Studio della matrice extracellulare nella patologia cardiovascolare delle sindromi marfanoidi

Dottorato di ricerca in fisiopatologia clinica. 10. ciclo. Tutore Gian Gastone Neri Serneri. Coordinatore Paolo RomagnoliConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Biblioteca Centrale - P.le Aldo Moro, 7, Rome; Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale - P.za Cavalleggeri, 1, Florence / CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle RichercheSIGLEITItal

Antibody Light Chains: Key to Increased Monoclonal Antibody Yields in Expi293 Cells?

When constructing isogenic recombinant IgM–IgG pairs, we discovered that μ heavy chains strongly prefer partnering with λ light chains for optimal IgM expression in transiently cotransfected Expi293 cells. When μ chains were paired with κ light chains, IgM yields were low but increased by logs—up to 20,000 X—by using λ chains instead. Switching light chains did not alter epitope specificity. For dimeric IgA2, optimal expression involved pairing with λ chains, whereas light-chain preference varied for other immunoglobulin classes. In summary, recombinant IgM production can be drastically increased by using λ chains, an important finding in the use of IgM for mucosal immunoprophylaxis