Author(s)

Elham Omer Mahgoub

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Alnelian University, Khartoum, Sudan.

In this review, single-chain fragment variable construction using phage-display technology as a promising anticancer immunotherapy technology is described. Cloning and the specific bio-panning selection with phage display technology, as well as the use of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) at the surface of MCF-7 cells as the antigen for the straightforward specific selection of single chain Fvs, are discussed. Moreover, phage display technologies and their application are important for vaccine production and immunotherapy against viruses and cancers. Furthermore, expression of the gene will cause the production and expression of the protein in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, which can be used to detect anti-cancer single chain fragment variables (scFvs). Finally, homology modelling is described to show the three-dimensional scFv structure that verifies the Complementary-Determining-Regions (CDRs) on the surface of the model.

Single Chain Fragment Variable, Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, MCF-7, Phage Display Technology

Mahgoub, E. (2017) Single Chain Fragment Variables Antibody binding to EGF Receptor in the Surface of MCF7 Breast Cancer Cell Line: Application and Production Review. Open Journal of Genetics, 7, 84-103. doi: 10.4236/ojgen.2017.72008.