Conformational Engineering of Antibody Fragments on The Surface of Platinum Nanoparticles
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Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China

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O641

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This work was supported by grants from The National Natural Science Foundation of China (22071145, 32371318) and the National Key Research and Development Plan of China (2016YFA0201602).

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    Objective Recent successful restoration of the native conformation and function of the complementary-determining regions (CDRs) of antibodies on gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) demonstrates that the era of molecular conformational engineering is dawning. Basically, molecular conformational engineering aims to precisely tune flexible non-functional molecules into special conformations to carry out novel functions, in the same way as protein folding. In order to explore the general applicability of molecular conformational engineering, as well as to reveal the mechanism of protein structure-function relationship, the objective of this work is to restore the native conformation and function of the CDRs of an antibody on platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs).Methods The CDR fragment of the anti-lysozyme antibody cAB-lys3, which has no stable conformation or function in free state, was conjugated onto the surface of PtNPs through two Pt-S bonds. The original antigen-recognizing function of the CDR restored on PtNPs was assessed by the specific inhibition of the enzymatic activity of lysozyme by the PtNP-CDR conjugates.Results After optimization of the peptide density on the surface of PtNPs and modification of PtNPs with polyethylene glycol (PEG), the resulted PtNP-based hybrid artificial antibody (PtNP-10PEG-30P1), dubbed Platinumbody, could bind specifically to lysozyme and significantly inhibit the activity of lysozyme.Conclusion This is the first time that the fragment of a protein could refold on PtNPs. Together with the previous Goldbody and Silverbody, current work demonstrates that artificial proteins could be generally created by restoration of the native conformation of natural proteins fragments on NPs.

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SHENG Ling-Jie, XU Jia, DAI Jing-Jing, WANG Hai-Fang, CAO Ao-Neng. Conformational Engineering of Antibody Fragments on The Surface of Platinum Nanoparticles[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,2024,51(3):647-657

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  • Received:April 11,2023
  • Revised:February 02,2024
  • Accepted:May 29,2023
  • Online: March 20,2024
  • Published: March 20,2024