Analysis of recombinant proteins by isoelectric focusing in immobilized pH gradients
Research article published in Electrophoresis (1992)
Abstract
Isoelectric focusing in immobilized pH gradients (IEF-IPG) was used to analyze three different recombinant proteins. Recombinant leech hirudin (65 amino acids, three disulfide bonds) expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a secreted protein and purified by anion-exchange and reversed-phase chromatography proved to be homogeneous with regard to its isoelectric point (pI). In addition, the theoretical pI, calculated on the basis of the primary structure, corresponded precisely to the measured pI of 4.30. IEF-IPG was further employed to follow the stability of recombinant hirudin at pH 9, indicating that deamidation occurred under these conditions. A variant of recombinant human alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) (389 amino acids, one cysteine residue) expressed in Escherichia coli and purified by anion-exchange, metal chelate and hydrophobic-interaction chromatography appeared to be homogeneous by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under reducing and denaturing conditions as well as by various high performance liquid chromatography methods. However, some heterogeneity was detected by IEF-IPG between pH 5-6. The measured pI values of 5.43-5.58 were slightly lower than the calculated pI based on the primary structure (5.72). This indicated deamidations of Asn or Gln residues. A recombinant Schistosoma mansoni parasite antigen, p28 (210 amino acids, one cysteine residue) obtained after intracellular expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and affinity purification on glutathione agarose was analyzed by IEF-IPG in a pH 7.3-8.3 gradient. It appeared to be heterogeneous with regard to its pI, with the major component having a pI of 7.81 compared to the calculated value of 7.17.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Resumen
IEF-IPG analysis of recombinant leech hirudin expressed in S. cerevisiae; homogeneous pI of 4.30 matching primary structure; deamidation detected under alkaline conditions.
Por qué esto importa para la hirudoterapia
Este estudio utilizó el enfoque isoeléctrico en gradientes de pH inmovilizados (IEF-IPG) para analizar tres proteínas recombinantes, incluida la hirudina recombinante de sanguijuela expresada en Saccharomyces cerevisiae, evaluando la homogeneidad de carga y la estabilidad. La hirudina recombinante de sanguijuela (65 aminoácidos, tres puentes disulfuro) resultó homogénea con un pI medido de 4,30 que coincide con el valor teórico, mientras que el IEF-IPG también monitorizó la desamidación a pH 9. Para ASH, este trabajo aporta una caracterización analítica de una proteína derivada de sanguijuela, aunque el resumen no describe ni su función biológica ni ningún contexto farmacéutico. Advertencia: Se trata de un artículo de métodos analíticos centrado en la caracterización de carga proteica; no contiene datos terapéuticos, farmacológicos, in vivo ni clínicos sobre la actividad de la hirudina.
Citación
Analysis of recombinant proteins by isoelectric focusing in immobilized pH gradients.
Bischoff R et al. · Electrophoresis, 1992
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