毛细管区带电泳检测抗EGFR抗体的电荷异质性

建立了抗表皮生长因子受体(EGFR)抗体电荷异质性的检测方法。采用毛细管区带电泳(CZE)模式,考察了分离缓冲液浓度和p H值、添加剂、分离电压、毛细管温度对主峰与酸碱性变体分离度的影响。以380 mmol·L~(-1)6-氨基己酸(EACA,pH 6.0)为分离缓冲液,0.1%羟丙基甲基纤维素(HPMC)和1.9mmol·L~(-1)三亚乙基四胺(TETA)作为添加剂,分离电压25 k V,分离时间8 min,毛细管温度20℃条件下,电荷变体能够得到良好分离,且在0.1~1 mg·m L~(-1)范围内线性关系良好,相关系数均大于0.99,主成分、酸、碱变体1和碱变体2的定量下限(LOQ)分别为30.0,150.2,125.2,93.3μg·L~(-1),重复性和中间精密度RSD值小于2%,回收率为95.4%~105.4%。该方法简单、快速、成本低,可以满足抗EGFR抗体的电荷异质性检测要求。     

IgG1型单克隆抗体对照品的一级结构解析

对单克隆抗体药物对照品(IgG1型)进行了全面的结构表征。采用Exactive plus EMR质谱测定了去N糖前后抗体的精确分子量,并通过计算N糖含量得出其完整分子量为148 285.0～149 020.8,完整去糖后分子量为145 810.4,N糖含量为1.67%～2.15%。优化了全柱成像实时等电聚焦毛细管电泳(WCID-cIEF)检测方法,结果显示该抗体等电点分布在8.21～8.74之间,其中主成分等电点为8.61,相对含量为61.43%。继而使用离子交换色谱检测了电荷异质性,发现碱性峰含量为4.1%,酸性峰含量为23.9%,主峰含量为72.0%,与WCID-cIEF结果吻合,并证明了方法间良好的重现性。通过切糖前后的肽图分析,获得糖肽分布信息,识别出糖修饰位点及重轻链的互补决定区(CDR),甲硫氨酸(M)的氧化位点及氧化率,并通过抗体还原前后的肽图解析出二硫键连接。研究结果同时提示该抗体对照品无C末端糖化修饰现象。     

液相色谱-四极杆/静电场轨道阱高分辨质谱快速分析动物源性食品中多肽类药物残留

建立了液相色谱-四极杆/静电场轨道阱高分辨质谱(Q/Exactive)分析鸡肉、鸡肝、鸡肾、猪肉、猪肝、猪肾、牛奶和鸡蛋中粘杆菌素A、粘杆菌素B、多粘菌素B、杆菌肽A和维吉尼霉素M的方法。动物源性食品采用1%(体积分数)乙酸乙腈-水(体积比为8∶2)超声提取,提取液直接经C18液相色谱柱分离。在电喷雾正离子模式下,四极杆质谱在m/z 1.2隔离窗口下过滤一级带电离子,高分辨静电场轨道阱质谱在35 000分辨率下进行目标物子离子全扫描(targeted-MS2)。根据5种多肽类药物的高分辨分子离子峰、同位素分布、特征子离子信息建立数据库,采用Trace Finder 3.0软件实现定性检索。为解决多肽类药物残留测定结果重复性差的难题,系统地评价了5种多肽类药物的关键操作技术条件,发现导致该类药物降解的主要因素包括:提取时间、玻璃器皿、存放时间。该方法测定5种多肽类药物时,测定结果的质量精度均小于5×10-6,维吉尼霉素M的定量限(LOQ)为0.5μg/kg,另外4种多肽类药物的LOQ均为10μg/kg。在0.25~500μg/kg范围内,5种多肽类药物的峰面积与质量浓度呈良好的线性关系,相关系数R2≥0.993 1,方法回收率为67.4%~108.9%,相对标准偏差为4.5%~17.2%。该方法操作简单,测定结果准确,可用于动物源性食品中多肽类药物残留的高通量测定。     

高效液相色谱法测定电解液中尿素的含量

建立了高效液相色谱法测定电解液中微量尿素的方法,分别研究了测试过程中流动相配比、流速以及干扰物质(OH~-,NO_2~-,HCOO~-,CH_3COO~-,NH_3,CH_3OH,CH_3CH_2OH等)对尿素检测的影响。通过改变流动相不同配比、流速,进而调节尿素的出峰时间、面积,发现当流动相乙腈:水配比为40:60(V/V),流速为0.15 m L/min时,尿素出峰面积最大,且干扰物质与尿素的HPLC峰分离明显对尿素的检测无明显干扰。在最佳HPLC检测条件下,HPLC能够完成0～40 mg/L范围内的低浓度尿素含量检测。     

电喷雾离子迁移谱检测氨基酸及多肽的研究

建立了氨基酸及多肽的电喷雾离子迁移谱检测方法.采用自制的电喷雾离子迁移谱装置,在室温条件下以甲醇为溶剂,空气为漂移气体,流速为1000 mL/min,电喷液流速为2 mL/min,测试了甘氨酸、胱氨酸、组氨酸、精氨酸4种氨基酸及缓激肽片段(1~7)和P物质2种多肽的离子迁移谱,计算出上述化合物的约化迁移率.离子迁移谱图反映出化合物的结构信息,具有指纹谱特征.此装置在1 min的检测时间内对P物质的检测灵敏度达到855 ng/mL.结果表明,电喷雾离子迁移谱可用于氨基酸及多肽类化合物的现场快速鉴定.     

MALDI-TOF质谱准内标法及其用于rhTPO复杂糖一致性研究

采用基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱(MALDI-TOF MS)准内标法准确测定重组人血小板生成素(rhTPO)仿制药和原研药中4类糖修饰的相对含量,并进行样本间和批间一致性比较。结合多种切糖酶逐步切除rhTPO的N-糖、唾液酸和O-糖;以牛血清白蛋白(BSA)为标准品,与样本非混合点靶;采用MALDI-TOF质谱准内标法检测,分别获得各样本完整含糖分子量及不同层次切糖后分子量;通过分子量差值计算4类糖修饰的相对含量;最后比较仿制药与原研药样本间和批间一致性。以BSA多电荷峰对rhTPO切糖前后的MALDI-TOF质谱测定值进行准内标法校正,BSA多电荷峰之间相对标准偏差(RSD)均≤0.075%,批间RSD为0.001%~0.004%,方法误差均0.01%。rhTPO仿制药N-糖、O-糖唾液酸、O-糖和糖化糖的相对含量分别约为24.6%、2.9%、9.0%和5.1%,批间一致性良好,且总糖含量与文献值一致;rhTPO原研药N-糖、O-糖唾液酸、O-糖和糖化糖的相对含量分别约为25.6%、2.9%、7.9%和3.5%,总糖含量较文献值偏低。与rhTPO原研药相比,仿制药糖基化糖相对含量基本一致,糖化糖含量有差异。rhTPO糖化糖研究未见文献报道,其差异是不同厂家rhTPO之间差异的重要因素,主要由发酵工艺差异导致。     

基于水溶性共轭聚合物分子刷的肿瘤标志物快速检测

以水溶性聚对苯撑乙炔分子刷(PPEB)为传感材料,荧光素标记的多肽为识别探针,设计了一种可实现肿瘤标志物快速、灵敏检测的蛋白质传感器。PPEB的刷状结构带有大量正电荷,与带负电荷的多肽形成静电复合物,使能量供体(PPEB)与受体(荧光素)之间的距离较近,发生高效荧光共振能量转移(FRET)。当多肽探针被前列腺特异性抗原(PSA)识别并切割为更小的寡肽片段时,由于肽段所带电荷量和等电点的变化,其与PPEB之间的静电作用减弱,能量供体和受体之间的距离增大,FRET效率降低。该传感器对PSA的检测可在40min内完成,具有良好的特异性和灵敏度。     

毛细管区带电泳分离西孟坦对映异构体

以β-CD为手性选择剂,采用毛细管区带电泳成功分离了西孟坦对映异构体。考察了背景电解质中硼砂缓冲液的pH和浓度、β-CD浓度、有机添加剂甲醇含量及分离电压对手性分离的影响,建立了毛细管电泳分离西孟坦对映异构体的方法。最佳分离条件为：20mmol／L硼砂缓冲液(pH11．0,含12mmol／Lβ-CD)-甲醇(50：50,V/V);分离电压20kV。在此条件下西孟坦对映异构体可达基线分离。在25～50mg／L范围内,迁移时间的重复性(RSD)控制在1．9％之内,峰面积重复性的RSD小于4．0％,本方法可用于西孟坦对映异构体的手性分离和定量分析。     

高效液相色谱法测定铼

采用反相液相色谱法,在Agilent ODS C18(4.6×150mm)色谱柱上,以V(甲醇):V(水)=30:70为流动相,流速为0.8 mL/min,紫外检测波长为254砌对铼进行分离和检测.ReO4-在1～40 mg/L浓度范围内与峰面积线性关系较好(R=0.9992),回收率为101.4%～102.2%,重复性实验标准偏差(RSD)为1.11%.     

表面增强拉曼光谱对西地那非类药物的快速检测

采用表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)技术并结合简单的前处理流程,对保健品样品中11种西地那非类药物进行了非定向快速筛查研究.结果表明,11种西地那非类药物可根据结构分为5类,类别之间SERS谱图差异显著;类别内SERS谱图具有共性特征,特征峰相对强度差异明显.实际样品的检测中,西地那非类药物的最低检出浓度约为0.05 mg/kg;前处理和测试的总时长约为3~5 min,且与检测目标物和样品无关.本方法高灵敏度、快速和非定向检测的设计理念为快速检测保健品中违禁添加药物提供了新思路和新方法.     

Charge regulation in protein ion-exchange chromatography: development and experimental evaluation of a theory based on hydrogen ion Donnan equilibrium

An extension of the stoichiometric displacement (SD) model for the ion-exchange adsorption of dilute proteins is developed which accounts for the effects of hydrogen ion Donnan equilibrium on the protein charge. The ability of the new model to fit retention data when the fluid phase pH is near the protein pI and the effects of hydrogen ion Donnan equilibrium are important is examined using four different proteins and four different column packings. The results indicate that the model is able to fit retention data using values for the protein pI and the change in protein charge with pH at the pI, i.e., (dz/dpH)pI, that are significantly closer to the values of these parameters determined by isoelectric focusing and acid-base titrametry in free solution, respectively, as compared to the values obtained by determining the characteristic binding change as a function of pH using the traditional stoichiometric displacement model. This suggests that when the fluid phase pH is near the protein pI, charge regulation is an important cause of the discrepancy between the electrical charge of a protein in free solution and the characteristic binding charge from the stoichiometric displacement model. The results also indicate that for the case where the fluid phase pH is near the protein pI, the new model accounts for the effect of charge regulation during protein ion-exchange adsorption more accurately than previous models in the literature.     

Application of plasma-polymerized films for isoelectric focusing of proteins in a capillary electrophoresis chip

The first use of plasma polymerization technique to modify the surface of a glass chip for capillary isoelectric focusing (cIEF) of different proteins is reported. The electrophoresis separation channel was machined in Tempax glass chips with length 70 mm, 300 microm width and 100 microm depth. Acetonitrile and hexamethyldisiloxane monomers were used for plasma polymerization. In each case 100 nm plasma polymer films were coated onto the chip surface to reduce protein wall adsorption and minimize the electroosmotic flow. Applied voltages of 1000 V, 2000 V and 3000 V were used to separate mixtures of cytochrome c (pI 9.6), hemoglobin (pI 7.0) and phycocyanin (pI 4.65). Reproducible isoelectric focusing of each pI marker protein was observed in different coated capillaries at increasing concentration 2.22-5 microg microL(-1). Modification of the glass capillary with hydrophobic HMDS plasma polymerized films enabled rapid cIEF within 3 min. The separation efficiency of cytochrome c and phycocyanin in both acrylamide and HMDS coated capillaries corresponded to a plate number of 19600 which compares favourably with capillary electrophoresis of neurotransmitters with amperometric detection.     

Evaluation of an icIEF-MS system for comparable charge variant analysis of biotherapeutics with rapid peak identification by mass spectrometry

Protein therapeutics are usually produced in heterogeneous forms during bioproduction and bioprocessing. Heterogeneity results from post-translational modifications that can yield charge variants and require characterization throughout product development and manufacturing. Isoelectric focusing (IEF) with UV detection is one of the most common methods to evaluate protein charge heterogeneity in the biopharmaceutical industry. To identify charge variant peaks, a new imaged microfluidic chip-based isoelectric focusing (icIEF) system coupled directly to mass spectrometry was recently reported. Bridging is required to demonstrate comparability between existing and new technology. As such, here we demonstrate the comparability of the pI value measurement and relative charge species distributions between the icIEF-MS system and the control data from a frequently utilized methodology in the biopharmaceutical industry for several blinded development-phase biopharmaceutical monoclonal antibodies across a wide pI range of 7.3–9.0. Hyphenation of the icIEF system with mass spectrometry enabled direct and detailed structural determination of a test molecule, with masses suggesting acidic and basic shifts are caused by sialic acid additions and the presence of unprocessed lysine residues. In addition, MS analysis further identified several low-abundance glycoforms. The icIEF-MS system provides sample quantification, characterization, and identification of mAb proteoforms without sacrificing icIEF quantification comparability or speed.     

Estimation of isoelectric points of human plasma proteins employing capillary isoelectric focusing and peptide isoelectric point markers

Synthetic UV-detectable peptide pI markers were used to estimate isoelectric point (pI) values of proteins separated by capillary isoelectric focusing (CIEF) followed by cathodic mobilization in the absence of denaturing agents. The pI calculation and quantitative analysis of purified proteins showed the feasibility of these peptides as pI markers and internal standards in CIEF separation of proteins. Estimation of pI values of major proteins in human plasma was performed using the peptide pI markers, and the values were compared with those previously obtained by gel isoelectric focusing (IEF). Sera of immunoglobulin G (IgG) myeloma patients, which showed characteristic peaks of myeloma IgG in their CIEF patterns, were also subjected to the analysis and the pI values of the myeloma proteins have been estimated.     

Charge heterogeneity of a therapeutic monoclonal antibody conjugated with a cytotoxic antitumor antibiotic, calicheamicin

A robust and highly reproducible capillary isoelectric focusing (cIEF) method for the evaluation of charge heterogeneity of monoclonal antibody (mAb) pharmaceutical which contains covalently bound antitumor compounds was developed using a combination of commercially available dimethylpolysiloxane-coated capillary and carrier ampholyte. In order to optimize major analytical parameters for robust mobilization, experimental responses from three pI markers were selected. The optimized method gave excellent repeatability and intermediate precision in estimated pI values of charge variants with relative standard deviations (RSDs) of not more than 0.06% and 0.95%, respectively, when using IgG(4) as a model. Furthermore, RSDs of charge variant compositions were less than 5.0%. These results suggest that the proposed method can be a powerful tool for reproducible evaluation of charge variants of both naked mAbs and their conjugates with high resolution, and it is applicable to quality testing and detailed characterization in the pharmaceutical industry. In addition, it should be noticed that the method provided non-linear pH gradient within the tested ranges, from pI 9.50 to 3.78, and the pH gradient caused the inconsistency of estimated pI ranges between cIEF and gel IEF. This result indicates that selecting appropriate pI markers based on the target pI ranges of charge variants for each mAb related pharmaceutical is highly recommended for the precise determination of pI values.     

蛋白质在离子交换色谱上选择性和非吸附特性

对蛋白质在离子交换柱上选择民性和非吸附特性进行了研究。蛋白质在有机磷酸锆阳离子色谱柱上,其保留作用随流动相ｐＨ值在离子强度的增加而减小;蛋白质在强阳离子和强阴离子色谱柱上的保留作用,即是流动相中的ｐＨ值等于蛋白质的等当点,其净电荷为零。不册蛋白质仍有不同程度的保留,这主要是由于蛋白质的三维结构使电荷 密度的大小和分布的不均匀以及离子交换填料表面性质的影响。     

Purification to single isoforms of a secreted epidermal growth factor receptor in a multicompartment electrolyzer with isoelectric membranes.

A purified, size-homogeneous (100 kDa), desialylated form of a truncated, soluble form of the epidermal growth factor receptor secreted by A431 human tumor cells has been found, by isoelectric focusing in immobilized pH gradients, to consist of two major isoforms (with pIs of 6.96 and 6.71), one intermediate form (pI 6.45) and a number (> 10) of minor components. The two major components have been purified to charge homogeneity by isoelectric focusing in a multicompartment electrolyzer with buffering isoelectric membranes having the following pI values: 5.90, 6.63, 6.76, 6.92, 7.05 and 7.35. Such single pI species are presently used for attempts at crystal growing.     

Characterization of each isoform of a F(ab')2 by capillary electrophoresis.

Free solution capillary electrophoresis was investigated for the characterization of an M(r) 100 000 purified F(ab')2. Optimization of the experimental conditions allowed the identification of five separated peaks, suggesting the presence of isoforms which differed by only 0.2 pH unit. This heterogeneity was still detectable with 80 amol of protein. After a preparative separation by chromatofocusing, identification of each form was performed for the first time by capillary electrophoresis. A quantitative and qualitative correlation with isoelectric focusing showed that free solution capillary electrophoresis represents a sensitive method for revealing subtle differences in charge, even for large proteins.     

Use of high-performance capillary electrophoresis to monitor charge heterogeneity in recombinant-DNA derived proteins

The separation of charge variants of recombinant DNA-derived (rDNA) proteins by high-performance capillary electrophoresis (HPCE) has been explored with the following examples: human growth hormone (rhGH), a soluble form of a T4 receptor protein (rCD4) and tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA). The separation of rhGH and deamidated variants were examined over the range of low pH (less than 2.5) to high pH (8.0) on a coated silica capillary. No resolution was observed at pH 2.5 while at pH values of 6.5 or greater the deamidated species were separated. At pH 3.5 the variant was partially resolved but no detector signal was observed at pH 4.5 and 5.0. HPCE was also used to monitor a glycoprotein (rt-PA) with charge heterogeneity presumably due to variable sialic acid content. At a pH value of 4.5, the charge heterogeneity was only observed as peak broadening. For rCD4 multiple peaks were observed at pH 5.5 but no signal was observed at pH 6.5 or above (the pI of rCD4 is 8). These results suggest that HPCE will prove to be a valuable technique for the analysis of charged variants present in rDNA products either as a consequence of natural microheterogeneity or due to degradative processes such as deamidation.     

Shifts of isoelectric points between cellular and secreted antibodies as revealed by isoelectric focusing and immobilized pH gradients

Charge microheterogeneity of monoclonal antibodies, as revealed by isoelectric focusing in carrier ampholytes, has been known for a long time. Here we demonstrate, in the case of monoclonals against the gp-41 of the HIV-1 virus, that this heterogeneity is already present within the cell sap of hybridoma cells during antibody synthesis. When the monoclonals are secreted extracellularly, the same isoelectric point (pI) spectrum is maintained, but there is marked redistribution of the relative isoform abundance towards the lower pI components. This suggests in vivo processing of such forms, possibly via glycosylation or deamidation. The secreted antibodies are also analyzed by immobilized pH gradients (IPG), where they demonstrate an even more extensive heterogeneity, due to the marked increment in resolving power. Single bands are purified by preparative IPGs in a multicompartment electrolyzer and are shown to be stable with time. Thus, artefactual heterogeneity produced by the focusing technique is completely excluded and cellular processing is clearly established.