TABLE 1

Activity of representative nanobodies: off-rate determinations on biotinylated CXCR2 1–19 peptide (single experiment using periplasmic extracts) and inhibition of labeled CXCL1 binding to CHO-CXCR2 cells (purified nanobodies)

Number is given in parentheses.

Nanobody1–19 Peptide BindingCXCL1 Binding Assay
kd [1/s]pIC50% Maximal Inhibition
2B27.4 × 10−38.87 ± 0.14 (6)a40.3 ± 2.4a
127D17.7 × 10−49.40 ± 0.11 (4)b59.8 ± 2.0b
54B121.4 × 10−39.14 ± 0.25 (2)a,b35.0 ± 5.0a
97A9No binding7.85 ± 0.06 (8)c93.2 ± 2.4c
163E3No binding8.02 ± 0.02 (4)c,d94.0 ± 1.4c
163D2No binding8.31 ± 0.10 (5)d96.8 ±1.1c
  • Values annotated with the same superscript letter(s) are not statistically significantly different, based on comparison of all nanobodies for the CXCL1-binding assay data (P < 0.05; Tukey’s honest significant difference test after one-way analysis of variance).