Journal: Sci Rep / Year: 2024 Title: Use of phase plate cryo-EM reveals conformation diversity of therapeutic IgG with 50 kDa Fab fragment resolved below 6 Å. Authors: Hsin-Hung Lin / Chun-Hsiung Wang / Shih-Hsin Huang / Sung-Yao Lin / Takayuki Kato / Keiichi Namba / Naoki Hosogi / Chihong Song / Kazuyoshi Murata / Ching-Hsuan Yen / Tsui-Ling Hsu / Chi- ...Authors: Hsin-Hung Lin / Chun-Hsiung Wang / Shih-Hsin Huang / Sung-Yao Lin / Takayuki Kato / Keiichi Namba / Naoki Hosogi / Chihong Song / Kazuyoshi Murata / Ching-Hsuan Yen / Tsui-Ling Hsu / Chi-Huey Wong / Yi-Min Wu / I-Ping Tu / Wei-Hau Chang / Abstract: While cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is fruitfully used for harvesting high-resolution structures of sizable macromolecules, its application to small or flexible proteins composed of small ...While cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is fruitfully used for harvesting high-resolution structures of sizable macromolecules, its application to small or flexible proteins composed of small domains like immunoglobulin (IgG) remain challenging. Here, we applied single particle cryo-EM to Rituximab, a therapeutic IgG mediating anti-tumor toxicity, to explore its solution conformations. We found Rituximab molecules exhibited aggregates in cryo-EM specimens contrary to its solution behavior, and utilized a non-ionic detergent to successfully disperse them as isolated particles amenable to single particle analysis. As the detergent adversely reduced the protein-to-solvent contrast, we employed phase plate contrast to mitigate the impaired protein visibility. Assisted by phase plate imaging, we obtained a canonical three-arm IgG structure with other structures displaying variable arm densities co-existing in solution, affirming high flexibility of arm-connecting linkers. Furthermore, we showed phase plate imaging enables reliable structure determination of Fab to sub-nanometer resolution from ab initio, yielding a characteristic two-lobe structure that could be unambiguously docked with crystal structure. Our findings revealed conformation diversity of IgG and demonstrated phase plate was viable for cryo-EM analysis of small proteins without symmetry. This work helps extend cryo-EM boundaries, providing a valuable imaging and structural analysis framework for macromolecules with similar challenging features.
Name: Fab domain of Rituximab / type: complex / ID: 1 / Parent: 0 Details: The segmentation of Fab domain from Rituximab IgG was treated by using the PierceTM Fab preparation kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, MA, USA)
Source (natural)
Organism: Mus musculus (house mouse)
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Experimental details
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Structure determination
Method
cryo EM
Processing
single particle reconstruction
Aggregation state
particle
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Sample preparation
Concentration
0.2 mg/mL
Buffer
pH: 6.5
Vitrification
Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 98 % / Chamber temperature: 277 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
FEI TITAN KRIOS
Image recording
Film or detector model: GATAN K3 (6k x 4k) / Detector mode: OTHER / Number real images: 50 / Average electron dose: 1.01 e/Å2
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
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