Isolation and Validation of Anti-B7-H4 scFvs from an Ovarian Cancer scFv Yeast-Display Library

Methods Mol Biol. 2015:1319:37-49. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2748-7_2.

Abstract

B7-H4 (VTCN1, B7x, B7s) is an inhibitory modulator of T-cell response implicated in antigen tolerization. As such, B7-H4 is an immune checkpoint of potential therapeutic interest. To generate anti-B7-H4 targeting reagents, we isolated antibodies by differential cell screening of a yeast-display library of recombinant antibodies (scFvs) derived from ovarian cancer patients and we screened for functional scFvs capable to interfere with B7-H4-mediated inhibition of antitumor responses. We found one antibody binding to B7-H4 that could restore antitumor T cell responses. This chapter gives an overview of the methods we developed to isolate a functional anti-B7-H4 antibody fragment.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigen Presentation
  • B-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • Female
  • Gene Library
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / blood
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / immunology*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism
  • Single-Chain Antibodies / genetics
  • Single-Chain Antibodies / isolation & purification*
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • V-Set Domain-Containing T-Cell Activation Inhibitor 1 / metabolism*
  • Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays

Substances

  • Single-Chain Antibodies
  • V-Set Domain-Containing T-Cell Activation Inhibitor 1
  • VTCN1 protein, human