Introduction

Antibody repertoire diversity, potentially as high as 10(11) unique molecules in a single individual, confounds characterization by conventional sequence analyses. In this study, we present a general method for assessing human antibody sequence diversity displayed on phage using massively parallel pyrosequencing, a novel application of Kabat column-labeled profile Hidden Markov Models, and translated complementarity determining region (CDR) capture-recapture analysis. Pyrosequencing of domain amplicon and RCA PCR products generated 1.5 x 10(6) reads, including more than 1.9 x 10(5) high quality, full-length sequences of antibody variable fragment (Fv) variable domains. Novel methods for germline and CDR classification and fine characterization of sequence diversity in the 6 CDRs are presented. Diverse germline contributions to the repertoire with random heavy and light chain pairing are observed. All germline families were found to be represented in 1.7 x 10(4) sequences obtained from repeated panning of the library. While the most variable CDR (CDR-H3) presents significant length and sequence variability, we find a substantial contribution to total diversity from somatically mutated germline encoded CDRs 1 and 2. Using a capture-recapture method, the total diversity of the antibody library obtained from a human donor Immunoglobulin M (IgM) pool was determined to be at least 3.5 x 10(10). The results provide insights into the role of IgM diversification, display library construction, and productive germline usages in antibody libraries and the humoral repertoire.

Publications

  1. Precise determination of the diversity of a combinatorial antibody library gives insight into the human immunoglobulin repertoire.
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    Glanville J, Zhai W, Berka J, Telman D, Huerta G, Mehta GR, Ni I, Mei L, Sundar PD, Day GM, Cox D, Rajpal A, Pons J, 2009-12-01 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

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  1. Jacob Glanville
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  2. Wenwu Zhai
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  3. Jan Berka
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  4. Dilduz Telman
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  5. Gabriella Huerta
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  6. Gautam R Mehta
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  7. Irene Ni
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  8. Li Mei
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  9. Purnima D Sundar
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  10. Giles M R Day
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  11. David Cox
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  12. Arvind Rajpal
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  13. Jaume Pons
    Investigator

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Submitted ByJaume Pons