Table 1 In vitro assessment of trastuzumab degradation sites

From: Assessment of susceptible chemical modification sites of trastuzumab and endogenous human immunoglobulins at physiological conditions

Storage duration/temperature

RM/−80 °C

1 d/37 °C/ PBS pH 7.4

7 d/37 °C/ PBS pH 7.4

12 d/37 °C/ PBS pH 7.4

1 d/37 °C/ serum in vitro

7 d/37 °C/ serum in vitro

12 d/37 °C/ serum in vitro

LC–MS peptide mapping [%]

 LC-Asn-30

       

   LC-deamid-30

8.0 (±0.1)

12.4 (±0.2)

32.2 (±0.2)

45.4 (±0.5)

13.5 (±0.2)

43.4 (±0.7)

66.2 (±0.6)

 HC-Asn-55

       

  HC-deamid-55

2.0 (±0.2)

2.3 (±0.1)

4.5 (±0.1)

6.3 (±0.1)

2.4 (±0.1)

5.9 (±0.2)

10.3 (±0.3)

 HC-Asp-102

       

  HC-isoAsp-102

6.5 (±0.2)

8.2 (±0.3)

13.6 (±0.5)

18.3 (±0.5)

7.3 (±0.2)

13.7 (±0.9)

17.7 (±0.2)

 HC-Asn-387,392,393

       

  HC-deamid-387,392,393

1.0 (±0.1)

1.7 (±0.1)

5.1 (±0.2)

7.3 (±0.2)

1.8 (±0.1)

7.5 (±0.1)

13.6 (±0.5)

CEC

 % Acidic

23.6 (±0.2)

27.1 (±0.5)

62.8 (±0.1)

78.1 (±0.3)

36 (±0.2)

80.2 (±0.5)

96.3 (±0.1)

  % Main

69.1 (±0.5)

61.5 (±1.2)

29.3 (±0.5)

16.1 (±0.5)

56.0 (±0.5)

15.9 (±1.4)

2.8 (±0.1)

  % Basic

6.3 (±0.1)

6.4 (±0.1)

7.1 (±0.1)

5.7 (±0.1)

6.9 (±0.1)

3.8 (±0.3)

0.9 (±0.1)

SEC

  % Fragments

0.2 (±0.1)

0.2 (±0.1)

0.2 (±0.1)

0.3 (±0.1)

0.2 (±0.1)

1.5 (±0.3)

1.8 (±0.4)

  % Monomer

99 (±0.1)

98.9 (±0.2)

98.7 (±0.2)

97.5 (±0.9)

99.1 (±0.2)

96.1 (±0.4)

95.8 (±0.4)

  % Aggregates

0.9 (±0.1)

0.9 (±0.1)

1.1 (±0.2)

2.2 (±0.9)

0.7 (±0.1)

2.4 (±0.2)

2.3 (±0.2)

SPR

  % Target binding

100 (±1)

98 (±1)

90 (±1)

84 (±1)

97 (±1)

83 (±1)

72 (±1)

  1. In vitro assessment of trastuzumab degradation sites using temperature/pH degradation conditions (n = 3) and quantitative ultra-performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS). The LC–MS peptide mapping relative quantification (reported in %) was conducted by quantification of the selected ion current chromatograms of the modified tryptic peptides relative to the wild type. Trastuzumab charge variants were analyzed by cation-exchange chromatography (CEC). The formation of fragments and aggregates was monitored by size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) and target binding activity was assessed by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) spectroscopy. deamid: total Asp/isoAsp content; RM: reference material stored at −80 °C