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ArticlePharmaceutics2021

Effect of C-terminus Conjugation via Different Conjugation Chemistries on In Vivo Activity of Albumin-Conjugated Recombinant GLP-1.

Junyong Park, Mijeong Bak, Kiyoon Min, Hyun-Woo Kim, Jeong-Haeng Cho, Giyoong Tae, Inchan Kwon

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Junyong ParkDepartment of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 61005, Korea.
Mijeong BakGwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju 61005, Korea.
Kiyoon MinGwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju 61005, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-6447-6783
Hyun-Woo KimR&D Center, ProAbTech Co., Ltd., Gwangju 61005, Korea.
Jeong-Haeng ChoR&D Center, ProAbTech Co., Ltd., Gwangju 61005, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-3126-3711
Giyoong TaeGwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju 61005, Korea.
Inchan KwonDepartment of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 61005, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-0806-4116
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology · KR

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea 2019R1A2C1084910
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is a peptide hormone with tremendous therapeutic potential for treating type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, the short half-life of its native form is a significant drawback. We previously prolonged the plasma half-life of GLP-1 via site-specific conjugation of human serum albumin (HSA) at position 16 of recombinant GLP-1 using site-specific incorporation of p-azido-phenylalanine (AzF) and strain-promoted azide-alkyne cycloaddition (SPAAC). However, the resulting conjugate GLP1_8G16AzF-HSA showed only moderate in vivo glucose-lowering activity, probably due to perturbed interactions with GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R) caused by the albumin-linker. To identify albumin-conjugated GLP-1 variants with enhanced in vivo glucose-lowering activity, we investigated the conjugation of HSA to a C-terminal region of GLP-1 to reduce steric hindrance by the albumin-linker using two different conjugation chemistries. GLP-1 variants GLP1_8G37AzF-HSA and GLP1_8G37C-HSA were prepared using SPAAC and Michael addition, respectively. GLP1_8G37C-HSA exhibited a higher glucose-lowering activity in vivo than GLP1_8G16AzF-HSA, while GLP1_8G37AzF-HSA did not. Another GLP-1 variant, GLP1_8A37C-HSA, had a glycine to alanine mutation at position 8 and albumin at its C-terminus and exhibited in vivo glucose-lowering activity comparable to that of GLP1_8G37C-HSA, despite a moderately shorter plasma half-life. These results showed that site-specific HSA conjugation to the C-terminus of GLP-1 via Michael addition could be used to generate GLP-1 variants with enhanced glucose-lowering activity and prolonged plasma half-life in vivo.

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albumin conjugationglucagon-like peptide-1in vivo glucose-lowering activityplasma half-life extension

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PMID33672039
PMCPMC7919490
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