Journal of Proteome Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 13, 2024
Antibodies
have
a
key
role
in
the
immune
system,
making
their
characterization
essential
to
biomedical,
biopharmaceutical,
and
clinical
research
questions.
Antibody
effector
functions
are
mainly
controlled
by
quantity,
subclass,
Fc
glycosylation.
We
describe
an
integrated
method
measure
these
three
critical
dimensions
simultaneously.
The
subclass-specific
immunoglobulin
G
(IgG)
glycosylation
analysis
combines
immunosorbance
with
glycopeptide-centered
LC-MS
detection.
For
IgG1-specific
quantitation,
commercial,
stable
isotope
labeled
IgG1
protein
standard
was
spiked
into
immunosorbent
eluates.
Robust
quantitation
achieved,
relying
on
combination
of
proteotypic
peptide
most
abundant
glycopeptides,
generated
through
proteolytic
cleavage
from
mixture
natural
recombinant
standard.
Method
performance
demonstrated
large
coronavirus
vaccination
cohort
at
throughput
100
samples/day.
LC-MS-derived,
anti-SARS-CoV-2
spike
concentrations
ranged
10000
ng/mL
correlated
well
clinically
relevant
immunoassay.
Technical
variation
200
times
lower
than
biological
variation;
intermediate
precision
44%.
In
conclusion,
we
present
capable
robustly
simultaneously
assessing
antigen-specific
IgG
studies.
This
will
facilitate
broader
understanding
responses,
especially
important
interplay
among
dimensions.
Immunological Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 4, 2024
Summary
Advances
in
antibody
engineering
are
being
directed
at
the
development
of
next
generation
immunotherapeutics
with
improved
potency.
Hexamerisation
IgG
is
a
normal
physiological
aspect
biology
and
recently
described
mutations
that
facilitate
this
process
have
substantial
impact
upon
monoclonal
behavior
resulting
elicitation
dramatically
enhanced
complement‐dependent
cytotoxicity,
Fc
receptor
function,
antigen
binding
effects,
such
as
targeted
agonism
or
microbe
neutralization.
Whereas
discovery
hexamerisation
enhancing
has
largely
focused
on
residues
exposure
surface
Fc‐Fc
CH2‐CH3
interfaces,
our
unique
approach
mostly
buried
residue
H429
CH3
domain.
Selective
substitution
position
429
forms
basis
Stellabody
technology,
where
choice
amino
acid
results
distinct
outcomes.
H429F
monomeric
hexamerises
after
target
binding,
so
called
“on‐target”
hexamerisation,
while
H429Y
mutant
pH‐sensitive
hexamers
in‐solution
prior
to
binding.
Moreover,
technologies
broadly
applicable
across
family
antibody‐based
biologic
therapeutics,
including
conventional
mAbs,
bispecific
Ig‐like
biologics
Fc‐fusions,
applications
diverse
diseases.
Analytical Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
96(45), P. 18122 - 18131
Published: Oct. 29, 2024
The
automated
elucidation
of
the
interplay
between
monoclonal
antibody
(mAb)
structure
and
function
using
two-dimensional
liquid
chromatography-mass
spectrometry
(2D-LC-MS)
is
reported.
Charge
variants,
induced
through
forced
degradation,
are
resolved
by
first-dimension
(
Journal of Proteome Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 13, 2024
Antibodies
have
a
key
role
in
the
immune
system,
making
their
characterization
essential
to
biomedical,
biopharmaceutical,
and
clinical
research
questions.
Antibody
effector
functions
are
mainly
controlled
by
quantity,
subclass,
Fc
glycosylation.
We
describe
an
integrated
method
measure
these
three
critical
dimensions
simultaneously.
The
subclass-specific
immunoglobulin
G
(IgG)
glycosylation
analysis
combines
immunosorbance
with
glycopeptide-centered
LC-MS
detection.
For
IgG1-specific
quantitation,
commercial,
stable
isotope
labeled
IgG1
protein
standard
was
spiked
into
immunosorbent
eluates.
Robust
quantitation
achieved,
relying
on
combination
of
proteotypic
peptide
most
abundant
glycopeptides,
generated
through
proteolytic
cleavage
from
mixture
natural
recombinant
standard.
Method
performance
demonstrated
large
coronavirus
vaccination
cohort
at
throughput
100
samples/day.
LC-MS-derived,
anti-SARS-CoV-2
spike
concentrations
ranged
10000
ng/mL
correlated
well
clinically
relevant
immunoassay.
Technical
variation
200
times
lower
than
biological
variation;
intermediate
precision
44%.
In
conclusion,
we
present
capable
robustly
simultaneously
assessing
antigen-specific
IgG
studies.
This
will
facilitate
broader
understanding
responses,
especially
important
interplay
among
dimensions.