Maiti Debabrata, Yokoyama Masayuki, Shiraishi Kouichi
Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 163-1, Kashiwa-shita, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0004, Japan.
ACS Omega. 2024 Jul 12;9(32):34577-34588. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.4c02655. eCollection 2024 Aug 13.
A method of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) conjugation is known as PEGylation, which has been employed to deliver therapeutic drugs, proteins, or nanoparticles by considering the intrinsic non- or very low immunogenic property of PEG. However, PEG has its weaknesses, and one major concern is the potential immunogenicity of PEGylated proteins. Because of its hydrophilicity, poly(sarcosine) (P(Sar)) may be an attractive-and superior-substitute for PEG. In the present study, we designed a double hydrophilic diblock copolymer, methoxy-PEG--P(Sar) ( = 5-55) (mPEG-P(Sar) ), and synthesized a triblock copolymer with hydrophobic poly(l-isoleucine) (P(Ile)). We validated that double hydrophilic mPEG-P(Sar) block copolymers suppressed the specific binding of three monoclonal anti-PEG antibodies (anti-PEG mAbs) to PEG. The results of our indirect ELISAs indicate that P(Sar) significantly helps to reduce the binding of anti-PEG mAbs to PEG. Importantly, the steady suppression of this binding was made possible, in part, thanks to the maximum number of sarcosine units in the triblock copolymer, as evidenced by sandwich ELISA and biolayer interferometry assay (BLI): the intrinsic hydrophilicity of P(Sar) had a clear supportive effect on PEG. Finally, because we used P(Ile) as a hydrophobic block, PEG-P(Sar) might be an attractive alternative to PEG in the search for protein shields that minimize the immunogenicity of PEGylated proteins.
聚乙二醇(PEG)偶联的一种方法称为聚乙二醇化,鉴于PEG固有的非免疫原性或极低免疫原性,该方法已被用于递送治疗药物、蛋白质或纳米颗粒。然而,PEG也有其弱点,一个主要问题是聚乙二醇化蛋白质的潜在免疫原性。由于其亲水性,聚肌氨酸(P(Sar))可能是一种有吸引力且更优越的PEG替代物。在本研究中,我们设计了一种双亲水性二嵌段共聚物,甲氧基-PEG-P(Sar)( = 5 - 55)(mPEG-P(Sar)),并合成了一种含有疏水性聚(L-异亮氨酸)(P(Ile))的三嵌段共聚物。我们验证了双亲水性mPEG-P(Sar)嵌段共聚物抑制了三种抗PEG单克隆抗体(抗PEG mAb)与PEG的特异性结合。我们间接ELISA的结果表明,P(Sar)显著有助于减少抗PEG mAb与PEG的结合。重要的是,这种结合的持续抑制在一定程度上得益于三嵌段共聚物中肌氨酸单元的最大数量,夹心ELISA和生物层干涉术分析(BLI)证明了这一点:P(Sar)的固有亲水性对PEG有明显的支持作用。最后,由于我们使用P(Ile)作为疏水嵌段,在寻找使聚乙二醇化蛋白质免疫原性最小化的蛋白质保护剂方面,PEG-P(Sar)可能是PEG的一种有吸引力的替代物。
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