Ultra Q-bodies: quench-based antibody probes that utilize dye-dye interactions with enhanced antigen-dependent fluorescence

作者：Abe Ryoji; Jeong Hee Jin; Arakawa Dai; Dong Jinhua; Ohashi Hiroyuki; Kaigome Rena; Saiki Fujio; Yamane Kyosuke; Takagi Hiroaki; Ueda Hiroshi^*

来源：Scientific Reports, 2014, 4(1): 4640.

DOI：10.1038/srep04640

Recently, we described a novel reagentless fluorescent biosensor strategy named Quenchbody, which functions via the antigen-dependent removal of the quenching effect on a fluorophore that is attached to a single-chain antibody variable region. To explore the practical utility of Quenchbodies, we prepared antibody Fab fragments that were fluorolabeled at either one or two of the N-terminal regions, using a cell-free translation-mediated position-specific protein labeling system. Unexpectedly, the Fab fragment labeled at the heavy chain N-terminal region demonstrated a deeper quenching and antigen-dependent release compared to that observed using scFv. Moreover, when the Fab was fluorolabeled at the two N-termini with either the same dye or with two different dyes, an improved response due to enhanced quenching via dye-dye interactions was observed. On the basis of this approach, several targets, including peptides, proteins, and haptens, as well as narcotics, were quantified with a higher response up to 50-fold. In addition, differentiation of osteosarcoma to osteoblasts was successfully imaged using a similarly fluorolabeled recombinant Fab protein prepared from E. coli. Due to its versatility, this "Ultra-Quenchbody'' is expected to exhibit a range of applications from in vitro diagnostics to the live imaging of various targets in situ.

• 出版日期2014-4-11