Exploring the Higher Order Structure and Conformational Transitions in Insulin Microcrystalline Biopharmaceuticals by Proton-Detected Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance at Natural Abundance

The integrity of a higher order structure (HOS) is an essential requirement to ensure the efficacy, stability, and safety of protein therapeutics. Solution-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) occupies a unique niche as one of the most promising methods to access atomic-level structural information on soluble biopharmaceutical formulations. Another major class of drugs is poorly soluble, such as microcrystalline suspensions, which poses significant challenges for the characterization of the active ingredient in its native state. Here, we have demonstrated a solid-state NMR method for HOS characterization of biopharmaceutical suspensions employing a selective excitation scheme under fast magic angle spinning (MAS). The applicability of the method is shown on commercial insulin suspensions at natural isotopic abundance. Selective excitation aided with proton detection and non-uniform sampling (NUS) provides improved sensitivity and resolution. The enhanced resolution enabled us to demonstrate the first experimental evidence of a phenol-escaping pathway in insulin, leading to conformational transitions to different hexameric states. This approach has the potential to serve as a valuable means for meticulously examining microcrystalline biopharmaceutical suspensions, which was previously not attainable in their native formulation states and can be seamlessly extended to other classes of biopharmaceuticals such as mAbs and other microcrystalline proteins.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:96

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Analytical chemistry - 96(2024), 12 vom: 26. März, Seite 4756-4763

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pujahari, Soumya Ranjan [VerfasserIn]
Purusottam, Rudra N [VerfasserIn]
Mali, Pramod S [VerfasserIn]
Sarkar, Sambeda [VerfasserIn]
Khaneja, Navin [VerfasserIn]
Vajpai, Navratna [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Ashutosh [VerfasserIn]

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Biological Products
Insulin
Journal Article
Proteins
Protons

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Date Completed 27.03.2024

Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.analchem.3c04040

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368162230