Unger Mandy, Eichhoff Anna Marei, Schumacher Lucas, Strysio Moritz, Menzel Stephan, Schwan Carsten, Alzogaray Vanina, Zylberman Vanesa, Seman Michel, Brandner Johanna, Rohde Holger, Zhu Kai, Haag Friedrich, Mittrücker Hans-Willi, Goldbaum Fernando, Aktories Klaus, Koch-Nolte Friedrich
Institute of Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Freiburg, Germany.
Sci Rep. 2015 Jan 19;5:7850. doi: 10.1038/srep07850.
The spore-forming gut bacterium Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in hospitalized patients. The major virulence factors are two large glucosylating cytotoxins. Hypervirulent strains (e.g. ribotype 027) with higher morbidity and mortality additionally produce the binary CDT toxin (Clostridium difficile transferase) that ADP-ribosylates actin and induces microtubule-based cell protrusions. Nanobodies are robust single domain antibodies derived from camelid heavy chain antibodies. Here we report the generation of functional nanobodies against the enzymatic CDTa and the heptameric receptor binding subunit CDTb. The nanobodies were obtained from a variable-domain repertoire library isolated from llamas immunized with recombinant CDTa or CDTb. Five CDTa-specific nanobodies blocked CDTa-mediated ADP-ribosylation of actin. Three CDTa-specific and two CDTb-specific nanobodies neutralized the cytotoxicity of CDTa+b. These nanobodies hold promise as new tools for research, diagnosis and therapy of C. difficile associated disease.
形成孢子的肠道细菌艰难梭菌是住院患者抗生素相关性腹泻的主要病因。主要毒力因子是两种大型糖基化细胞毒素。具有更高发病率和死亡率的高毒力菌株(如核糖体分型027)还会产生二元CDT毒素(艰难梭菌转移酶),该毒素可使肌动蛋白进行ADP核糖基化,并诱导基于微管的细胞突起。纳米抗体是源自骆驼科动物重链抗体的强大单域抗体。在此,我们报告了针对酶促性CDTa和七聚体受体结合亚基CDTb产生功能性纳米抗体的情况。这些纳米抗体是从用重组CDTa或CDTb免疫的美洲驼分离的可变域文库中获得的。五种CDTa特异性纳米抗体阻断了CDTa介导的肌动蛋白ADP核糖基化。三种CDTa特异性和两种CDTb特异性纳米抗体中和了CDTa+b的细胞毒性。这些纳米抗体有望成为艰难梭菌相关疾病研究、诊断和治疗的新工具。