A Diversity of Antibody Epitopes Can Induce Signaling through the Erythropoietin Receptor

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• 作者：Ai Ching Lim ; Randal R. Ketchem ; Luis Borges ; Teresa Carabeo ; Jane Carter ; Joseph E. Hoover ; Zhonghua Hu ; Michael Wittekind ; Hongxing Zhou ; Christopher Mehlin
• 刊名：Biochemistry
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：May 11, 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：49
• 期：18
• 页码：3797-3804
• 全文大小：976K
• 年卷期：v.49,no.18(May 11, 2010)
• ISSN：1520-4995

文摘

Stimulation of red cell production through agonism of the erythropoietin receptor (EpoR) has historically been accomplished through administration of erythropoietin (EPO), the native ligand. The short half-life of EPO has led to the development of a variety of other agonists, including antibodies. It is of considerable interest to understand how these agents might activate the EpoR and whether or not it is important to bind in a manner similar to the native ligand. The binding epitopes of a panel of eight agonistic, single-chain antibody (scFv-Fc) constructs were determined through scanning alanine mutagenesis as well as more limited arginine mutagenesis of the receptor. It was found that while some of these constructs bound to receptor epitopes shared by the ligand, others bound in completely unique ways. The use of a panel of agonists and scanning mutagenesis can define the critical binding regions for signaling; in the case of the EpoR, these regions were remarkably broad.