A platform to design and optimise fluorogenic scFvs for detection of interleukin 33

Abstract

Direct measurement of interleukin-33 (IL-33) in biological systems is critical for understanding its role in inflammatory diseases. In this work, we have developed a platform for the discovery and optimisation of fluorogenic biosensors that are built from scFv protein scaffolds. Our approach combined site-specific fluorophore labelling and deep-learning protein design to identify BS-7 as a biosensor for wash-free detection of human IL-33 in cell supernatants.