Coated cross-species antibodies by mannosamine-biotin adduct confer protection against snake venom without eliciting humoral immune response

  • Tal Gefen
  • , Jacob Pitcovski
  • , Jacob Vaya
  • , Soliman Khatib
  • , Simi Krispel
  • , E. Dan Heller
  • , Elena Gaberman
  • , Raphael Gorodetsky
  • , Elina Aizenshtein*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

3 Scopus citations

Abstract

Passive immunization with cross-species antibodies triggers the patient's immune response, thereby preventing repeated treatment. Mannosamine-biotin adduct (MBA) has been described as a masking agent for immunogenic reduction and here, the immunogenicity and biological activity of MBA-coated horse anti-viper venom (hsIgG) were compared to those of uncoated or PEGylated hsIgG. In in vitro tests, hsIgG binding was not affected by MBA conjugation. The immune response to hsIgG-MBA was about 8-fold and 32-fold lower than to PEG-coated and uncoated hsIgG, respectively. In vivo, hsIgG-MBA showed efficient venom-neutralization activity. We thus demonstrate the feasibility of using MBA as a masking agent for passive immunization with cross-species antibodies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8197-8202
Number of pages6
JournalVaccine
Volume28
Issue number51
DOIs
StatePublished - 29 Nov 2010

Keywords

  • Antigenicity reduction
  • Coated antibody
  • Mannosamine-biotin adduct
  • Passive vaccination
  • Snake venom

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Coated cross-species antibodies by mannosamine-biotin adduct confer protection against snake venom without eliciting humoral immune response'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this