Affinity improvement of the high-affinity immunoglobulin E receptor by phage display

• Published in: Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2002-04, Vol.293 (1), p.542-548
• Main Authors: Iwasaki, Akio, Doi, Takeshi, Umetani, Michihisa, Watanabe, Masanao, Suda, Makoto, Hattori, Yukio, Nagoya, Takao
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Amino Acid Substitution; Base Sequence; Binding Sites; Cloning, Molecular; Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli - genetics; GST fusion; High-affinity IgE receptor; Humans; Immunoglobulin E - metabolism; Kinetics; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutagenesis; Peptide Library; Phage display; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Receptors, IgE - antagonists & inhibitors; Receptors, IgE - genetics; Receptors, IgE - metabolism; Recombinant Fusion Proteins - metabolism
• ISSN: 0006-291X; 1090-2104
• DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00261-9

The immunoglobulin E (IgE)-binding site of its high-affinity receptor is localized in the second immunoglobulin-like domain (D2) of the α-subunit (FcεRIα). In this study, the randomized pentapeptides were introduced between Glu 132 and Ile 138 of FcεRIα D2 and displayed on a filamentous phage. After eight rounds of panning, a phage clone having a mutation of Asp 135Tyr 136Met 137 in FcεRIα D2 was obtained. The binding affinity of the mutant phages to immobilized IgE was approximately 500 times higher than that of the wild type. The mutant phages competitively inhibited the binding of IgE to the soluble receptor at a 50% inhibition (IC 50) value of 116 pM. The mutant FcεRIα D2, which had been expressed as a fusion protein with glutathione S-transferase in Escherichia coli, also showed higher IgE-binding capacity than the wild type. The mutant FcεRIα D2 is expected to manifest its improved IgE-binding affinity together with any fusion partner.