Single-chain Fv antibody with specificity for Listeria monocytogenes.

Single chain antibodies (scFv) exhibiting specific binding to Listeria monocytogenes strains were isolated from a pool of random scFvs expressed on the surface of filamentous bacteriophages. Positive selection (panning) using L. monocytogenes was used to enrich for phage clones with the desired binding affinity, and negative selection using L. innocua and L. ivanovii was used to remove phages expressing cross-reactive antibody fragments. A single phage clone, P4:A8, was selected using two independent panning schemes. A rapid assay was devised to determine phage antibody binding specificity and was used to develop a selectivity profile for individual phage clones. The P4:A8 clone was screened against a panel of bacteria consisting of eight strains of L. monocytogenes, one each of the other six species of Listeria and nine other relevant bacterial species. A collection of individual clones from the penultimate panning was also screened against a subset of the panel of bacteria. The selectivity profiles indicate that multiple clones, including P4:A8, exhibit binding to one or more strains of L. monocytogenes without cross-reactivity toward any other species in the panel. This is the first report of a species-specific antibody for viable cells of L. monocytogenes (i.e., the ability to bind to L. monocytogenes without cross-reactivity toward any other species of Listeria).

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