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Antibodies with Weakly Basic Isoelectric Points Minimize Trade-offs between Formulation and Physiological Colloidal Properties

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MOLECULAR PHARMACEUTICS
卷 19, 期 3, 页码 775-787

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00373

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developability; specificity; non-specific; polyreactivity; off-target binding; colloidal stability; self-association; self-interaction; non-specific interaction; Fv; charge; isoelectric point; pI; IgG

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  1. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgefield, Connecticut
  2. National Institutes of Health [R35GM136300]
  3. Albert M. Mattocks Chair

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The study evaluated the repulsive self-interactions and non-specific interactions properties of 42 IgG1 variants, finding that antibodies with the strongest repulsive self-interactions in standard formulations display the strongest non-specific interactions in physiological solution conditions, and vice versa. The best combination was found in antibodies with weakly basic isoelectric points and Fv isoelectric points.
The widespread interest in antibody therapeutics has led to much focus on identifying antibody candidates with favorable developability properties. In particular, there is broad interest in identifying antibody candidates with highly repulsive self-interactions in standard formulations (e.g., low ionic strength buffers at pH 5-6) for high solubility and low viscosity. Likewise, there is also broad interest in identifying antibody candidates with low levels of non-specific interactions in physiological solution conditions (PBS, pH 7.4) to promote favorable pharmacokinetic properties. To what extent antibodies that possess both highly repulsive self-interactions in standard formulations and weak non-specific interactions in physiological solution conditions can be systematically identified remains unclear and is a potential impediment to successful therapeutic drug development. Here, we evaluate these two properties for 42 IgG1 variants based on the variable fragments (Fvs) from four clinical-stage antibodies and complementarity-determining regions from 10 clinical-stage antibodies. Interestingly, we find that antibodies with the strongest repulsive self-interactions in a standard formulation (pH 6 and 10 mM histidine) display the strongest non-specific interactions in physiological solution conditions. Conversely, antibodies with the weakest non-specific interactions under physiological conditions display the least repulsive self-interactions in standard formulations. This behavior can be largely explained by the antibody isoelectric point, as highly basic antibodies that are highly positively charged under standard formulation conditions (pH 5-6) promote repulsive self-interactions that mediate high colloidal stability but also mediate strong non-specific interactions with negatively charged biomolecules at physiological pH and vice versa for antibodies with negatively charged Fv regions. Therefore, IgG1s with weakly basic isoelectric points between 8 and 8.5 and Fv isoelectric points between 7.5 and 9 typically display the best combinations of strong repulsive self-interactions and weak non-specific interactions. We expect that these findings will improve the identification and engineering of antibody candidates with drug-like biophysical properties.

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