Zephania Kwong Glover, Aaron Wecksler, Baikuntha Aryal, Shrenik Mehta, Melissa Pegues, Wayman Chan, Mari Lehtimaki, Allen Luo, Alavattam Sreedhara, V Ashutosh Rao
Biotherapeutics are exposed to common transition metal ions such as Cu(II) and Fe(II) during manufacturing processes and storage. IgG1 biotherapeutics are vulnerable to reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated via the metal-catalyzed oxidation reactions. Exposure to these metal ions can lead to potential changes to structure and function, ultimately influencing efficacy, potency, and potential immunogenicity of the molecules. Here, we stress four biotherapeutics of the IgG1 subclass (trastuzumab, trastuzumab emtansine, anti-NaPi2b, and anti-NaPi2b-vc-MMAE) with two common pharmaceutically relevant metal-induced oxidizing systems, Cu(II)/ ascorbic acid and Fe(II)/ H2 O2 , and evaluated oxidation, size distribution, carbonylation, Fc effector functions, antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) activity, cell anti-proliferation and autophaghic flux...
January 2022: MAbs