a sequence 3;
The nucleotide sequence of the encoding PCSK9 single-domain antibody protein sdAb-C12 is shown as sequence 9;
step three, induced expression and purification of anti-PCSK 9 single domain antibody sdAb-C12
(31) Construction of PCSK9 single-domain antibody expression bacterium
Firstly, a PCSK9 single-domain antibody monoclonal transfer culture medium is cultured at 37 ℃ overnight, and after the next day, plasmid is extracted, agarose gel electrophoresis is carried out, and the concentration is measured, the plasmid containing the PCSK9 single-domain antibody sequence is transformed into an expression bacterium HB2151, a flat plate is coated, and the culture is carried out at 37 ℃ overnight;
(32) Inducible expression of anti-PCSK 9 single-domain antibody sdAb-C12
Selecting 5 clones from a flat plate, performing clone PCR to verify whether plasmid is transferred into an expression strain, selecting positive clones, culturing at 37 ℃ until OD 600 is 0.6-0.8, adding IPTG for induced expression, centrifuging bacterial liquid, collecting bacterial precipitate, re-suspending the precipitate with a lysis buffer, ultrasonically crushing the bacterial, centrifuging and collecting the crushed bacterial supernatant;
(33) Purification of anti-PCSK 9 Single-domain antibody sdAb-C12
PCSK9 single domain antibody sdAb-C12 was obtained by Ni column affinity purification.
In the step (14), the names and sequences of the Nest-PCR primers are as follows:
in the first round, the primer name is CALL001, the sequence of which is shown as sequence 10, the primer name is CALL002, the sequence of which is shown as sequence 11;
In the second round, the primer was named sdAb-Back, whose sequence is shown as sequence 12, and the primer was named sdAb-For, whose sequence is shown as sequence 13.
The application of the single-domain antibody capable of targeting and binding PCSK9 in preparing anti-PCSK 9 protein monoclonal antibody medicines or in immunological detection of PCSK9 for non-disease diagnosis and treatment purposes.
The beneficial technical effects of the invention are as follows:
The invention obtains the single domain antibody which can be targeted and combined with precursor subtilisin converting enzyme 9 (PCSK 9) by limiting the sequence of the complementary determining region and the like, has good interaction with PCSK9 antigen and has the value of continuous development. The single domain antibody of the invention has the advantages of high stability, low toxicity, strong solubility, easy target spot screening, easy direct expression in prokaryotic microorganism, good economy and the like. The single-domain antibody of the invention has good interaction with the recombinant PCSK9 protein, can be used for developing antibody medicines for resisting the PCSK9 protein, and can also be used for detecting the PCSK9 level in a sample by immunology.
The single-domain antibody preparation method utilizes eukaryotic expressed PCSK9 antigen to immunize alpaca, extracts total RNA by separating peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and obtains a high-quality PCSK9 immune single-domain antibody library through reverse transcription and nested PCR library construction. The PCSK9 antigen is coated on an ELISA plate, a phage display technology is used for screening PCSK9 immune single-domain antibody library, and the screened single-domain antibody is converted into an escherichia coli expression system for mass expression, so that a monoclonal single-domain antibody strain of PCSK9 with high affinity can be obtained in a relatively short time.
Detailed Description
The present invention provides a single domain antibody capable of targeting PCSK9 comprising a heavy chain variable region comprising a framework region and a complementarity determining region. The complementarity determining regions include complementarity determining region 1, complementarity determining region 2 and complementarity determining region 3, the sequence of complementarity determining region 1 being shown in sequence 1, the sequence of complementarity determining region 2 being shown in sequence 2, the sequence of complementarity determining region 3 being shown in sequence 3.
Sequence 1 (CDR 1) GSTFKRYA (SEQ ID NO: 1), sequence 2 (CDR 2) IERDLVQPSPPFGGLT (SEQ ID NO: 2), sequence 3 (CDR 3) AAGLKYPAPNQLDYDY (SEQ ID NO: 3).
The framework regions comprise a framework region 1, a framework region 2, a framework region 3 and a framework region 4, the sequence of the framework region 1 is shown as a sequence 4, the sequence of the framework region 2 is shown as a sequence 5, the sequence of the framework region 3 is shown as a sequence 6, and the sequence of the framework region 4 is shown as a sequence 7.
Sequence 4 (FR 1) LQESGGGLVQAGGSLRLSCAAS (SEQ ID NO: 6), sequence 5 (FR 2) MAWFRQAPGKEREFVAA (SEQ ID NO: 7), sequence 6 (FR 3) YYAASVKGRFTISRDNAKNTVDLQMNSLKPEDAAVYYC (SEQ ID NO: 8), sequence 7 (FR 4) WGQGTQVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 9).
The amino acid sequence of the single domain antibody sdAb-C12 specifically binding to PCSK9 antigen is shown in sequence 8.
Sequence 8:
LQESGGGLVQAGGSLRLSCAASGSTFKRYAMAWFRQAPGKEREFVAAIERDLVQPFPPSGGLTYYAASVKGRFTIS RDNAKNTVDLQMNSLKPEDAAVYYCAAGLKYPAPNQLDYDYWGQGTQVTVSS(SEQ ID NO:4).
The specific binding characteristics of an antibody are determined by the complementarity determining regions. Accordingly, the present invention claims a single domain antibody that specifically binds PCSK9 antigen, comprising a heavy chain variable region (sdAb) consisting of a Framework Region (FR) and a Complementarity Determining Region (CDR). Wherein the Complementarity Determining Regions (CDRs) comprise complementarity determining region 1 (CDR 1) having sequence GSTFKRYA (SEQ ID NO: 1), complementarity determining region 2 (CDR 2) having sequence IERDLVQPSPPFGGLT (SEQ ID NO: 2), complementarity determining region 3 (CDR 3) having sequence AAGLKYPAPNQLDYDY (SEQ ID NO: 3). A single domain antibody specifically binding to PCSK9 antigen has a heavy chain variable region (sdAb) sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 4, sequence 8.
The nucleotide sequence encoding PCSK9 single domain antibody sdAb-C12 is shown as sequence 9.
5’-
CTGCAGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGATTGGTGCAGGCTGGGGGCTCTCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGAAGCACCTTCAAGAGGTATGCCATGGCCTGGTTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGAGCGTGAGTTTGTAGCCGCTATTGAGCGTGACCTTGTACAACCGTTTCCGCCGAGCGGTGGTTTGACATACTATGCAGCGTCCGTGAAGGGCCGATTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATGCCAAGAACACGGTGGATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAAACCTGAGGACGCGGCCGTTTATTACTGCGCAGCAGGATTGAAATATCCTGCCCCTAATCAGCTTGACTATGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGGACCCAGGTCACCGTCTCCTCAGCGGCC-3'(SEQ ID NO:5).
The complementarity determining regions are determined by consideration of the degeneracy of the coding genes and, at the same time, by consideration of the specific binding characteristics of the antibody. Accordingly, the present invention claims a polynucleotide sequence encoding PCSK9 single domain antibody sdAb-C12, comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the complementarity determining regions set forth in SEQ ID No. 1 to SEQ ID No. 3. Such polynucleotide sequences may vary in base sequence due to the degeneracy of the coding gene, as long as they are capable of encoding the complementarity determining regions shown in SEQ ID NO. 1 through SEQ ID NO. 3. Preferably, the polynucleotide sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO. 5.
The present invention provides an expression vector comprising the polynucleotide sequence described above.
PET series vectors, pMECS, pPICZα, pUSE series vectors, pCDNA series vectors, etc. can be used as expression vectors for the polynucleotide sequences of the present invention. Preferably the expression vector is a phage display vector pMECS.
The invention also provides a host cell containing the expression vector, which can express a single domain antibody specifically binding to PCSK9 antigen. A wide variety of cell expression systems such as E.coli HB2151, lactic acid bacteria NZ9000, yeast X33, plant cells, insect cells or mammalian cells HEK293F, etc. can be used as host cells for the expression vectors of the invention. Preferably, the host cell is E.coli strain HB 2151.
According to the invention, firstly, the alpaca is immunized by using PCSK9 antigen expressed by CHO cells (Chinese hamster ovary cells), the peripheral blood cells (PBMC) of the alpaca after immunization are separated, a heavy chain variable region (sdAb) library aiming at the PCSK9 antigen is amplified from the alpaca peripheral blood cells, and redundant background interference is deleted, so that the efficiency of obtaining effective antibodies is greatly improved. And secondly, the phage display technology is combined and used, so that the antibody affinity information can be intuitively obtained, and the single-domain antibody gene of the PCSK9 with high affinity can be obtained in a short time. In addition, the present invention provides a preparation scheme of the above PCSK9 single domain antibody, since pMECS (phage display vector) is an amber Terminator (TAG) between the HA TAG and M13 GIII gene, the conventional expression system cannot recognize the terminator effectively, so that the single domain antibody protein is expressed effectively. The invention optimizes a prokaryotic expression system, and carries out mass expression and purification on the PCSK9 single-domain antibody, and the single-domain antibody has high specificity and high affinity of targeting PCSK9 through ELISA and Biacore T200 system verification, which shows that the PCSK9 single-domain antibody obtained by the invention has continuous development value.
Immunizing alpaca with PCSK9 antigen expressed in CHO cell, collecting peripheral blood cell (PBMC) of the alpaca after immunization, separating PCSK9 affinity lymphocyte from the alpaca, extracting total RNA, cloning variable region (V region) of alpaca heavy chain antibody by using Nest-PCR technology, inserting the alpaca heavy chain antibody into phage plasmid, and constructing phage expression library. The PCSK9 antigen was then screened multiple rounds by phage display technology. And finally, carrying out mass expression purification on the high affinity antibody obtained by screening in prokaryotic cells, and verifying the affinity and binding constant of the obtained single domain antibody by ELISA and Biacore T200.
The invention provides a preparation method of a single-domain antibody capable of targeting and binding PCSK9, which comprises the steps of selecting an expression vector and a host cell, wherein a polynucleotide sequence contained in the expression vector is shown as a sequence 9, transforming the expression vector into the host cell, and culturing to express the single-domain antibody capable of targeting and binding PCSK 9.
The expression vector adopts pMECS plasmid, and the host cell adopts E.coli HB2151 subtype strain. Or the expression vector adopts pPICZa plasmid, and the host cell adopts yeast X33 subtype strain. Or the expression vector is selected from pCDNA3.1 plasmid, and the host cell is selected from HEK293E cell strain.
Specifically, the preparation method of the single domain antibody capable of targeting and binding PCSK9 utilizes eukaryotic expressed PCSK9 antigen to immunize alpaca, and total RNA is extracted by separating peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Through reverse transcription and nested PCR library construction, a high-quality PCSK9 immune single-domain antibody library is obtained. The PCSK9 antigen is coated on an ELISA plate, a phage display technology is used for screening PCSK9 immune single-domain antibody library, and the screened single-domain antibody is converted into an escherichia coli expression system for mass expression, so that a monoclonal single-domain antibody strain of PCSK9 with high affinity can be obtained in a relatively short time.
The invention will be further described with reference to the drawings and the specific embodiments.
A preparation method of a single domain antibody capable of targeting and binding PCSK9 comprises the following specific steps:
step one, construction of PCSK9 single-domain antibody phage display library
(11) PCSK9 immunized alpaca
Mu.L of PCSK9 (75. Mu.g) was mixed with an equal volume of Freund's adjuvant to 1mL, injected subcutaneously into the neck of alpaca at 3-5 sites, and collected from the limbic vein of alpaca prior to immunization. Once a month, total immunization was injected 4 times, and 10mL of alpaca peripheral blood was taken for each immunization. During blood collection, alpaca heads are fixed to one side, skin of an animal blood collection part is shaved firstly, 75% alcohol is disinfected, blood collection is carried out after drying, jugular vein groove is pressed by fingers, blood collection is carried out after blood vessels are angry, needle insertion and blood collection are carried out at the blood collection part, 10mL of blood is collected in an EDTA anticoagulation tube, and the blood collection device is immediately, continuously and slowly shaken, fully mixed, placed on ice and transported back to a laboratory.
(12) Blood lymphocyte sample separation
Lymphocytes were isolated from blood samples collected before and after each immunization as follows:
i. 7mL of lymphocyte isolate Ficoll was added to a 15mL centrifuge tube.
Adding equal volume PBS (1X) or physiological saline into fresh whole blood added with anticoagulant (EDTA), diluting the blood, and fully mixing.
In a centrifuge tube of lymphocyte separation liquid, carefully and slowly adding an equal volume (7 mL) of diluted blood by using a 1mL pipettor, and keeping the mixed liquid above the liquid level of the lymphocyte separation liquid (namely, the two liquids are not mixed and a clear interface is kept), and centrifuging for 20min at 3000 g.
Carefully transferring the supernatant (plasma sample) into a 1.5mL cell cryopreservation tube by using a 1mL pipetting gun, writing animal numbers and plasma word patterns, placing into a small cloth bag with ropes, and storing in a liquid nitrogen tank.
Carefully separating the leukocyte layer into a 15mL centrifuge tube with a 1mL pipette, topping up the PBS (1X) to 15mL, washing the leukocytes with PBS (1X), centrifuging (3000 g centrifuging for 20 min), carefully pouring off the supernatant, not stirring the cell pellet at the bottom of the tube, and recovering the leukocytes in the remaining 0.1-0.2mL PBS.
Adding 5 times volume of RNA later, lightly mixing and dissolving cell blocks, dividing into 2 parts to 1.5mL of cell freezing tube, and storing in a liquid nitrogen tank.
(13) Total RNA extraction and cDNA Synthesis
One frozen portion of lymphocytes was taken, 1mL of Trizol was added, after 10min at room temperature, 0.2mL of chloroform was added, vigorously shaken, and after 10min of solution was allowed to separate, after centrifugation at 12,000rpm, the upper aqueous phase was collected. Adding equal volume of isopropanol, mixing, standing at room temperature for 15min, centrifuging at high speed to remove supernatant, adding 1mL of 75% ethanol (prepared by DEPC water) into RNA precipitate, washing, and centrifuging at high speed to remove supernatant. After the water content was drained, RNA was dissolved in nuclease-free water, and 1. Mu.L of each was used for concentration and purity measurement.
And (3) taking a proper amount (7-20 mug) of RNA, adopting a SuperScript TM III First-STRAND SYNTHESIS SuperMix (Invitrogen) kit to carry out cDNA synthesis, using Oligo dT as a reverse transcription primer, and freezing the synthesized cDNA at-20 ℃.
(14) Phage display library construction
PCR amplification, namely, amplifying a V region (sdAb) of the alpaca heavy chain antibody by using the synthesized cDNA as a template and adopting Nest-PCR, wherein the names and sequences of the Nest-PCR primers are shown in Table 1, namely, primer information and sequence information used for amplifying alpaca sdAb fragments.
TABLE 1
In Table 1, SEQ ID NO 10 corresponds to SEQ ID NO 10, SEQ ID NO 11 corresponds to SEQ ID NO 11, SEQ ID NO 12 corresponds to SEQ ID NO 12, and SEQ ID NO 13 corresponds to SEQ ID NO 13.
The PCR reaction system is as follows:
In the first round, cDNA was 2. Mu.L, 2 XMaster Mix 12.5. Mu.L, CALL 001.5. Mu.L, CALL002 0.5. Mu.L, and water was made up to 25. Mu.L. 2 XMaster Mix (from KAPA Biosystems)
The reaction conditions were 95℃for 5min, 94℃for 1min, 57℃for 1min, 72℃for 1min per cycle, 72℃for 7min, and 35 cycles of amplification.
The second round was 40ng;2*Master Mix 25. Mu.L of template (first round product), 1. Mu.L of sdAb-For (10. Mu.M), 1. Mu.L of sdAb-Back (10. Mu.M), and water make up to 50. Mu.L.
The reaction conditions were 95℃for 5min, 94℃for 45s, 60℃for 45s, 72℃for 45s for each cycle, and 72℃for 7min for 25 cycles of amplification.
After the PCR reaction is finished, detecting the PCR product by using 1.5% agarose gel electrophoresis, cutting the target gene fragment of the first round of PCR at 700bp, recovering the target band, carrying out the second round of PCR, cutting the target gene fragment at 500bp, and recovering the target band, namely the sdAb fragment.
The sdAb fragment and vector (pMECS plasmid) were double digested with NEB restriction enzymes Not I and Pst I, respectively, and the reaction was as follows:
Carrier cleavage System-20. Mu.g of carrier, 10. Mu.L of Pst I, 20. Mu.L of Not I, cutsmart (10 Xbuffer, available from NEB Co.) 50. Mu.L, and H 2 O to 500. Mu.L.
The fragment cleavage system was 5. Mu.g of sdAb fragment, 7. Mu.L of PstI, 14. Mu.L of NotI, cutsmart (10 Xbuffer) 50. Mu.L and H 2 O to 500. Mu.L.
The vector and the cleaved product of the sdAb fragment were mixed and ligated overnight at 4 ℃ with the ligase of NEB.
(15) Construction of phage display library
After PCR Purification Kit (purchased from Beijing Tiangen biochemistry) purification of the ligation products, 1. Mu.L of transformed TG competent cells were recovered at 37℃for 2h, diluted to 10 1,102,103 in a gradient, 300. Mu.L of coated plates each, cultured overnight at 37℃and the number of clones calculated to be about 10 5 clones/plate.
The same transformation method is adopted, and a large amount of transformation is carried out until the clone number of the library reaches more than 10 7. All clones were eluted with sterilized LB liquid medium, centrifuged at 5,000g for 5min, the pellet was suspended in 2mL of sterilized LB liquid medium, and an equal volume of 30% glycerol was added for-80℃cryopreservation.
(16) Library diversity detection
Randomly picking 40 clones in the step (5) as templates, performing clone PCR reaction, detecting PCR products by using 2% agarose gel electrophoresis, and verifying the recombination rate of the constructed PCSK9 single-domain antibody library. And then sequencing the PCSK9 single-domain antibody library, analyzing the diversity of the PCSK9 single-domain antibody library, and sequencing results show that 40 monoclonal antibodies have 35 amino acid sequences, thus indicating that the constructed library has better diversity.
(17) Phage amplification and rescue
Phage libraries of PCSK9 single domain antibodies were amplified and rescued using helper phage. And (3) inoculating the monoclonal library stored in the step (15) into 100mL of culture medium for culturing to a logarithmic phase, adding helper phage M13 with MOI (multiplicity of infection ) of 20, standing at room temperature for 30min, centrifuging at a low speed, suspending the precipitate with the culture medium, inoculating into 300mL of culture medium, and culturing overnight. The following day, centrifugation at 3,000g for 30min, collecting supernatant, adding PEG to precipitate phage, standing on ice for 30min, centrifuging at 3,000 for 30min, precipitating to obtain PCSK9 single domain antibody phage library, suspending the precipitate with PBS, and measuring the titer to 2.9X10 12 pfu/mL.
Step two, panning PCSK9 single domain antibody by phage display technology
(21) Affinity PCSK9 single domain antibody phage library panning
50Ng PCSK9 antigen coated ELISA plate, 4℃overnight incubation. The next day, the rescued PCSK9 single-domain antibody phage is added, incubated at room temperature for 2h, PBST is washed 10 times, 100 mu L of triethylamine is added, the phage is incubated at room temperature for 30min, and the collected phage is the PCSK9 single-domain antibody phage library obtained by affinity panning. mu.L of TG 1-infected E.coli cells were plated for determination of the number of clones after screening, and the remaining phages after screening were used for amplification.
(22) Amplification and rescue of phages after screening
Amplification and rescue methods were the same as step (17), and the obtained PBS suspension, the phage after the first round of amplification screening, was stored at 4℃and used for the next round of screening. The same screening steps are carried out, the antigen amount is gradually decreased, and 3-4 rounds of screening are carried out.
(23) ELISA evaluation of the enrichment degree of specific antibodies
ELISA plates were coated with 100ng of PCSK9 antigen, 4℃overnight, and blocked for 1h the next day with 5% BSA at room temperature. The phages amplified after each round of panning were added to the experimental group, the control group was added with an equal amount of wild-type phages, and incubated for 2h at room temperature. PBST was washed 10 times to remove unbound phage. Adding HRP-labeled anti-M13 antibody, incubating at room temperature for 1 hr, adding color development liquid, reacting in dark for 15min, measuring light absorption value, gradually increasing with the times of elutriation, and stabilizing during the third round to fourth round of elutriation to obtain enriched specific antibody.
(24) Identification of PCSK 9-specific Single-Domain antibody Positive clones
ELISA plates were coated with 100ng PCSK9 antigen and incubated overnight at 4 ℃. The phage-coated plate obtained in the last round of screening is taken, 38 monoclonals are randomly picked in 1mL of culture medium, the culture is carried out at 37 ℃ until the logarithmic phase, 1mM IPTG is added for induction overnight, the bacterial settlement is collected by centrifugation the next day, after breaking, the supernatant is collected by centrifugation at 5,000g for 15 min. Simultaneously ELISA plates were blocked with 2% BSA at room temperature for 1h. The monoclonal disruption supernatant was added to each well of the experimental group, the blank TG1 disruption supernatant was added to the control group, and the mixture was incubated at room temperature for 2 hours. PBST was washed 10 times, and murine anti-HA-tagged antibody was added for 1h at room temperature. PBST was washed 3-5 times, and AP-labeled anti-mouse IgG antibody was added thereto at room temperature for 1h. And adding a substrate, reacting for 5-20 min according to actual conditions, and reading a light absorption value on an enzyme label instrument. Positive clones were judged when the absorbance to control well ratio was greater than 2.1 (Base line).
(25) Positive clone sequence analysis
The DNA of 25 positive clones obtained in the step (24) is extracted to carry out PCR verification on the inserted fragments, and the clones which are positive after the PCR verification are subjected to sequencing analysis. Sequencing results showed that two nucleotide sequences were obtained, the amino acid sequences of which were analyzed, one sequence having the structure of a typical single domain antibody, i.e., consisting of a framework region (FR 1, FR2, FR3 and FR 4) and a complementarity determining region (CDR 1, CDR2 and CDR 3). The monoclonal nucleotide and amino acid sequence of the single domain antibody is as follows:
the amino acid sequence of the PCSK9 single-domain antibody protein sdAb-C12 is as follows:
LQESGGGLVQAGGSLRLSCAASGSTFKRYAMAWFRQAPGKEREFVAAIEREIPGHPAWSGLTYYAASVKGRFTISR DNAKNTVDLQMNSLKPEDAAVYYCAAGLKYPAPNQLDYDYWGQGTQVTVSS(SEQ ID NO:4). Wherein, the sequence of framework region 1 is LQESGGGLVQAGGSLRLSCAAS (SEQ ID NO: 6), the sequence of framework region 2 is MAWFRQAPGKEREFVAA (SEQ ID NO: 7), the sequence of framework region 3 is YYAASVKGRFTISRDNAKNTVDLQMNSLKPEDAAVYYC (SEQ ID NO: 8), the sequence of framework region 4 is WGQGTQVTVSS (SEQ ID NO: 9), the sequence of complementarity determining region 1 is GSTFKRYA (SEQ ID NO: 1), the sequence of complementarity determining region 2 is IERDLVQPSPPFGGLT (SEQ ID NO: 2), and the sequence of complementarity determining region 3 is AAGLKYPAPNQLDYDY (SEQ ID NO: 3).
The nucleotide sequence encoding the PCSK9 single domain antibody protein sdAb-C12 is:
5'-CTGCAGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGATTGGTGCAGGCTGGGGGCTCTCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGAAGC ACCTTCAAGAGGTATGCCATGGCCTGGTTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGAGCGTGAGTTTGTAGCCGCTATTGAGCGTGACCTTGTACAACCGTTTCCGCCGAGCGGTGGTTTGACATACTATGCAGCGTCCGTGAAGGGCCGATTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATGCCAAGAACACGGTGGATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAAACCTGAGGACGCGGCCGTTTATTACTGCGCAGCAGGATTGAAATATCCTGCCCCTAATCAGCTTGACTATGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGGACCCAGGTCACCGTCTCCTCAGCGGCC-3'(SEQ ID NO:5).
step three, induced expression and purification of anti-PCSK 9 single domain antibody sdAb-C12
(31) Construction of PCSK9 single-domain antibody expression bacterium
Firstly, PCSK9 single-domain antibody monoclonal transfer culture medium is cultured at 37 ℃ overnight, and the next day, plasmid is extracted by using a Plasmid small extraction kit (purchased from Beijing Tiangen Biochemical technology Co.), after agarose gel electrophoresis and concentration measurement, the Plasmid containing PCSK9 single-domain antibody sequence is transformed into an expression bacterium HB2151, coated on a flat plate and cultured at 37 ℃ overnight.
(32) Inducible expression of anti-PCSK 9 single-domain antibody sdAb-C12
The next day, 5 clones were picked from the plate for cloning PCR to verify if the plasmid was transferred into the expression strain. Positive clones were picked, cultured at 37 ℃ to an OD 600 of 0.6-0.8, and induced to express by addition of IPTG. Centrifuging the bacterial liquid, collecting bacterial precipitate, re-suspending the precipitate with lysis buffer, ultrasonically crushing the bacterial, and centrifuging to collect the crushed bacterial supernatant.
(33) Purification of anti-PCSK 9 Single-domain antibody sdAb-C12
PCSK9 single domain antibody sdAb-C12 was obtained by Ni column affinity purification. The Ni column is washed by ultrapure water and then by lysate, and the broken supernatant of the PCSK9 single domain antibody expression bacteria is added into the Ni column at the flow rate of 1 mL/min. The impurity protein was washed with 5 column volumes of affinity A (20 mM imidazole), the target protein was eluted with an equal volume of affinity B (250 mM imidazole), and the eluate was collected. Finally, the purified PCSK9 single domain antibody was detected by electrophoresis on a 13% SDS-PAGE protein gel as shown in FIG. 1. Molecular weight criteria are shown in the left lane of the figure in kilodaltons (kDa), lanes 1 and 2 are the band positions of sdAb-C12 under reducing and non-reducing conditions, respectively (15 kDa).
The single domain antibody capable of targeting and binding PCSK9 can be applied to preparation of anti-PCSK 9 protein monoclonal antibodies, or can be applied to immunological detection of PCSK9 for non-disease diagnosis and treatment purposes.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a single domain antibody of the invention, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient, may be provided, for example.
Affinity assay for PCSK9 and its single domain antibody sdAb-C12, specifically as follows:
(1) ELISA method for analyzing binding of PCSK9 single domain antibody sdAb-C12
The experimental group was incubated with 50ng of PCSK9 protein coated ELISA plate (reserved PBS blank control group), no-coating control group as control group without antigen coating, at 25℃for 2 hours. The purified PCSK9 single domain antibody sdAb-C12 was then blocked with 5% BSA for 1 hour at room temperature, and the experimental groups, blank groups, were each incubated with PBS for 2 hours at room temperature. As shown in FIG. 2, the mouse anti-his-tag antibody was added by 1 XPBST washing 8 times and 1 XPBST washing 5 times at room temperature, and the substrate 3,3', 5' -Tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) was added and reacted for about 10 minutes, and the absorbance at OD450nm was read on an ELISA reader. ELISA detection results are shown in FIG. 3, and the sdAb-C12 single domain antibody has better binding property to PCSK9 from the view of FIG. 3, and the binding force is far higher than that of a control group.
(2) Biacore T200 analysis of affinity constant of anti-PCSK 9 Single-domain antibody sdAb-C12
After activation of the chip, PCSK9 antigen was coupled to CM5 chip for Biacore machine and the coupling reaction was stopped to a level of about 800 RU. Subsequently 200. Mu.l of 1M ethanolamine salt was added to wash out residual reactive carboxyl groups, then the machine sequentially pumps the single domain antibody sdAb-C12 (250 nM-125nM-62.5nM-31.25nM-15.6nM-7.8nM-3.9 nM) of the gradient diluted PCSK9 through the chip surface at a rate of 30. Mu.L/min, binding 120s, dissociating 180s, and after data were obtained, the results were processed and are shown in FIG. 4. Parameters of interaction of the single domain antibody sdAb-C12 with the antigen PCSK9 are respectively that Kon (1/Ms) =1.59te+5 is a binding constant, koff (1/s) = 0.01063 is a dissociation constant, rmax (RU) =32.43 is a maximum binding response value, KD (M) = 6.669E-8M is an affinity value of antigen-antibody interaction, which indicates that the interaction of the single domain antibody with PCSK9 antigen is good, and the method has a value of continuous development.
Sequence 1 GSTFKRYA;
sequence 2 IERDLVQPSPPPFGGLT;
sequence 3 AAGLKYPAPNQLDYDY;
sequence 4 LQESGGGLVQAGGSLRLSCAAS;
Sequence 5 MAWFRQAPGKEREFVAA;
Sequence 6 YYAASVKGRFTISRDNAKNTVDLQMNSLKPEDAVYYC;
sequence 7 WGQGTQVTVSS;
Sequence 8:
LQESGGGLVQAGGSLRLSCAASGSTFKRYAMAWFRQAPGKEREFVAAIERDLVQPFPPSGGLTYYAASVKGRFTIS RDNAKNTVDLQMNSLKPEDAAVYYCAAGLKYPAPNQLDYDYWGQGTQVTVSS;
Sequence 9:
5’-
CTGCAGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGATTGGTGCAGGCTGGGGGCTCTCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGAAGCACCTTCAAGAGGTATGCCATGGCCTGGTTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGAGCGTGAGTTTGTAGCCGCTATTGAGCGTGACCTTGTACAACCGTTTCCGCCGAGCGGTGGTTTGACATACTATGCAGCGTCCGTGAAGGGCCGATTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATGCCAAGAACACGGTGGATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAAACCTGAGGACGCGGCCGTTTATTACTGCGCAGCAGGATTGAAATATCCTGCCCCTAATCAGCTTGACTATGACTACTGGGGCCAGGGGACCCAGGTCACCGTCTCCTCAGCGGCC-3';
Sequence 10: GTCCTGGGCTGCTCTTCTACAAGG;
sequence 11 GGTACGTGCTGTTGAACTGTTCC;
sequence 12 GATGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCTGGRGGAGG;
Sequence 13 CTAGTGGGCCGCTGGAGACGGTGACCTGGGT.