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Generation of Antibodies to Difficult Membrane Protein Targets

Written by Antibody Solutions Research Team | 1/5/21 5:52 PM

Multipass transmembrane and multimeric membrane proteins are targets for the development of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies, but they present challenges for antibody generation. Membrane proteins represent ~25% of the entire genome and the majority of those are multi-pass, complex proteins that are challenging to express in a native, bio-active state with appropriate quaternary structure.

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Summary

  • All three immunogen/immunization approaches raised Target X Abs.

  • There was a mouse strain bias (e.g., CD-1/Swiss) in obtaining positive Hybridoma LibrariesTM.

  • Antibody diversity, based upon screening results, was highest with the Cell + DNA immunization approach.

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Authors

Joshua K. Lowitz, Glen Lin, Leonel Santibanez-Vargas, Jennifer Somera, Billy Nguyen, and John S. Kenney Antibody Solutions, Sunnyvale, CA, USA