Use of chlamydial elementary bodies as probes to isolate pathogen-specific human monoclonal antibodies.
Author(s)
Pinder, Christopher L
McKay, Paul F
Shattock, Robin J
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted infectious agents in the world and the leading cause of infectious blindness. The role of antibodies in the prevention and clearance of infection is still not fully understood, but the analysis of the immunoglobulin response to novel vaccine candidates is an important part of many of these studies. In this chapter, we describe a novel method to identify and isolate Chlamydia-specific memory B cells by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) using fluorescently labeled whole bacteria from cryopreserved human PBMC samples. This method allows for live single cells to be sorted for cell culture, in vitro assays, single-cell RNA sequencing, and cloning of paired heavy and light chains for recombinant monoclonal antibody production.
Date Issued
2021
Date Acceptance
2020-09-01
Citation
Methods in Molecular Biology, 2021, 2183, pp.19-28
ISSN
1064-3745
Publisher
Humana Press
Start Page
19
End Page
28
Journal / Book Title
Methods in Molecular Biology
Volume
2183
Copyright Statement
© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021. The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0795-4_3
Sponsor
Commission of the European Communities
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32959238
Grant Number
733373
Subjects
Antibody
Antigen-specific
B cell
Chlamydia
Elementary body
IgG
Immunoglobulin
Publication Status
Published online
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2020-09-22