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Dean C. Ripple, Linda Narhi, Natliya Afonina, Satish Singh, Andrea Herre, Patrick Garidel, Atanas Koulov, Vincent Corvari, Thomas Spitznagel, Paolo Mangiagalli, Irene Cecchini, Klaus Wuchner, Tony Lubiniecki, Hanns-Christian Mahler, Roland Schmidt, Alla Polozova, Patricia Cash, Andrew Weiskopf, Douglas Nesta, Mara Rossi, Robert Simler
Measurement and characterization of particles in the 1 µm to 100 µm range (sub-visible particles), including protein aggregates, is an important part of every stage of protein therapeutic development. The tools used and the ways in which the information
John E. Schiel, Cyrus D. Agarabi, Scott C. Lute, Brittany K. Chavez, Michael T. Boyne, Kurt A. Brorson, Mansoor A. Kahn, Erik K. Read
Consistent high quality antibody yield is a key goal for cell culture bioprocessing. This endpoint is typically achieved in commercial settings through product and process engineering of bioreactor parameters during development. When the process is complex
Luke Arbogast, Robert G. Brinson, Catherine A. Mouchahoir, James T. Hoopes, John Marino
Purpose High-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) provides a robust approach for producing unique spectral signatures of protein higher order structure at atomic resolution. Such signatures can be used as a tool to establish consistency
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) represent an important and rapidly growing class of biotherapeutics. Correct folding of a mAb is critical for drug efficacy, while misfolding can impact safety by eliciting unwanted immune or other off-target responses. Robust
We have used Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to determine the unfolding properties of human serum albumin (HSA) from pooled blood and from several recombinant sources. The melting temperature, Tm, for the unfolding of HSA varied from 62 °C to 75 °C
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and differential scanning fluorimetry (DSF) were used to measure the unfolding of two monoclonal antibodies and several widely available proteins to compare and contrast the two techniques. While the DSF technique
Although multiple methods are available for counting and sizing of protein particles over a broad range of sizes, differences in physical properties between common polystyrene-bead reference materials and the actual protein particles of interest result in
The use of naturally derived substances for therapeutic use has a longstanding history of success. Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies can be thought of in a similar light as they harness the highly evolved specificity of adaptive immunity to fight disease
Robert G Brinson, John P. Marino, Zvi Kelman, Gary Giulian
The minimization of impurities in biotherapeutics, such as host cell proteins (HCPs) and other molecules, is critical due to potential toxicity and/or immunogenic responses to foreign-sourced molecules in the human body. Currently, the ELISA assay, due to
Dean C. Ripple, Christopher B. Montgomery, Zhishang Hu
Accurate counting and sizing of protein particles has been limited by discrepancies of counts obtained by different methods. To understand the bias and repeatability of techniques in common use in the biopharmaceutical community, the National Institute of
Jeffrey W. Hudgens, Steven M. Swift, Ryan D. Heselpoth, Patrick M. Bales, Daniel C. Nelson
Alginate is a polysaccharide produced by certain seaweeds and bacteria that consists of mannuronic acid and guluronic acid residues. Seaweed alginate is used in food and industrial chemical processes, while the biosynthesis of bacterial alginate is
William E. Wallace, Anuj Srivastava, Kelly H. Telu, Yamil Simon
A new approach to aligning chromatograms is introduced and applied to examples of metabolite identification by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC MS). A square root representation of the chromatograms derivative coupled with a Fisher Rao
Catherine A. Mouchahoir, Nathanael A. Heckert, Karen W. Phinney
The thorough characterization of biopharmaceuticals is essential for ensuring their quality and safety, since many potential variations can cause changes to a drugs properties that may be detrimental to the patient. Prior to approval and release, protein
Targeted proteomics has received much attention because of the highly-sensitive, quantitative detection of proteins and post-translational modifications (PTMs). Quantification by targeted proteomics relies on mass spectrometry and isotope-labeled internal
Rick L. Paul, William C. Davis, Karen E. Murphy, Colleen E. Bryan Sallee, Lee L. Yu, William F. Guthrie, Dennis D. Leber, Thomas W. Vetter
A newly developed procedure for determination of arsenic by radiochemical neutron activation analysis was used to measure arsenic in SRM 955c Toxic Elements in Caprine Blood and SRM 2668 Toxic Elements in Frozen Human Urine for the purpose of providing
The present work evaluates the feasibility of tracking protein aggregation voltammetrically by taking advantage of the intrinsic electroactivity of tyrosine residues. The electrocatalytic current due to the oxidation of tyrosine, mediated by tris-(2,2'
Prasad S. Sarangapani, Steven D. Hudson, Kalman D. Migler, Jai A. Pathak
Proteins are complex macromolecules with dynamic conformations and spatially heterogeneous charge distributions but also bear striking similarity to colloids. We overturn pervasively established literature doctrine that uncritically treats proteins as
Yamil Simon, Mark S. Lowenthal, Lisa E. Kilpatrick, Maureen L. Sampson, Kelly H. Telu, Paul A. Rudnick, William G. Mallard, Daniel W. Bearden, Tracey B. Schock, Dmitrii V. Tchekhovskoi, Niksa Blonder, Xinjian Yan, Yuxue Liang, Yufang Zheng, William E. Wallace, Pedatsur Neta, Karen W. Phinney, Alan T. Remaley, Stephen E. Stein
Recent progress in metabolomics and the development of increasingly sensitive analytical techniques have renewed interest in global profiling, i.e., semi-quantitative monitoring of all chemical constituents of biological fluids. In this work, we have
Human α1-Acid Glycoprotein (AGP), an acute phase glycoprotein, exists predominantly in blood. With its ability to bind basic, lipophilic, and acidic drugs, AGP has served as a drug carrier. It has been shown that the carbohydrate composition of AGP changes
A new generation of cell therapies shows great medical promise, but few new products have made it into the marketplace. The technical challenges associated with the application of stem and other cells for therapies are paralleled by the challenges
Justin L. Neill, Brent J. Harris, Amanda L. Steber, Kevin O. Douglass, David F. Plusquellic, Brooks H. Pate
Chirped-pulse Fourier transform spectroscopy has recently been extended to millimeter wave spectroscopy as a technique for the characterization of room-temperature gas samples. Here we present a variation of this technique that significantly reduces the
Dean C. Ripple, Michael J. Carrier, Richard E. Cavicchi, Christopher B. Montgomery, Zhishang Hu
A common degradation pathway for protein-based drugs is the growth of protein aggregates or particles. Counting and characterization of these particles is needed to assure the quality, efficacy, and safety of this type of drug. The unusual physical