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Evaluation of Antigen-Conjugated Fluorescent Beads to Identify Antigen-Specific B Cells.

ABSTRACT: Selection of single antigen-specific B cells to identify their expressed antibodies is of considerable interest for evaluating human immune responses. Here, we present a method to identify single antibody-expressing cells using antigen-conjugated fluorescent beads. To establish this, we selected Folate Receptor alpha (FR?) as a model antigen and a mouse B cell line, expressing both the soluble and the membrane-bound forms of a human/mouse chimeric antibody (MOv18 IgG1) specific for FR?, as test antibody-expressing cells. Beads were conjugated to FR? using streptavidin/avidin-biotin bridges and used to select single cells expressing the membrane-bound form of anti-FR?. Bead-bound cells were single cell-sorted and processed for single cell RNA retrotranscription and PCR to isolate antibody heavy and light chain variable regions. Variable regions were then cloned and expressed as human IgG1/k antibodies. Like the original clone, engineered antibodies from single cells recognized native FR?. To evaluate whether antigen-coated beads could identify specific antibody-expressing cells in mixed immune cell populations, human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were spiked with test antibody-expressing cells. Antigen-specific cells could comprise up to 75% of cells selected with antigen-conjugated beads when the frequency of the antigen-positive cells was 1:100 or higher. In PBMC pools, beads conjugated to recombinant antigens FR? and HER2 bound antigen-specific anti-FR? MOv18 and anti-HER2 Trastuzumab antibody-expressing cells, respectively. From melanoma patient-derived B cells selected with melanoma cell line-derived protein-coated fluorescent beads, we generated a monoclonal antibody that recognized melanoma antigen-coated beads. This approach may be further developed to facilitate analysis of B cells and their antibody profiles at the single cell level and to help unravel humoral immune repertoires.

SUBMITTER: Correa I

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5876289 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Evaluation of Antigen-Conjugated Fluorescent Beads to Identify Antigen-Specific B Cells.

Correa Isabel I Ilieva Kristina M KM Crescioli Silvia S Lombardi Sara S Figini Mariangela M Cheung Anthony A Spicer James F JF Tutt Andrew N J ANJ Nestle Frank O FO Karagiannis Panagiotis P Lacy Katie E KE Karagiannis Sophia N SN

Frontiers in immunology 20180323

Selection of single antigen-specific B cells to identify their expressed antibodies is of considerable interest for evaluating human immune responses. Here, we present a method to identify single antibody-expressing cells using antigen-conjugated fluorescent beads. To establish this, we selected Folate Receptor alpha (FRα) as a model antigen and a mouse B cell line, expressing both the soluble and the membrane-bound forms of a human/mouse chimeric antibody (MOv18 IgG1) specific for FRα, as test ...[more]

PMID: 29628923

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