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Restoring the biological activity of crizanlizumab at physiological conditions through a pH-dependent aspartic acid isomerization reaction.

Fabian Bickel, François Griaud, Wolfram Kern, Frieder Kroener, Manuela Gritsch, Jérôme Dayer, Samuel Barteau, Blandine Denefeld, Chi-Ya Kao-Scharf, Manuel Lang and 6 more

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Article in mAbs. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fabian BickelAnalytical Development, Technical Research and Development Biologics, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
François GriaudAnalytical Development, Technical Research and Development Biologics, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Wolfram KernAnalytical Development, Technical Research and Development Biologics, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Frieder KroenerAnalytical Development, Technical Research and Development Biologics, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Manuela GritschAnalytical Development, Technical Research and Development Biologics, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Jérôme DayerAnalytical Development, Technical Research and Development Biologics, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Samuel BarteauAnalytical Development, Technical Research and Development Biologics, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Blandine DenefeldAnalytical Development, Technical Research and Development Biologics, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Chi-Ya Kao-ScharfAnalytical Development, Technical Research and Development Biologics, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Manuel LangAnalytical Development, Technical Research and Development Biologics, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Izabela Slupska-MuanzaAnalytical Development, Technical Research and Development Biologics, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Carla SchmidtAnalytical Development, Technical Research and Development Biologics, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Matthias BergAnalytical Development, Technical Research and Development Biologics, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Jürgen SiggAnalytical Development, Technical Research and Development Biologics, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Lina BoadoAnalytical Development, Technical Research and Development Biologics, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Dirk CheliusAnalytical Development, Technical Research and Development Biologics, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Novartis (Switzerland) · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we report the isomerization of an aspartic acid residue in the complementarity-determining region (CDR) of crizanlizumab as a major degradation pathway. The succinimide intermediate and iso-aspartic acid degradation products were successfully isolated by ion exchange chromatography for characterization. The isomerization site was identified at a DG motif in the CDR by peptide mapping. The biological characterization of the isolated variants showed that the succinimide variant exhibited a loss in target binding and biological activity compared to the aspartic acid and iso-aspartic acid variants of the molecule. The influence of pH on this isomerization reaction was investigated using capillary zone electrophoresis. Below pH 6.3, the succinimide formation was predominant, whereas at pH values above 6.3, iso-aspartic acid was formed and the initial amounts of succinimide dropped to levels even lower than those observed in the starting material. Importantly, while the succinimide accumulated at long-term storage conditions of 2 to 8°C at pH values below 6.3, a complete hydrolysis of succinimide was observed at physiological conditions (pH 7.4, 37°C), resulting in full recovery of the biological activity. In this study, we demonstrate that the critical quality attribute succinimide with reduced potency has little or no impact on the efficacy of crizanlizumab due to the full recovery of the biological activity within a few hours under physiological conditions.

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Aspartic AcidSuccinimidesAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedComplementarity Determining RegionsHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationIsomerismAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAspartic AcidComplementarity Determining RegionscrizanlizumabsuccinimideSuccinimidesaspartate isomerizationBioactivity reactivationbloodmonoclonal antibodypotency changeserumsuccinimide

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PMID36519228
PMCPMC9762811
OpenAlexW4311515860

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