Protein sequences encoding antigenized antibodies for treatment of
foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) or foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) of
swine is provided. The antigenized antibodies are created from the
grafting of peptide epitopes derived from FMDV into swine antibody CDR
loops. FMDV peptide epitopes are cloned by PCR from VP1 gene of FMDV. The
overlapping PCR method is used to insert the FMDV peptide epitopes into
the CDR regions of swine immnuoglobulin heavy and light chains genes. The
resulting antigenized antibody genes were cloned into mammalian
expression vector. The plasmids are transfected into CHO or myeloma
cells. The stable transfectant cell line was selected for high yield of
the desired protein antibodies.