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PLOS ONE
Volume 17, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263996
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- National Institutes of Health [R01HL126945, R01HL138116, R01HL156526, R01EB021926]
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This study investigates the long-term storage stability of extracellular mega-hemoglobin from the annelid Lumbricus terrestris and proposes a reliable freeze-drying strategy for re-solubilization. The findings suggest that lyophilization and storage in specific conditions can significantly enhance storage lifetime of hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers.
The long-term storage stability and portability of hemoglobin (Hb)-based oxygen carriers are important design criteria in the development of these therapeutics. Lyophilization or storing proteins in a freeze-dried form is known to increase storage lifetime and reduce overall weight. In this study, we lyophilized the extracellular mega-hemoglobin of the annelid Lumbricus terrestris and tested the storage stability at different temperatures and oxygenation conditions. Storage in refrigerated conditions for over 6 months in the presence of N-2 reduced oxidation by 50% while storage at room temperature in the presence of N-2 reduced oxidation by 60%, all while maintaining the structural stability of the mega-hemoglobin. We also demonstrated a reliable strategy to freeze dry Hbs in the presence of a minimally non-reducing disaccharide sugar that could be easily re-solubilized in deionized water. Overall, this study made significant advances towards long term storage stability of oxygen therapeutics for direct applications in transfusion medicine.
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