2017
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.7b00876
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Tm-Values and Unfolded Fraction Can Predict Aggregation Rates for Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor Variant Formulations but Not under Predominantly Native Conditions

Abstract: Protein engineering and formulation optimization strategies can be taken to minimize protein aggregation in the biopharmaceutical industry. Short-term stability measures such as the midpoint transition temperature (T) for global unfolding provide convenient surrogates for longer-term (e.g., 2-year) degradation kinetics, with which to optimize formulations on practical time-scales. While successful in some cases, their limitations have not been fully evaluated or understood. T values are known to correlate with… Show more

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“…The filgrastim products were analyzed at low pH and the temperature of unfolding was similar in all products between 55 and 60°C. These results are in agreement with the T m previously reported ( 33 , 34 , 36 ) and consistent with those reported for other filgrastim formulations ( 24 , 35 ). PDgrastim (pink line) showed the lowest thermal stability with a drastic change in conformation at 55°C.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 93%
“…The filgrastim products were analyzed at low pH and the temperature of unfolding was similar in all products between 55 and 60°C. These results are in agreement with the T m previously reported ( 33 , 34 , 36 ) and consistent with those reported for other filgrastim formulations ( 24 , 35 ). PDgrastim (pink line) showed the lowest thermal stability with a drastic change in conformation at 55°C.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 93%
“…Both T m and f 55 indicated potential correlations but with 5M/I365L as an outlier, indicating that global unfolding had a significant influence on the relative inactivation rates of the variants 55 °C. For all variants, f 55 > 0.02 (2%), which is just above the 1% threshold observed by us previously for other proteins, as the point at which the role of global unfolding in aggregation kinetics becomes relatively insignificant compared with local fluctuations in the native ensemble (2325).…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 50%
“…In conclusion, the aggregation rate was influenced by the flexibility of specific surface loops, but not for all loops. We fit the data in Figure 7B to a range of potential kinetic models as previously for GCSF 54 , assuming that all variants underwent the same aggregation mechanism, but where aggregation could occur from both a native-like species or a globally unfolded species, with relative rates that depend upon the fraction unfolded, and hence the global unfolding stability of each variant. Two numerical models gave good fits.…”
Section: Correlations Between Aggregation Rate and Thermal Stability mentioning
confidence: 99%