Abstract
Immune response to replacement therapy has been reported for a range of therapeutic strategies being developed for the treatment of patients with genetic disease. The potential problem of immune response to enzyme replacement therapy has been investigated in α-L-iduronidase immunized rats, representing a model of the lysosomal storage disorder Hurler syndrome (α-Liduronidase deficiency). The antibody response to α-L-iduronidase showed that the positional location of antibody reactivity was similar for different immunized rats, but the precise linear sequence epitopes identified, varied between rats. A monoclonal antibody reacting to an epitope in close proximity to one high antigenicity site on α-L-iduronidase was used to reproduce the in vivo effect of altered enzyme tissue distribution, previously observed in immunized rats infused with α-L-iduronidase. The study demonstrated that during an immune response, antibody reacting to a single epitope could partially control the tissue distribution of antigen from circulation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 127-135 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Molecular Genetics and Metabolism |
Volume | 77 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published or Issued - 2002 |
Keywords
- Antibodies
- Epitopes
- Genetic disease
- Immune response
- Therapy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Endocrinology