A novel one-step approach for the construction of yeast surface display Fab antibody libraries

Abstract Background Yeast surface display (YSD) has proven to be a versatile platform technology for antibody discovery. However, the construction of antibody Fab libraries typically is a tedious three-step process that involves the generation of heavy chain as well as light chain display plasmids i...

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Main Authors: Simon Rosowski, Stefan Becker, Lars Toleikis, Bernhard Valldorf, Julius Grzeschik, Deniz Demir, Iris Willenbücher, Ramona Gaa, Harald Kolmar, Stefan Zielonka, Simon Krah
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Microbial Cell Factories
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-017-0853-z
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author Simon Rosowski
Stefan Becker
Lars Toleikis
Bernhard Valldorf
Julius Grzeschik
Deniz Demir
Iris Willenbücher
Ramona Gaa
Harald Kolmar
Stefan Zielonka
Simon Krah
author_facet Simon Rosowski
Stefan Becker
Lars Toleikis
Bernhard Valldorf
Julius Grzeschik
Deniz Demir
Iris Willenbücher
Ramona Gaa
Harald Kolmar
Stefan Zielonka
Simon Krah
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description Abstract Background Yeast surface display (YSD) has proven to be a versatile platform technology for antibody discovery. However, the construction of antibody Fab libraries typically is a tedious three-step process that involves the generation of heavy chain as well as light chain display plasmids in different haploid yeast strains followed by yeast mating. Results Within this study, we aimed at implementing a focused Golden Gate Cloning approach for the generation of YSD libraries. For this, antibodies heavy and light chains were encoded on one single plasmid. Fab display on yeast cells was either mediated by a two-directional promoter system (2dir) or by ribosomal skipping (bicis). The general applicability of this methodology was proven by the functional display of a therapeutic antibody. Subsequently, we constructed large antibody libraries with heavy chain diversities derived from CEACAM5 immunized animals in combination with a common light chain. Target-specific antibodies from both display systems were readily obtained after three rounds of fluorescence activated cell sorting. Isolated variants exhibited high affinities in the nanomolar and subnanomolar range as well as appropriate biophysical properties. Conclusion We demonstrated that Golden Gate Cloning appears to be a valid tool for the generation of large yeast surface display antibody Fab libraries. This procedure simplifies the hit discovery process of antibodies from immune repertoires.
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spelling doaj.art-0026bb751c724f14a378aa178f21a5dd2022-12-22T00:09:55ZengBMCMicrobial Cell Factories1475-28592018-01-0117111110.1186/s12934-017-0853-zA novel one-step approach for the construction of yeast surface display Fab antibody librariesSimon Rosowski0Stefan Becker1Lars Toleikis2Bernhard Valldorf3Julius Grzeschik4Deniz Demir5Iris Willenbücher6Ramona Gaa7Harald Kolmar8Stefan Zielonka9Simon Krah10Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Technische Universität DarmstadtProtein Engineering and Antibody Technologies, Merck KGaAProtein Engineering and Antibody Technologies, Merck KGaAChemical and Pharmaceutical Development, Merck KGaAInstitute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Technische Universität DarmstadtProtein Engineering and Antibody Technologies, Merck KGaAProtein Engineering and Antibody Technologies, Merck KGaAProtein Engineering and Antibody Technologies, Merck KGaAInstitute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Technische Universität DarmstadtProtein Engineering and Antibody Technologies, Merck KGaAProtein Engineering and Antibody Technologies, Merck KGaAAbstract Background Yeast surface display (YSD) has proven to be a versatile platform technology for antibody discovery. However, the construction of antibody Fab libraries typically is a tedious three-step process that involves the generation of heavy chain as well as light chain display plasmids in different haploid yeast strains followed by yeast mating. Results Within this study, we aimed at implementing a focused Golden Gate Cloning approach for the generation of YSD libraries. For this, antibodies heavy and light chains were encoded on one single plasmid. Fab display on yeast cells was either mediated by a two-directional promoter system (2dir) or by ribosomal skipping (bicis). The general applicability of this methodology was proven by the functional display of a therapeutic antibody. Subsequently, we constructed large antibody libraries with heavy chain diversities derived from CEACAM5 immunized animals in combination with a common light chain. Target-specific antibodies from both display systems were readily obtained after three rounds of fluorescence activated cell sorting. Isolated variants exhibited high affinities in the nanomolar and subnanomolar range as well as appropriate biophysical properties. Conclusion We demonstrated that Golden Gate Cloning appears to be a valid tool for the generation of large yeast surface display antibody Fab libraries. This procedure simplifies the hit discovery process of antibodies from immune repertoires.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-017-0853-zGolden Gate CloningYeast surface displayFab fragmentAntibody discovery
spellingShingle Simon Rosowski
Stefan Becker
Lars Toleikis
Bernhard Valldorf
Julius Grzeschik
Deniz Demir
Iris Willenbücher
Ramona Gaa
Harald Kolmar
Stefan Zielonka
Simon Krah
A novel one-step approach for the construction of yeast surface display Fab antibody libraries
Microbial Cell Factories
Golden Gate Cloning
Yeast surface display
Fab fragment
Antibody discovery
title A novel one-step approach for the construction of yeast surface display Fab antibody libraries
title_full A novel one-step approach for the construction of yeast surface display Fab antibody libraries
title_fullStr A novel one-step approach for the construction of yeast surface display Fab antibody libraries
title_full_unstemmed A novel one-step approach for the construction of yeast surface display Fab antibody libraries
title_short A novel one-step approach for the construction of yeast surface display Fab antibody libraries
title_sort novel one step approach for the construction of yeast surface display fab antibody libraries
topic Golden Gate Cloning
Yeast surface display
Fab fragment
Antibody discovery
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-017-0853-z
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