Binding specificities of anti-VEGF-C scFv.

(A) ELISA screening of random clones obtained after 2 or 3 rounds of panning against ΔNΔC-VEGF-C. (B) ELISA analysis of representative anti-VEGF-C scFv clones for the 4 different amino acid sequences obtained. Maxisorp or streptavidin-precoated (SA) plates were coated with his-tagged human ΔNΔC-VEGF-C derived from P. pastoris or biotinylated his-tagged human ΔNΔC-VEGF-C from mammalian cells or P. pastoris, respectively. Control surfaces were left untreated. Antibody fragments and control antibodies were subsequently added and the ELISA was developed as described in Materials and Methods. (C) Cross-reactivity tested by ELISA. Human ΔNΔC-VEGF-C orΔNΔC-VEGF-D (both from mammalian cells) were coated on a maxisorp plate. Anti-VEGF-C scFv clone VC2 or a negative control (PBS only) was added and the ELISA was developed as described in Materials and Methods. (D) BIAcore profiles from the 4 different anti-VEGF-C scFv clones. Different concentrations of protein-A purified scFv were injected on a streptavidin-precoated sensorchip coated with ca. 2000 RU biotinylated mammalian cell-derived ΔNΔC-VEGF-C.