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Preparation of human single chain Fv antibody against hepatitis C virus E2 protein and its identification in immunohistochemistry.

ABSTRACT: AIM:To screen human single chain Fv antibody (scFv) against hepatitis C virus E2 antigen and identify its application in immunohistochemistry. METHODS:The phage antibody library was panned by HCV E2 antigen, which was coated in microtiter plate. After five rounds of biopanning,56 phage clones were identified specific to HCV E2 antigen. The selected scFv clones were digested by SfiI/NotI and DNA was sequenced. Then it was subcloned into the vector pCANTAB5E for expression as E-tagged soluble scFv. The liver tissue sections from normal person and patients with chronic hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis C were immunostained with HCV E2 scFv antibody. RESULTS:The data of scFv-E2 DNA digestion and DNA sequencing showed that the scFv gene is composed of 750 bp. ELISA and immunohistochemistry demonstrated that the human single chain Fv antibody against hepatitis C E2 antigen has a specific binding character with hepatitis virus E2 antigen and paraffin-embedded tissue, but did not react with liver tissues from healthy persons or patients with chronic hepatitis B. CONCLUSION:We have successfully screened and identified HCV E2 scFv and the scFv could be used in the immunostaining of liver tissue sections from patients with chronic hepatitis C.

SUBMITTER: Zhong YW

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4656576 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Preparation of human single chain Fv antibody against hepatitis C virus E2 protein and its identification in immunohistochemistry.

Zhong Yan-Wei YW Cheng Jun J Wang Gang G Shi Shuang-Shuang SS Li Li L Zhang Ling-Xia LX Chen Ju-Mei JM

World journal of gastroenterology 20021001 5

<h4>Aim</h4>To screen human single chain Fv antibody (scFv) against hepatitis C virus E2 antigen and identify its application in immunohistochemistry.<h4>Methods</h4>The phage antibody library was panned by HCV E2 antigen, which was coated in microtiter plate. After five rounds of biopanning,56 phage clones were identified specific to HCV E2 antigen. The selected scFv clones were digested by SfiI/NotI and DNA was sequenced. Then it was subcloned into the vector pCANTAB5E for expression as E-tagg ...[more]

PMID: 12378631

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Preparation of human single chain Fv antibody against hepatitis C virus E2 protein and its identification in immunohistochemistry.

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Preparation of human single chain Fv antibody against hepatitis C virus E2 protein and its identification in immunohistochemistry.

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