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Thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of antibody evolution during the immune response to hapten
Takuma Sagawa1, Masayuki Oda, Miyuki Ishimura
1Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2669 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-0022, Japan.
We determined thermodynamic and kinetic parameters for the antigen-antibody interaction using a group of anti-(4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl)acetyl monoclonal antibodies whose differences in amino acid sequences had arisen only from somatic hypermutation. These monoclonal antibodies were considered to have originated from a common ancestor clone and to represent progression along the affinity maturation pathway. The kinetic measurements showed that both association and dissociation rate constants of the antigen-antibody interaction decreased during maturation. Thermodynamic measurements revealed that an increase in affinity was obtained by an increase in entropy without any significant change in enthalpy. These results suggested that the mechanism for the antigen-antibody interaction shifted from a "zipper" type to a "lock-and-key" type during antibody evolution.
We determined thermodynamic and kinetic parameters for the antigen-antibody interaction using a group of anti-(4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl)acetyl monoclonal antibodies whose differences in amino acid sequences had arisen only from somatic hypermutation. These monoclonal antibodies were considered to have originated from a common ancestor clone and to represent progression along the affinity maturation pathway. The kinetic measurements showed that both association and dissociation rate constants of the antigen-antibody interaction decreased during maturation. Thermodynamic measurements revealed that an increase in affinity was obtained by an increase in entropy without any significant change in enthalpy. These results suggested that the mechanism for the antigen-antibody interaction shifted from a "zipper" type to a "lock-and-key" type during antibody evolution.