Variable region framework differences result in decreased or increased affinity of variant anti-digoxin antibodies.

AUTOR(ES)

Panka, D J

RESUMO

Rare spontaneous variants of the anti-digoxin antibody-producing hybridoma 40-150 (Ko = 5.4 x 10(9) M-1) were selected for altered antigen binding by two-color fluorescence-activated cell sorting. The parent antibody binds digoxin 890-fold greater than digitoxin. The variant 40-150 A2.4 has reduced affinity for digoxin (Ko = 9.2 x 10(6) M-1) and binds digoxin 33-fold greater than digitoxin. A second-order variant, derived from 40-150 A2.4 (designated 40-150 A2.4 P.10), demonstrated partial regain of digoxin binding (Ko = 4.4 x 10(8) M-1). The altered binding of the variant 40-150 A2.4 was accounted for by a point mutation resulting in substitution of arginine for serine at position 94 in the heavy chain variable region. Antibody 40-150 A2.4 P.10 also contains this arginine but owes its enhanced antigen binding to deletion of two amino acids from the heavy chain amino terminus. This unusual sequence alteration in an immunoglobulin framework region confers increased affinity for antigen.

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