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ArticlePharmaceutical research2011

A new approach to explore the impact of freeze-thaw cycling on protein structure: hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HX-MS).

Aming Zhang, Wei Qi, Satish K Singh, Erik J Fernandez

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Article in Pharmaceutical research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Aming ZhangDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, 102 Engineer's Way, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA.
Wei Qi
Satish K Singh
Erik J Fernandez

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Abstract

purposeThe impact of freeze-thaw (F/T) on structure integrity of protein therapeutics is poorly understood, partially due to lack of methods to detect protein structural perturbations during F/T processing in the frozen state.

methodsA new approach of hydrogen/deuterium exchange was developed to separate and distinguish the specific impact of single freezing and F/T cycling on protein structure, using lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) as model system.

resultsIn the freezing process, a fraction of LDH molecules that was inversely dependent on protein concentration was observed to partially denature its structure. Local structural perturbations were localized by peptide level HX analysis to the surface residues in segments 91-132, 170-237 and 288-331. In contrast, F/T cycling led to irreversible LDH aggregation with global structural unfolding. Residual solvent-protected structure was only detected in the aggregates for three segments, 13-31, 109-117 and 133-143, that were coincident with the consensus aggregation hotspots predicted by four different algorithms.

conclusionsResults indicate freezing preferentially disturbs local structure at the surface residues, consistent with ice-solution interface-mediated denaturation mechanism. F/T-induced aggregation begins as partial denaturation during freezing, but is accompanied by more comprehensive structural rearrangement during F/T cycling.

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FreezingAnimalsDeuteriumDeuterium Exchange MeasurementHydrogenL-Lactate DehydrogenaseMass SpectrometryProtein ConformationRabbitsDeuteriumHydrogenL-Lactate Dehydrogenase

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