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High-level bacterial secretion of single-chain αβ T-cell receptors

Maynard, Jennifer ; Adams, Erin J. ; Krogsgaard, Michelle ; Lindkvist, Karin LU ; Liu, Corey W. and Garcia, K. Christopher (2005) In Journal of Immunological Methods 306(1-2). p.51-67
Abstract

While numerous antibody-antigen systems have been structurally characterized, studies of structurally analogous T-cell receptor MHC systems have lagged behind largely due to the lack of a general TCR expression system. Efforts to develop bacterial systems have resulted in low yields (< 0.5 mg/l) of active material which is prone to proteolysis and aggregation. Here we report a strategy to secrete folded, soluble single chain T-cell receptors (scTCR) in the Escherichia coli periplasm using three representative αβ TCRs (172.10, 1934.4/c19 and 2B4). Shake flask yields between 0.5 and 30 mg/l active, purified material were attained for all TCRs studied and found to depend on the introduction of solubility-increasing amino acid... (More)

While numerous antibody-antigen systems have been structurally characterized, studies of structurally analogous T-cell receptor MHC systems have lagged behind largely due to the lack of a general TCR expression system. Efforts to develop bacterial systems have resulted in low yields (< 0.5 mg/l) of active material which is prone to proteolysis and aggregation. Here we report a strategy to secrete folded, soluble single chain T-cell receptors (scTCR) in the Escherichia coli periplasm using three representative αβ TCRs (172.10, 1934.4/c19 and 2B4). Shake flask yields between 0.5 and 30 mg/l active, purified material were attained for all TCRs studied and found to depend on the introduction of solubility-increasing amino acid substitutions, skp chaperone co-expression and C-terminal fusion to a human kappa constant domain in the context of a tightly regulated expression vector. This system will greatly enable crystallographic, thermodynamic and other biophysical analyses of TCRs which require large quantities of homogeneous material.

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Crystallography, Recombinant expression, scTCR, skp, TCR
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Journal of Immunological Methods
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306
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1-2
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17 pages
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Elsevier
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  • scopus:28444442005
  • pmid:16198365
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0022-1759
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10.1016/j.jim.2005.07.022
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English
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  author       = {{Maynard, Jennifer and Adams, Erin J. and Krogsgaard, Michelle and Lindkvist, Karin and Liu, Corey W. and Garcia, K. Christopher}},
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  keywords     = {{Crystallography; Recombinant expression; scTCR; skp; TCR}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{11}},
  number       = {{1-2}},
  pages        = {{51--67}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Journal of Immunological Methods}},
  title        = {{High-level bacterial secretion of single-chain αβ T-cell receptors}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jim.2005.07.022}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.jim.2005.07.022}},
  volume       = {{306}},
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