Department of Neurology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Department of Microbiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Muscle Nerve. 2012 May;45(5):668-675. doi: 10.1002/mus.23247.
Autoantibody-induced complement activation, which causes disruption of the postsynaptic membrane, is recognized as a key pathogenic factor in myasthenia gravis (MG). Therefore, specific targeting of complement inhibitors to the site of complement activation is a potential therapeutic strategy for treatment of MG.
We assessed expression of single-chain antibody fragment-decay accelerating factor (scFv-DAF), comprising a single-chain fragment scFv1956 based on the rat complement inhibitor DAF in prokaryotic systems, and studied its inhibitory effect on complement deposition in vitro.
The recombinant conjugate scFv-DAF completely retained the wild-type binding activity of scFv1956 to AChR and inhibited complement activation of DAF in vitro.
We found that scFv-DAF could bind specifically to TE671 cells, and it is significantly more potent at inhibiting complement deposition than the untargeted parent molecule DAF. scFv-DAF may be a candidate for in vivo protection of the AChR in MG.
自身抗体诱导的补体激活会破坏突触后膜,这被认为是重症肌无力 (MG) 的一个关键致病因素。因此,将补体抑制剂特异性靶向补体激活部位是治疗 MG 的一种潜在治疗策略。
我们评估了单链抗体片段衰变加速因子 (scFv-DAF) 的表达,该片段由基于大鼠补体抑制剂 DAF 的原核系统中的单链片段 scFv1956 组成,并研究了其在体外对补体沉积的抑制作用。
重组缀合物 scFv-DAF 完全保留了 scFv1956 对 AChR 的野生型结合活性,并在体外抑制了 DAF 的补体激活。
我们发现 scFv-DAF 可以特异性结合 TE671 细胞,并且在抑制补体沉积方面比非靶向亲本分子 DAF 更有效。scFv-DAF 可能是体内保护 MG 中 AChR 的候选物。