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Measuring Antibody Orientation at the Bacterial Surface

Shannon, Oonagh LU and Nordenfelt, Pontus LU orcid (2017) In Methods in Molecular Biology 1535. p.331-337
Abstract

Many bacteria have the ability to interact with antibodies as a means to circumvent the immune response. This includes binding to the Fc portion of antibodies, effectively reversing the antibody orientation and thus decreasing the Fc-mediated immune signaling. Since antibody orientation at the bacterial surface has been shown to be important in human disease, it is valuable to be able to assess how antibodies are interacting with bacterial pathogens. Here, we describe a method to measure the proportion of human IgG that are bound via their Fc or Fabs to a bacterial surface. This is achieved by treating antibody-coated bacteria with the bacterial enzyme IdeS - which will cleave IgG into Fc and Fab fragments - and subsequently detect... (More)

Many bacteria have the ability to interact with antibodies as a means to circumvent the immune response. This includes binding to the Fc portion of antibodies, effectively reversing the antibody orientation and thus decreasing the Fc-mediated immune signaling. Since antibody orientation at the bacterial surface has been shown to be important in human disease, it is valuable to be able to assess how antibodies are interacting with bacterial pathogens. Here, we describe a method to measure the proportion of human IgG that are bound via their Fc or Fabs to a bacterial surface. This is achieved by treating antibody-coated bacteria with the bacterial enzyme IdeS - which will cleave IgG into Fc and Fab fragments - and subsequently detect remaining fragments with fluorescent Fabs. The method is easy and fast, and the principle is most likely also applicable to other systems where distinguishing between antibody Fc and Fab binding is important.

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Bacterial Pathogenesis : Methods and Protocols - Methods and Protocols
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Methods in Molecular Biology
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Nordenfelt, Pontus and Collin, Matthias
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1535
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7 pages
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Springer
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  • scopus:85005976037
  • pmid:27914090
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1064-3745
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978-1-4939-6671-4
978-1-4939-6673-8
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10.1007/978-1-4939-6673-8_22
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English
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  author       = {{Shannon, Oonagh and Nordenfelt, Pontus}},
  booktitle    = {{Bacterial Pathogenesis : Methods and Protocols}},
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  series       = {{Methods in Molecular Biology}},
  title        = {{Measuring Antibody Orientation at the Bacterial Surface}},
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  doi          = {{10.1007/978-1-4939-6673-8_22}},
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