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ArticleMolecular pharmaceutics2024

Combining Scattering Experiments and Colloid Theory to Characterize Charge Effects in Concentrated Antibody Solutions.

Alessandro Gulotta, Marco Polimeni, Samuel Lenton, Charles G Starr, Anna Stradner, Emanuela Zaccarelli, Peter Schurtenberger

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Article in Molecular pharmaceutics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Viscosity of concentrated antibodies from a dynamic model of electrostatics.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  6. Electrostatics and viscosity are strongly linked in concentrated antibody solutions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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7 authors.

Alessandro GulottaPhysical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Lund SE-221 00, Sweden.
Marco PolimeniPhysical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Lund SE-221 00, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-9670-7232
Samuel LentonPhysical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Lund SE-221 00, Sweden.
Charles G StarrBiologics Drug Product Development and Manufacturing, CMC Development, Sanofi, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701, United States.
Anna StradnerPhysical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Lund SE-221 00, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-3310-3412
Emanuela ZaccarelliInstitute for Complex Systems, National Research Council (ISC-CNR), Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome 00185, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0032-8906
Peter SchurtenbergerPhysical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Lund SE-221 00, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-2790-8831

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Charges and their contribution to protein-protein interactions are essential for the key structural and dynamic properties of monoclonal antibody (mAb) solutions. In fact, they influence the apparent molecular weight, the static structure factor, the collective diffusion coefficient, or the relative viscosity, and their concentration dependence. Further, charges play an important role in the colloidal stability of mAbs. There exist standard experimental tools to characterize mAb net charges, such as the measurement of the electrophoretic mobility, the second virial coefficient, or the diffusion interaction parameter. However, the resulting values are difficult to directly relate to the actual overall net charge of the antibody and to theoretical predictions based on its known molecular structure. Here, we report the results of a systematic investigation of the solution properties of a charged IgG1 mAb as a function of concentration and ionic strength using a combination of electrophoretic measurements, static and dynamic light scattering, small-angle X-ray scattering, and tracer particle-based microrheology. We analyze and interpret the experimental results using established colloid theory and coarse-grained computer simulations. We discuss the potential and limits of colloidal models for the description of the interaction effects of charged mAbs, in particular pointing out the importance of incorporating shape and charge anisotropy when attempting to predict structural and dynamic solution properties at high concentrations.

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Antibodies, MonoclonalColloidsImmunoglobulin GComputer SimulationDynamic Light ScatteringOsmolar ConcentrationScattering, Small AngleSolutionsViscosityX-Ray DiffractionAntibodies, MonoclonalColloidsImmunoglobulin GSolutionsantibodiescharge effectscoarse-grained modelingeffective charge

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PMID38661388
PMCPMC11080060

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