ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR ALPHA-1,6-CORE-FUCOSYLATED PSA AND FUCOSYLATED FRAGMENTS THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20230340147A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-26

    申请号:US18187502

    申请日:2023-03-21

    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody or an antigen binding fragment thereof that specifically binds to α-1,6-core-fucosylated prostate specific antigen (PSA) and partial sequences thereof comprising the α-1,6-core-fucose residue. The antibodies and antigen binding fragments significantly discriminate between core-fucosylated PSA or core-fucosylated PSA partial sequences and other glycosylated PSA species and partial sequences thereof lacking the core-fucose residue, including aglycosylated PSA, as well as core-fucosylated glycan in other contexts. The present invention further relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding the light chain variable region or the heavy chain variable region of the antibody of the invention, as well as vectors comprising said nucleic acid molecules. The invention also relates to a host cell comprising the vector(s) of the invention, as well as to methods for the production of an antibody or antigen binding fragment of the invention comprising culturing the host cell of the invention under suitable conditions and isolating the antibody produced. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an antibody obtainable by the method of the invention, to a composition comprising at least one of the antibody or antigen binding fragment of the invention, the nucleic acid molecule of the invention, the vector of the invention, the host cell of the invention or the antibody produced by the method of the invention. The present invention also relates to the use of an antibody or antigen binding fragment of the invention for detecting and discriminating core-fucosylated PSA or core-fucosylated partial sequences thereof in biological samples.

    SOLUBLE AND IMMUNOREACTIVE FLAVIVIRAL NS1 POLYPEPTIDES

    公开(公告)号:US20200048313A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-13

    申请号:US16663457

    申请日:2019-10-25

    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a polypeptide suitable for detecting antibodies against a flavivirus in an isolated biological sample having a flavivirus NS1 wing domain specific amino acid sequence, wherein no amino acid sequences from the NS1 ß-ladder domain of said flavivirus are present in the polypeptide. In an embodiment, the flavivirus is selected from Zika virus (ZIKV), West-Nile virus (WNV), Dengue virus types 1-4 (DENV1-4), tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), yellow fever virus (YFV) and Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). Also disclosed is a method for producing said flaviviral NS1 wing domain specific polypeptides, a method for detecting antibodies specific for a first flavivirus species, the use of said flaviviral NS1 wing domain specific polypeptides for detecting antibodies as well as a reagent kit for detecting said flavivirus antibodies that has a flavivirus NS1 wing domain polypeptide.

    SOLUBLE AND IMMUNOREACTIVE ZIKA VIRUS NS1 POLYPEPTIDES

    公开(公告)号:US20200048312A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-13

    申请号:US16663417

    申请日:2019-10-25

    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a polypeptide suitable for detecting antibodies against Zika virus in an isolated biological sample having a Zika virus NS1 wing domain specific amino acid sequence and variants thereof, wherein no further Zika virus specific amino acid sequences are present in the polypeptide. This polypeptide does not immunologically cross-react with antibodies raised against structurally related antigens from tick-borne encephalitis virus, Dengue virus 1-4, West Nile virus, yellow fever virus or Japanese encephalitis virus, but immunologically reacts with antibodies raised against full length Zika virus NS1 antigen. Also disclosed is a method of producing a soluble and immunoreactive Zika virus NS1 polypeptide as well as methods and kits for detecting antibodies specific for Zika virus in an isolated sample.

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