A rapid, sensitive and economical assessment of monoclonal antibody conformational stability by intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence spectroscopy
- 17 October 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Biotechnology Journal
- Vol. 3 (9-10), 1201-1211
- https://doi.org/10.1002/biot.200800091
Abstract
Steady-state intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence spectroscopy is used as a rapid, robust and economic way for screening the thermal protein conformational stability in various formulations used during the early biotechnology development phase. The most important parameters affecting protein stability in a liquid formulation, e. g. during the initial purification steps or preformulation development, are the pH of the solution, ionic strength, presence of excipients and combinations thereof. A well-defined protocol is presented for the investigation of the thermal conformational stability of proteins. This allows the determination of the denaturation temperature as a function of solution conditions. Using intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence spectroscopy for monitoring the denaturation and folding of proteins, it is crucial to understand the influence of different formulation parameters on the intrinsic fluorescence probes of proteins. Therefore, we have re-evaluated and re-assessed the influence of temperature, pH, ionic strength, buffer composition on the emission spectra of tryptophan, phenylalanine and tyrosine to correctly analyse and evaluate the data obtained from thermal-induced protein denaturation as a function of the solution parameters mentioned above. The results of this study are a prerequisite for using this method as a screening assay for analysing the conformational stability of proteins in solution. The data obtained from intrinsic protein fluorescence spectroscopy are compared to data derived from calorimetry. The advantage, challenges and applicability using intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence spectroscopy as a routine development method in pharmaceutical biotechnology are discussed.Keywords
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