Influence of carbohydrates on the stability and structure of a hyperglycosylated human interferon alpha mutein

Autores
Ceaglio, Natalia Analia; Etcheverrigaray, Marina; Kratje, Ricardo Bertoldo; Oggero Eberhardt, Marcos Rafael
Año de publicación
2010
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inglés
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Protein physical and chemical instability is one of the major challenges in the development of biopharmaceuticals during every step of the process, ranging from production to final delivery. This is particularly applicable to human recombinant interferon alpha-2b (rhIFN-α2b), a pleiotropic cytokine currently used worldwide for the treatment of various cancer and chronic viral diseases, which presents a poor stability in solution. In previous studies, we have demonstrated that the introduction of four N-glycosylation sites in order to construct a heavily glycosylated IFN variant (4N-IFN) resulted in a markedly prolonged plasma half-life which was reflected in an enhanced therapeutic activity in mice in comparison with the commercial non-glycosylated rhIFN-α2b (NG-IFN). Herein, we evaluated the influence of glycosylation on the in vitro stability of 4N-IFN towards different environmental conditions. Interestingly, the hyperglycosylated cytokine showed enhanced stability against thermal stress, acid pH and repetitive freeze-thawing cycles in comparison with NG-IFN. Besides, microcalorimetric analysis indicated a much higher melting temperature of 4N-IFN, also demonstrating a higher solubility of this variant as denoted by the absence of precipitation at the end of the experiment, in contrast with the NG-IFN behaviour. Furthermore, far-UV circular dichroism (CD) spectrum of 4N-IFN was virtually superimposed with that of NG-IFN, indicating that the IFN structure was not altered by the addition of carbohydrate moieties. The same conclusion could be inferred from limited proteolysis studies. Our results suggest that glycoengineering could be a useful strategy for protecting rhIFN-α2b from inactivation by various external factors and for overcoming aggregation problems during the production process and storage.
Fil: Ceaglio, Natalia Analia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas. Laboratorio de Cultivos Celulares; Argentina
Fil: Etcheverrigaray, Marina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas. Laboratorio de Cultivos Celulares; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; Argentina
Fil: Kratje, Ricardo Bertoldo. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas. Laboratorio de Cultivos Celulares; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; Argentina
Fil: Oggero Eberhardt, Marcos Rafael. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas. Laboratorio de Cultivos Celulares; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; Argentina
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ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES
GLYCOSYLATION ENGINEERING
INTERFERON ALPHA
PROTEIN STABILITY
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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spelling Influence of carbohydrates on the stability and structure of a hyperglycosylated human interferon alpha muteinCeaglio, Natalia AnaliaEtcheverrigaray, MarinaKratje, Ricardo BertoldoOggero Eberhardt, Marcos RafaelENVIRONMENTAL STRESSESGLYCOSYLATION ENGINEERINGINTERFERON ALPHAPROTEIN STABILITYPROTEIN STRUCTUREhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.4https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3Protein physical and chemical instability is one of the major challenges in the development of biopharmaceuticals during every step of the process, ranging from production to final delivery. This is particularly applicable to human recombinant interferon alpha-2b (rhIFN-α2b), a pleiotropic cytokine currently used worldwide for the treatment of various cancer and chronic viral diseases, which presents a poor stability in solution. In previous studies, we have demonstrated that the introduction of four N-glycosylation sites in order to construct a heavily glycosylated IFN variant (4N-IFN) resulted in a markedly prolonged plasma half-life which was reflected in an enhanced therapeutic activity in mice in comparison with the commercial non-glycosylated rhIFN-α2b (NG-IFN). Herein, we evaluated the influence of glycosylation on the in vitro stability of 4N-IFN towards different environmental conditions. Interestingly, the hyperglycosylated cytokine showed enhanced stability against thermal stress, acid pH and repetitive freeze-thawing cycles in comparison with NG-IFN. Besides, microcalorimetric analysis indicated a much higher melting temperature of 4N-IFN, also demonstrating a higher solubility of this variant as denoted by the absence of precipitation at the end of the experiment, in contrast with the NG-IFN behaviour. Furthermore, far-UV circular dichroism (CD) spectrum of 4N-IFN was virtually superimposed with that of NG-IFN, indicating that the IFN structure was not altered by the addition of carbohydrate moieties. The same conclusion could be inferred from limited proteolysis studies. Our results suggest that glycoengineering could be a useful strategy for protecting rhIFN-α2b from inactivation by various external factors and for overcoming aggregation problems during the production process and storage.Fil: Ceaglio, Natalia Analia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas. Laboratorio de Cultivos Celulares; ArgentinaFil: Etcheverrigaray, Marina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas. Laboratorio de Cultivos Celulares; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; ArgentinaFil: Kratje, Ricardo Bertoldo. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas. Laboratorio de Cultivos Celulares; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; ArgentinaFil: Oggero Eberhardt, Marcos Rafael. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas. Laboratorio de Cultivos Celulares; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; ArgentinaElsevier Masson2010-08info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/97613Ceaglio, Natalia Analia; Etcheverrigaray, Marina; Kratje, Ricardo Bertoldo; Oggero Eberhardt, Marcos Rafael; Influence of carbohydrates on the stability and structure of a hyperglycosylated human interferon alpha mutein; Elsevier Masson; Biochimie; 92; 8; 8-2010; 971-9780300-9084CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.biochi.2010.04.004info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0300908410001422info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:57:15Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/97613instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:57:15.769CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Influence of carbohydrates on the stability and structure of a hyperglycosylated human interferon alpha mutein
title Influence of carbohydrates on the stability and structure of a hyperglycosylated human interferon alpha mutein
spellingShingle Influence of carbohydrates on the stability and structure of a hyperglycosylated human interferon alpha mutein
Ceaglio, Natalia Analia
ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES
GLYCOSYLATION ENGINEERING
INTERFERON ALPHA
PROTEIN STABILITY
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
title_short Influence of carbohydrates on the stability and structure of a hyperglycosylated human interferon alpha mutein
title_full Influence of carbohydrates on the stability and structure of a hyperglycosylated human interferon alpha mutein
title_fullStr Influence of carbohydrates on the stability and structure of a hyperglycosylated human interferon alpha mutein
title_full_unstemmed Influence of carbohydrates on the stability and structure of a hyperglycosylated human interferon alpha mutein
title_sort Influence of carbohydrates on the stability and structure of a hyperglycosylated human interferon alpha mutein
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ceaglio, Natalia Analia
Etcheverrigaray, Marina
Kratje, Ricardo Bertoldo
Oggero Eberhardt, Marcos Rafael
author Ceaglio, Natalia Analia
author_facet Ceaglio, Natalia Analia
Etcheverrigaray, Marina
Kratje, Ricardo Bertoldo
Oggero Eberhardt, Marcos Rafael
author_role author
author2 Etcheverrigaray, Marina
Kratje, Ricardo Bertoldo
Oggero Eberhardt, Marcos Rafael
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES
GLYCOSYLATION ENGINEERING
INTERFERON ALPHA
PROTEIN STABILITY
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
topic ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES
GLYCOSYLATION ENGINEERING
INTERFERON ALPHA
PROTEIN STABILITY
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.4
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Protein physical and chemical instability is one of the major challenges in the development of biopharmaceuticals during every step of the process, ranging from production to final delivery. This is particularly applicable to human recombinant interferon alpha-2b (rhIFN-α2b), a pleiotropic cytokine currently used worldwide for the treatment of various cancer and chronic viral diseases, which presents a poor stability in solution. In previous studies, we have demonstrated that the introduction of four N-glycosylation sites in order to construct a heavily glycosylated IFN variant (4N-IFN) resulted in a markedly prolonged plasma half-life which was reflected in an enhanced therapeutic activity in mice in comparison with the commercial non-glycosylated rhIFN-α2b (NG-IFN). Herein, we evaluated the influence of glycosylation on the in vitro stability of 4N-IFN towards different environmental conditions. Interestingly, the hyperglycosylated cytokine showed enhanced stability against thermal stress, acid pH and repetitive freeze-thawing cycles in comparison with NG-IFN. Besides, microcalorimetric analysis indicated a much higher melting temperature of 4N-IFN, also demonstrating a higher solubility of this variant as denoted by the absence of precipitation at the end of the experiment, in contrast with the NG-IFN behaviour. Furthermore, far-UV circular dichroism (CD) spectrum of 4N-IFN was virtually superimposed with that of NG-IFN, indicating that the IFN structure was not altered by the addition of carbohydrate moieties. The same conclusion could be inferred from limited proteolysis studies. Our results suggest that glycoengineering could be a useful strategy for protecting rhIFN-α2b from inactivation by various external factors and for overcoming aggregation problems during the production process and storage.
Fil: Ceaglio, Natalia Analia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas. Laboratorio de Cultivos Celulares; Argentina
Fil: Etcheverrigaray, Marina. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas. Laboratorio de Cultivos Celulares; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; Argentina
Fil: Kratje, Ricardo Bertoldo. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas. Laboratorio de Cultivos Celulares; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; Argentina
Fil: Oggero Eberhardt, Marcos Rafael. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas. Laboratorio de Cultivos Celulares; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe; Argentina
description Protein physical and chemical instability is one of the major challenges in the development of biopharmaceuticals during every step of the process, ranging from production to final delivery. This is particularly applicable to human recombinant interferon alpha-2b (rhIFN-α2b), a pleiotropic cytokine currently used worldwide for the treatment of various cancer and chronic viral diseases, which presents a poor stability in solution. In previous studies, we have demonstrated that the introduction of four N-glycosylation sites in order to construct a heavily glycosylated IFN variant (4N-IFN) resulted in a markedly prolonged plasma half-life which was reflected in an enhanced therapeutic activity in mice in comparison with the commercial non-glycosylated rhIFN-α2b (NG-IFN). Herein, we evaluated the influence of glycosylation on the in vitro stability of 4N-IFN towards different environmental conditions. Interestingly, the hyperglycosylated cytokine showed enhanced stability against thermal stress, acid pH and repetitive freeze-thawing cycles in comparison with NG-IFN. Besides, microcalorimetric analysis indicated a much higher melting temperature of 4N-IFN, also demonstrating a higher solubility of this variant as denoted by the absence of precipitation at the end of the experiment, in contrast with the NG-IFN behaviour. Furthermore, far-UV circular dichroism (CD) spectrum of 4N-IFN was virtually superimposed with that of NG-IFN, indicating that the IFN structure was not altered by the addition of carbohydrate moieties. The same conclusion could be inferred from limited proteolysis studies. Our results suggest that glycoengineering could be a useful strategy for protecting rhIFN-α2b from inactivation by various external factors and for overcoming aggregation problems during the production process and storage.
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