Nompari Luca, Coccone Salvatore Sanna, Sardone Gian Luca, Corrado Alessio, Berti Stefania, Biagini Massimiliano, Rovini Michele, Magagnoli Claudia, Cianetti Simona, Orlandini Serena, Furlanetto Sandra, De Ricco Riccardo
GSK, Technical Research and Development (TRD), Via Fiorentina 1, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Department of Chemistry "U. Schiff″, University of Florence, Via U. Schiff 6, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Florence, Italy.
ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci. 2024 Apr 11;7(5):1584-1594. doi: 10.1021/acsptsci.4c00112. eCollection 2024 May 10.
Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) have been widely explored to develop vaccine candidates for bacterial pathogens due to their ability to combine adjuvant properties with immunogenic activity. OMV expresses a variety of proteins and carbohydrate antigens on their surfaces. For this reason, there is an analytical need to thoroughly characterize the species expressed at their surface: we here present a simple and accurate reversed-phase ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography (RP-UPLC) method developed according to quality by design principles. This work provides an analytical alternative to the classical sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) characterization. The higher selectivity and sensitivity of the RP-UHPLC assay allow for the identification of additional protein species with respect to SDS-PAGE and facilitate its precise relative abundance quantification. According to validation results, the assay showed high accuracy, linearity, precision, repeatability, and a limit of quantification of 1% for less abundant proteins. This performance paves the way for improved production campaign consistency while also being analytically simple (no sample pretreatment required), making it suitable for routine quality control testing. In addition, the applicability of the assay to a wider range of vesicle classes (GMMA) was demonstrated.
外膜囊泡(OMV)因其能够将佐剂特性与免疫原活性相结合,已被广泛用于开发针对细菌病原体的候选疫苗。OMV在其表面表达多种蛋白质和碳水化合物抗原。因此,有必要对其表面表达的物质进行全面表征:我们在此介绍一种根据质量源于设计原则开发的简单且准确的反相超高效液相色谱(RP-UPLC)方法。这项工作为经典的十二烷基硫酸钠-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDS-PAGE)表征提供了一种分析替代方法。RP-UHPLC分析方法具有更高的选择性和灵敏度,能够鉴定出SDS-PAGE无法检测到的额外蛋白质种类,并有助于对其精确的相对丰度进行定量分析。根据验证结果,该分析方法显示出高准确性、线性、精密度、重复性,对于低丰度蛋白质的定量限为1%。这种性能为提高生产批次的一致性铺平了道路,同时该方法分析简单(无需样品预处理),适用于常规质量控制检测。此外,还证明了该分析方法对更广泛的囊泡类别(GMMA)的适用性。