Journal
JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
Volume 1670, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2022.462944
Keywords
Biopharmaceuticals development; Multidimensional liquid; chromatography-mass spectrometry; Multiplex analysis; Protein aggregation; Protein charge variants; High throughput analysis
Funding
- AstraZeneca
- University of Sheffield
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Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are complex molecules with various structural modifications. This study presents a novel D-2-LC/MS approach for analyzing mAb aggregates and charge variants. The developed method combines size exclusion chromatography (SEC) and cation exchange chromatography (CEX) for multiplex analysis. A salt-based separation method and mass spectrometry compatibility were also introduced to improve efficiency and peak identification.
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are extremely complex due to the presence of structural modifications resulting from enzymatic and chemical reactions such as glycosylation, glycation, deamidation, isomerisation, oxidation, aggregation and fragmentation. Size and charge variants analysis are carried out from the early stages of drug development throughout product lifetime to investigate product degradation pathways and optimise process conditions. However, conventional analytical workstreams for size and charge variant characterization are both time and sample demanding, requiring the application of multiple analytical methods. This study presents the development of a novel D-2-LC/MS approach combining both aggregate and charge variant profiling of a mAb candidate in a single method. Aggregate quantification was performed in the first dimension ( (1) D) by size exclusion chromatography SEC, followed by online fraction transfer of the monomer peak to the second dimension ( (2) D) by a heart-cutting for charge variant analysis by cation exchange chromatography (CEX). Aiming to maximise the information obtained from minimal sample and time required for analysis, a salt-based separation with UV detection was developed for supporting the processing of a large number of samples to facilitate high-throughput process development (HTPD). In addition, a mass spectrometry (MS) compatible SEC-CEX separation was developed enabling online charge variant peak identification. This study presented the ability to multiplex mAb size and charge variants analysis by coupling SEC with CEX in a 2D-LC set-up. To date, this is the first 2D SEC-CEX-UV(-MS) application for intact mAb analysis. (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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