Effects of Monovalent Salt on Protein-Protein Interactions of Dilute and Concentrated Monoclonal Antibody Formulations.
Amy Y Xu, Nicholas J Clark, Joseph Pollastrini, Maribel Espinoza, Hyo-Jin Kim, Sekhar Kanapuram, Bruce Kerwin, Michael J Treuheit, Susan Krueger, Arnold McAuley, Joseph E Curtis
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Amy Y Xu: NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 6102, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA. ORCID
Nicholas J Clark: NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 6102, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.
Joseph Pollastrini: Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.
Maribel Espinoza: Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.
Hyo-Jin Kim: Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.
Sekhar Kanapuram: Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.
Bruce Kerwin: Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.
Michael J Treuheit: Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.
Susan Krueger: NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 6102, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA. ORCID
Arnold McAuley: Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.
Joseph E Curtis: NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 6102, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA. ORCID
In this study, we used sodium chloride (NaCl) to extensively modulate non-specific protein-protein interactions (PPI) of a humanized anti-streptavidin monoclonal antibody class 2 molecule (ASA-IgG2). The changes in PPI with varying NaCl () and monoclonal antibody (mAb) concentration () were assessed using the diffusion interaction parameter and second virial coefficient measured from solutions with low to moderate . The effective structure factor measured from concentrated mAb solutions using small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering (SAXS/SANS) was also used to characterize the PPI. Our results found that the nature of net PPI changed not only with , but also with increasing . As a result, parameters measured from dilute and concentrated mAb samples could lead to different predictions on the stability of mAb formulations. We also compared experimentally determined viscosity results with those predicted from interaction parameters, including and . The lack of a clear correlation between interaction parameters and measured viscosity values indicates that the relationship between viscosity and PPI is concentration-dependent. Collectively, the behavior of flexible mAb molecules in concentrated solutions may not be correctly predicted using models where proteins are considered to be uniform colloid particles defined by parameters derived from low .
