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Generation of monoclonal antibody fragments binding the native γ-secretase complex for use in structural studies

Alattia, Jean-René
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Schweizer, Claude  
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Cacquevel, Matthias
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2012
Biochemistry

A detailed understanding of γ-secretase structure is crucially needed to elucidate its unique properties of intramembrane protein cleavage and to design therapeutic compounds for the safe treatment of Alzheimer's disease. γ-Secretase is an enzyme complex composed of four membrane proteins, and the scarcity of its supply associated with the challenges of crystallizing membrane proteins is a major hurdle for the determination of its high-resolution structure. This study addresses some of these issues, first by adapting CHO cells overexpressing γ-secretase to growth in suspension, thus yielding multiliter cultures and milligram quantities of highly purified, active γ-secretase. Next, the amounts of γ-secretase were sufficient for immunization of mice and allowed generation of Nicastrin- and Aph-1-specific monoclonal antibodies, from which Fab fragments were proteolytically prepared and subsequently purified. The amounts of γ-secretase produced are compatible with robot-assisted crystallogenesis using nanoliter technologies. In addition, our Fab fragments bind exposed regions of native γ-secretase in a dose-dependent manner without interfering with its catalytic properties and can therefore be used as specific tools to facilitate crystal formation.

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DOI
10.1021/bi300997e
Web of Science ID

WOS:000310664200009

Author(s)
Alattia, Jean-René
Schweizer, Claude  
Cacquevel, Matthias
Dimitrov, Mitko  
Aeschbach, Lorène
Oulad-Abdelghani, Mustapha
Fraering, Patrick C.  
Date Issued

2012

Publisher

Amer Chemical Soc

Published in
Biochemistry
Volume

51

Issue

44

Start page

8779

End page

90

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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