Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel anti-TLR9 intrabody

Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters

Alina Fels²  Svenja Hänel²  Stefan Bauer⁴  Stefan Somplatzki²  Elisa Reimer²  Diana Zegenhagen²  Carsten J. Kirschning³  Thomas Böldicke²  Ludger Grosse Hovest¹  Thorsten Bollhorst² 

[1] Department of Immunology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany$$;Department of Gene Regulation and Differentiation, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany$$;Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany$$;Institut für Immunologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany$$

关键词: Recombinant antibodies;    Recombinant adenovirus;    Protein knockdown;    Intracellular toll-like receptors;    TLR9;    ER intrabodies;    Macrophage activation;   

DOI  :  10.2478/s11658-013-0098-8

学科分类：分子生物学，细胞生物学和基因

来源: Uniwersytet Wroclawski * Wydzial Biotechnologii / University of Wroclaw, Faculty of Biotechnology

【 摘 要 】

Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) is a component of the innate immune system, which recognizes the DNA of both pathogens and hosts. Thus, it can drive autoimmune diseases. Intracellular antibodies expressed inside the ER block transitory protein functions by inhibiting the translocation of the protein from the ER to its subcellular destination. Here, we describe the construction and characterization of an anti-TLR9 ER intrabody (αT9ib). The respective single-chain Fv comprises the variable domains of the heavy and light chain of a monoclonal antibody (mAb; 5G5) towards human and murine TLR9. Co-expression of αT9ib and mouse TLR9 in HEK293 cells resulted in co-localization of both molecules with the ER marker calnexin. Co-immunoprecipitation of mouse TLR9 with αT9ib indicated that αT9ib interacts with its cognate antigen. The expression of αT9ib inhibited NF-κB-driven reporter gene activation upon CpG DNA challenge but not the activation of TLR3 or TLR4. Consequently, TLR9-driven TNFα production was inhibited in RAW264.7 macrophages upon transfection with the αT9ib expression plasmid. The αT9ib-encoding open reading frame was integrated into an adenoviral cosmid vector to produce the recombinant adenovirus (AdV)-αT9ib. Transduction with AdVαT9ib specifically inhibited TLR9-driven cellular TNFα release. These data strongly indicate that αT9ib is a very promising experimental tool to block TLR9 signaling.

【 授权许可】

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