Monoclonal antibodies specific for disease-associated point-mutants: lamin A/C R453W and R482W.
<h4>Background</h4>Disease-linked missense mutations can alter a protein's function with fatal consequences for the affected individual. How a single amino acid substitution in a protein affects its properties, is difficult to study in the context of the cellular proteome, because m...
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| author | Marko Roblek Stefan Schüchner Veronika Huber Katrin Ollram Sylvia Vlcek-Vesely Roland Foisner Manfed Wehnert Egon Ogris |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Disease-linked missense mutations can alter a protein's function with fatal consequences for the affected individual. How a single amino acid substitution in a protein affects its properties, is difficult to study in the context of the cellular proteome, because mutant proteins can often not be traced in cells due to the lack of mutation-specific detection tools. Antibodies, however, with their exquisite epitope specificity permit the detection of single amino acid substitutions but are not available for the vast majority of disease-causing mutant proteins. One of the most frequently missense-mutated human genes is the LMNA gene coding for A-type lamins. Mutations in LMNA cause phenotypically heterogenous, mostly autosomal-dominant inherited diseases, termed laminopathies. The molecular mechanisms underlying the phenotypic heterogeneity of laminopathies, however, are not well understood. Hence, the goal of this study was the development of monoclonal antibodies specific for disease-linked point-mutant A-type lamins.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>Using two different approaches of antigen presentation, namely KLH-coupled peptides and the display of a complete protein domain fused to the Hepatitis B virus capsid protein, we developed monoclonal antibodies against two disease-associated lamin A/C mutants. Both antibodies display exquisite specificity for the respective mutant proteins. We show that with the help of these novel antibodies it is now possible for the first time to study specifically the properties of the mutant proteins in primary patient cells in the background of wild-type protein.<h4>Conclusions</h4>We report here the development of two point-mutant specific antibodies against A-type lamins. While synthetic peptides may be the prime choice of antigen, our results show that a given target sequence may have to be presented in alternative ways to ensure the induction of a mutant-specific immune response. Point-mutant specific antibodies will represent valuable tools for basic and clinical research on a number of hereditary as well as acquired diseases caused by dominant missense mutations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e098ed80ff6e4b34b01d1ee891463f442025-08-20T02:01:57ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032010-05-0155e1060410.1371/journal.pone.0010604Monoclonal antibodies specific for disease-associated point-mutants: lamin A/C R453W and R482W.Marko RoblekStefan SchüchnerVeronika HuberKatrin OllramSylvia Vlcek-VeselyRoland FoisnerManfed WehnertEgon Ogris<h4>Background</h4>Disease-linked missense mutations can alter a protein's function with fatal consequences for the affected individual. How a single amino acid substitution in a protein affects its properties, is difficult to study in the context of the cellular proteome, because mutant proteins can often not be traced in cells due to the lack of mutation-specific detection tools. Antibodies, however, with their exquisite epitope specificity permit the detection of single amino acid substitutions but are not available for the vast majority of disease-causing mutant proteins. One of the most frequently missense-mutated human genes is the LMNA gene coding for A-type lamins. Mutations in LMNA cause phenotypically heterogenous, mostly autosomal-dominant inherited diseases, termed laminopathies. The molecular mechanisms underlying the phenotypic heterogeneity of laminopathies, however, are not well understood. Hence, the goal of this study was the development of monoclonal antibodies specific for disease-linked point-mutant A-type lamins.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>Using two different approaches of antigen presentation, namely KLH-coupled peptides and the display of a complete protein domain fused to the Hepatitis B virus capsid protein, we developed monoclonal antibodies against two disease-associated lamin A/C mutants. Both antibodies display exquisite specificity for the respective mutant proteins. We show that with the help of these novel antibodies it is now possible for the first time to study specifically the properties of the mutant proteins in primary patient cells in the background of wild-type protein.<h4>Conclusions</h4>We report here the development of two point-mutant specific antibodies against A-type lamins. While synthetic peptides may be the prime choice of antigen, our results show that a given target sequence may have to be presented in alternative ways to ensure the induction of a mutant-specific immune response. Point-mutant specific antibodies will represent valuable tools for basic and clinical research on a number of hereditary as well as acquired diseases caused by dominant missense mutations.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0010604&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Marko Roblek Stefan Schüchner Veronika Huber Katrin Ollram Sylvia Vlcek-Vesely Roland Foisner Manfed Wehnert Egon Ogris Monoclonal antibodies specific for disease-associated point-mutants: lamin A/C R453W and R482W. PLoS ONE |
| title | Monoclonal antibodies specific for disease-associated point-mutants: lamin A/C R453W and R482W. |
| title_full | Monoclonal antibodies specific for disease-associated point-mutants: lamin A/C R453W and R482W. |
| title_fullStr | Monoclonal antibodies specific for disease-associated point-mutants: lamin A/C R453W and R482W. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Monoclonal antibodies specific for disease-associated point-mutants: lamin A/C R453W and R482W. |
| title_short | Monoclonal antibodies specific for disease-associated point-mutants: lamin A/C R453W and R482W. |
| title_sort | monoclonal antibodies specific for disease associated point mutants lamin a c r453w and r482w |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0010604&type=printable |
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