• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.322-327
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• 2005

보체의존성 세포독성반응(CDC)을 이용한 DLA class I교차 반응의 실험방법을 정립함으로써 개의 동종 신장이식 후 초기에 발생되는 초급성 거부반응을 억제하는데 응용하고자 븐 실험을 실시하였다. 체중(약 5kg)과 연령(약 1년령)이 유사한 잡종견을 대상으로 적혈구 교차 반응을 실시하여 상호 음성인 7마리를 실험에 사용하였다. 혈액형이 동일한 개체를 대상으로 CDC검사를 실시하였으며, Anti-dog serum, Hank's balanced salt solution (HBSS), 그리고 자가 혈청을 각각 양성 음성 그리고 자가 대조 혈청으로 이용하였다. Class I보체와 반응시킨 후 에오신으로 염색하여 고정한 다음 위상차 현미경 100배율에서 조사하였다. 국제 Cytotoxicity scoring system에 의하려 죽은 세포가 $20\%$ 이상이면 양성으로 평가하였다. CDC 결과 동일 혈액형 군에서 상호 음성이 나온 경우를 대상으로 상호 동종이식을 실시하여 초급성 거부반응의 발생 정도를 평가하였다. 혈액형이 1.2 B인 4두 중 1두는 자가항체를 가지고 있었다. CDC 결과 동일 혈액형 군에서 각각 1쌍이 상호 음성을 나타내었고, 혈액형이 다른 1쌍에서도 상호 음성이 관찰되었다. 혈액형이 동일하고 CDC음성인 2쌍 4두를 대상으로 상호 신장 이식을 한 결과 4마리 모두 초급성 거부반응이 나타나지 않았다. 이 실험에서 확립한 DLA교차 방법은 동종 이식에서 초급성 거부반응을 억제하는데 효과적인 방법이며, 향후 개의 동종 장기 이식에서 조직적합성 평가를 위해 응용될 수 있을 것이라 사료된다.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2012

Background: Therapeutic approaches using monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against complement regulatory proteins (CRPs:i.e.,CD46,CD55 and CD59) have been reported for adjuvant cancer therapy. In this study, we generated a recombinant 1E8 single-chain anti-CD59 antibody (scFv-Fc) and tested anti-cancer effect.by using complement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC). Methods: We isolated mRNA from 1E8 hybridoma cells and amplified the variable regions of the heavy chain (VH) and light chain (VL) genes using reversetranscriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Using a linker, the amplified sequences for the heavy and light chains were each connected to the sequence for a single polypeptide chain that was designed to be expressed. The VL and VH fragments were cloned into the pOptiVEC-TOPO vector that contained the human CH2-CH3 fragment. Then, 293T cells were transfected with the 1E8 single-chain Fv-Fc (scFv-Fc) constructs. CD59 expression was evaluated in the prostate cancer cell lines using flow cytometry. The enhancement of CDC effect by mouse 1E8 and 1E8 scFv-Fc were evaluated using a cytotoxicity assay. Results: The scFv-Fc constructs were expressed by the transfected 293T cells and secreted into the culture medium. The immunoreactivity of the secreted scFv-Fc construct was similar to that of the mouse 1E8 for CCRF-CEM cells. The molecular masses of 1E8 scFv-Fc were about 120 kDa and 55 kDa under reducing and non-reducing conditions, respectively. The DNA sequence of 1E8 scFv-Fc was obtained and presented. CD59 was highly expressed by the prostate cancer cell line. The recombinant 1E8 scFv-Fc mAb revealed significantly enhanced CDC effect similar with mouse 1E8 for prostate cancer cells. Conclusion: A 1E8 scFv-Fc construct for adjuvant cancer therapy was developed.

• BMB Reports
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• 제47권7호
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• pp.399-404
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• 2014

B7-H4 is a member of B7 family of co-inhibitory molecules and B7-H4 protein is found to be overexpressed in many human cancers and which is usually associated with poor survival. In this study, we developed a therapeutic vaccine made from a fusion protein composed of a tetanus toxoid (TT) T-helper cell epitope and human B7-H4IgV domain (TT-rhB7-H4IgV). We investigated the anti-tumor effect of the TT-rhB7-H4IgV vaccine in BALB/c mice and SP2/0 myeloma growth was significantly suppressed in mice. The TT-rhB7-H4IgV vaccine induced high-titer specific antibodies in mice. Further, the antibodies induced by TT-rhB7-H4IgV vaccine were capable of depleting SP2/0 cells through complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) in vitro. On the other hand, the poor cellular immune response was irrelevant to the therapeutic efficacy. These results indicate that the recombinant TT-rhB7-H4IgV vaccine might be a useful candidate of immunotherapy for the treatment of some tumors associated with abnormal expression of B7-H4.