Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Human monoclonal antibodies against Staphylococcus aureus surface antigens recognize in vitro biofilm and in vivo implant infections
doi: 10.1101/2021.02.09.429966
Figure Lengend Snippet: Production of mAbs and validation of biofilm. (A) Human IgG1 antibodies are large (150 kDa) proteins, consisting of two functional domains. The fragment antigen binding (Fab) region confers antigen specificity, while the crystallizable fragment (Fc) region drives interactions with the immune system. Each IgG1 is composed of 2 identical heavy chains and two identical light chains, which all consist of a constant (CH, CL) and a variable (VH, VL) domain. A panel of 6 human IgG1 mAbs that recognize polysaccharide and protein components on the cell surface of S. aureus and two non-specific isotype controls was produced. Variable heavy (VH) and light (VL) chain sequences obtained from different scientific and patent publications were cloned in homemade expression vectors containing human heavy chain (HC) and light chain (LC) constant regions, respectively. (B,C) Biofilm of Wood46 (B) and LACΔspaΔsbi (C) were grown for 24h and incubated with 66 nM F598-IgG1. MAb binding was detected using APC-labeled anti-human IgG antibodies and a plate reader and plotted as fluorescence intensity per well. Data represent mean + SD of at least 3 independent experiments. A ratio paired t-test was performed to test for differences in antibody binding versus control and displayed only when significant as *P ≤ 0.05, **P ≤ 0.01, ***P ≤ 0.001, or ****P ≤ 0.0001.
Article Snippet: This screen revealed strain Wood46 (ATCC 10832) as a robust biofilm former on uncoated, polystyrene microtiter plates (Fig. S1a) .
Techniques: Biomarker Discovery, Functional Assay, Binding Assay, Produced, Clone Assay, Expressing, Incubation, Labeling, Fluorescence, Control