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Heat shock proteins such as gp96 (grp94) isolated from tumor or infected ce
lls are able to induce specific cytotoxic T-cell responses and protective i
mmunity. To facilitate rapid and efficient isolation, we generated gp96-spe
cific recombinant single-chain Fv (scFv) antibodies from a semisynthetic ph
age display library. When immobilized on Sepharose beads, these antibodies
allow a high-yield, one-step purification of native gp96 molecules from bot
h mouse and human tumor cell lysates. gp96 molecules eluted from these affi
nity columns under mild conditions are still capable of generating antigen-
specific CTL responses in mice. Thus, scFv-purified gp96 is still associate
d with peptides; however, in contrast to conventionally purified gp96, scFv
-isolated gp96 is free of contaminating material such as mitogenic concanav
alin A and proteolytic cathepsins, With the help of these high-yield antibo
dy columns, it is now possible to rapidly Isolate immunogenic gp96-peptide
complexes from small amounts of tumor material to a purity that allows thei
r use in cancer immunotherapy protocols.