Targeting surface-layer proteins with single-domain antibodies: a potential therapeutic approach against Clostridium difficile -associated disease

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Hiba Kandalaft, Greg Hussack, Annie Aubry, Henk van Faassen, Yonghong Guan, Mehdi Arbabi-Ghahroudi, Roger MacKenzie, Susan Logan, Jamshid Tanha]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 99/20(2015-10-01), 8549-8562
Format:
Artikel (online)
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520 3 |a Clostridium difficile is a leading cause of death from gastrointestinal infections in North America. Antibiotic therapy is effective, but the high incidence of relapse and the rise in hypervirulent strains warrant the search for novel treatments. Surface layer proteins (SLPs) cover the entire C. difficile bacterial surface, are composed of high-molecular-weight (HMW) and low-molecular-weight (LMW) subunits, and mediate adherence to host cells. Passive and active immunization against SLPs has enhanced hamster survival, suggesting that antibody-mediated neutralization may be an effective therapeutic strategy. Here, we isolated a panel of SLP-specific single-domain antibodies (VHHs) using an immune llama phage display library and SLPs isolated from C. difficile hypervirulent strain QCD-32g58 (027 ribotype) as a target antigen. Binding studies revealed a number of VHHs that bound QCD-32g58 SLPs with high affinity (K D = 3-6nM) and targeted epitopes located on the LMW subunit of the SLP. The VHHs demonstrated melting temperatures as high as 75°C, and a few were resistant to the gastrointestinal protease pepsin at physiologically relevant concentrations. In addition, we demonstrated the binding specificity of the VHHs to the major C. difficile ribotypes by whole cell ELISA, where all VHHs were found to bind 001 and 027 ribotypes, and a subset of antibodies were found to be broadly cross-reactive in binding cells representative of 012, 017, 023, and 078 ribotypes. Finally, we showed that several of the VHHs inhibited C. difficile QCD-32g58 motility in vitro. Targeting SLPs with VHHs may be a viable therapeutic approach against C. difficile-associated disease. 
540 |a The Author(s), 2015 
690 7 |a Clostridium difficile  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Surface layer protein  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Single-domain antibody  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a VHH  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Nanobody  |2 nationallicence 
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700 1 |a Hussack  |D Greg  |u Human Health Therapeutics Portfolio, National Research Council Canada, K1A 0R6, Ottawa, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Aubry  |D Annie  |u Human Health Therapeutics Portfolio, National Research Council Canada, K1A 0R6, Ottawa, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
700 1 |a van Faassen  |D Henk  |u Human Health Therapeutics Portfolio, National Research Council Canada, K1A 0R6, Ottawa, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Guan  |D Yonghong  |u Human Health Therapeutics Portfolio, National Research Council Canada, K1A 0R6, Ottawa, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Arbabi-Ghahroudi  |D Mehdi  |u Human Health Therapeutics Portfolio, National Research Council Canada, K1A 0R6, Ottawa, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
700 1 |a MacKenzie  |D Roger  |u Human Health Therapeutics Portfolio, National Research Council Canada, K1A 0R6, Ottawa, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Logan  |D Susan  |u Human Health Therapeutics Portfolio, National Research Council Canada, K1A 0R6, Ottawa, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Tanha  |D Jamshid  |u Human Health Therapeutics Portfolio, National Research Council Canada, K1A 0R6, Ottawa, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
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950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Logan  |D Susan  |u Human Health Therapeutics Portfolio, National Research Council Canada, K1A 0R6, Ottawa, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Tanha  |D Jamshid  |u Human Health Therapeutics Portfolio, National Research Council Canada, K1A 0R6, Ottawa, ON, Canada  |4 aut 
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