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Jain R, Dhillon NS, Kanchustambham VL, Lodowski DT, Farquhar ER, Kiselar J, Chance MR. Evaluating Mass Spectrometry-Based Hydroxyl Radical Protein Footprinting of a Benchtop Flash Oxidation System against a Synchrotron X-ray Beamline. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2024; 35:476-486. [PMID: 38335063 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.3c00368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
Abstract
Hydroxyl radical protein footprinting (HRPF) using synchrotron X-ray radiation (XFP) and mass spectrometry is a well-validated structural biology method that provides critical insights into macromolecular structural dynamics, such as determining binding sites, measuring affinity, and mapping epitopes. Numerous alternative sources for generating the hydroxyl radicals (•OH) needed for HRPF, such as laser photolysis and plasma irradiation, complement synchrotron-based HRPF, and a recently developed commercially available instrument based on flash lamp photolysis, the FOX system, enables access to laboratory benchtop HRPF. Here, we evaluate performing HRPF experiments in-house with a benchtop FOX instrument compared to synchrotron-based X-ray footprinting at the NSLS-II XFP beamline. Using lactate oxidase (LOx) as a model system, we carried out •OH labeling experiments using both instruments, followed by nanoLC-MS/MS bottom-up peptide mass mapping. Experiments were performed under high glucose concentrations to mimic the highly scavenging conditions present in biological buffers and human clinical samples, where less •OH are available for reaction with the biomolecule(s) of interest. The performance of the FOX and XFP HRPF methods was compared, and we found that tuning the •OH dosage enabled optimal labeling coverage for both setups under physiologically relevant highly scavenging conditions. Our study demonstrates the complementarity of FOX and XFP labeling approaches, demonstrating that benchtop instruments such as the FOX photolysis system can increase both the throughput and the accessibility of the HRPF technique.
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- Rohit Jain
- Center for Synchrotron Biosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
- Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
- Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
- Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Center for Synchrotron Biosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
- Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
- Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Center for Synchrotron Biosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
- Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
- Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Center for Synchrotron Biosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
- Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
- Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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Castel J, Delaux S, Hernandez-Alba O, Cianférani S. Recent advances in structural mass spectrometry methods in the context of biosimilarity assessment: from sequence heterogeneities to higher order structures. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2023; 236:115696. [PMID: 37713983 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2023.115696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023]
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Biotherapeutics and their biosimilar versions have been flourishing in the biopharmaceutical market for several years. Structural and functional characterization is needed to achieve analytical biosimilarity through the assessment of critical quality attributes as required by regulatory authorities. The role of analytical strategies, particularly mass spectrometry-based methods, is pivotal to gathering valuable information for the in-depth characterization of biotherapeutics and biosimilarity assessment. Structural mass spectrometry methods (native MS, HDX-MS, top-down MS, etc.) provide information ranging from primary sequence assessment to higher order structure evaluation. This review focuses on recent developments and applications in structural mass spectrometry for biotherapeutic and biosimilar characterization.
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- Jérôme Castel
- Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse Bio-Organique, IPHC UMR 7178, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg 67087, France; Infrastructure Nationale de Protéomique ProFI, FR2048 CNRS CEA, Strasbourg 67087, France
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- Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse Bio-Organique, IPHC UMR 7178, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg 67087, France; Infrastructure Nationale de Protéomique ProFI, FR2048 CNRS CEA, Strasbourg 67087, France
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- Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse Bio-Organique, IPHC UMR 7178, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg 67087, France; Infrastructure Nationale de Protéomique ProFI, FR2048 CNRS CEA, Strasbourg 67087, France
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- Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse Bio-Organique, IPHC UMR 7178, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg 67087, France; Infrastructure Nationale de Protéomique ProFI, FR2048 CNRS CEA, Strasbourg 67087, France.
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Farquhar ER, Vijayalakshmi K, Jain R, Wang B, Kiselar J, Chance MR. Intact mass spectrometry screening to optimize hydroxyl radical dose for protein footprinting. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2023; 671:343-349. [PMID: 37329657 PMCID: PMC10510565 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Hydroxyl radical protein footprinting (HRPF) using synchrotron radiation is a well-validated method to assess protein structure in the native solution state. In this method, X-ray radiolysis of water generates hydroxyl radicals that can react with solvent accessible side chains of proteins, with mass spectrometry used to detect the resulting labeled products. An ideal footprinting dose provides sufficient labeling to measure the structure but not so much as to influence the results. The optimization of hydroxyl radical dose is typically performed using an indirect Alexa488 fluorescence assay sensitive to hydroxyl radical concentration, but full evaluation of the experiment's outcome relies upon bottom-up liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) measurements to directly determine sites and extent of oxidative labeling at the peptide and protein level. A direct evaluation of the extent of labeling to provide direct and absolute measurements of dose and "safe" dose ranges in terms of, for example, average numbers of labels per protein, would provide immediate feedback on experimental outcomes prior to embarking on detailed LC-MS analyses. To this end, we describe an approach to integrate intact MS screening of labeled samples immediately following exposure, along with metrics to quantify the extent of observed labeling from the intact mass spectra. Intact MS results on the model protein lysozyme were evaluated in the context of Alexa488 assay results and a bottom-up LC-MS analysis of the same samples. This approach provides a basis for placing delivered hydroxyl radical dose metrics on firmer technical grounds for synchrotron X-ray footprinting of proteins, with explicit parameters to increase the likelihood of a productive experimental outcome. Further, the method directs approaches to provide absolute and direct dosimetry for all types of labeling for protein footprinting.
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- Erik R Farquhar
- Center for Synchrotron Biosciences, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA; Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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- Center for Synchrotron Biosciences, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA; Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Center for Synchrotron Biosciences, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA; Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA; Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA; Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA; Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Center for Synchrotron Biosciences, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA; Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA; Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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Environmental agents of exposure can damage proteins, affecting protein function and cellular protein homeostasis. Specific residues are inherently chemically susceptible to damage from individual types of exposure. Amino acid content is not completely predictive of protein susceptibility, as secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures of proteins strongly influence the reactivity of the proteome to individual exposures. Because we cannot readily predict which proteins will be affected by which chemical exposures, mass spectrometry-based proteomic strategies are necessary to determine the protein targets of environmental toxins and toxicants. This review describes the mechanisms by which environmental exposure to toxins and toxicants can damage proteins and affect their function, and emerging omic methodologies that can be used to identify the protein targets of a given agent. These methods include target identification strategies that have recently revolutionized the drug discovery field, such as activity-based protein profiling, protein footprinting, and protein stability profiling technologies. In particular, we highlight the necessity of multiple, complementary approaches to fully interrogate how protein integrity is challenged by individual exposures.
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- Joseph C Genereux
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
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Cheng Z, Misra SK, Shami A, Sharp JS. Structural Analysis of Phosphorylation Proteoforms in a Dynamic Heterogeneous System Using Flash Oxidation Coupled In-Line with Ion Exchange Chromatography. Anal Chem 2022; 94:18017-18024. [PMID: 36512753 PMCID: PMC9912381 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c04365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Protein posttranslational modifications (PTMs) are key modulators of protein structure and function that often change in a dynamic fashion in response to cellular stimuli. Dynamic PTMs are very challenging to structurally characterize using modern techniques, including covalent labeling methods, due to the presence of multiple proteoforms and conformers together in solution. We have coupled an ion exchange high-performance liquid chromatography separation with a flash oxidation system [ion exchange chromatography liquid chromatography-flash oxidation (IEX LC-FOX)] to successfully elucidate structural changes among three phosphoproteoforms of ovalbumin (OVA) during dephosphorylation with alkaline phosphatase. Real-time dosimetry indicates no difference in the effective radical dose between peaks or across the peak, demonstrating both the lack of scavenging of the NaCl gradient and the lack of a concentration effect on radical dose between peaks of different intensities. The use of IEX LC-FOX allows us to structurally probe into each phosphoproteoform as it elutes from the column, capturing structural data before the dynamics of the system to reintroduce heterogeneity. We found significant differences in the residue-level oxidation between the hydroxyl radical footprint of nonphosphorylated, monophosphorylated, and diphosphorylated OVA. Not only were our data consistent with the previously reported stabilization of OVA structure by phosphorylation, but local structural changes were also consistent with the measured order of dephosphorylation of Ser344 being removed first. These results demonstrate the utility of IEX LC-FOX for measuring the structural effects of PTMs, even in dynamic systems.
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- Zhi Cheng
- Department of BioMolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, United States
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- Department of BioMolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, United States
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- Department of BioMolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, United States
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- Department of BioMolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, United States
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Structural Investigation of Therapeutic Antibodies Using Hydroxyl Radical Protein Footprinting Methods. Antibodies (Basel) 2022; 11:antib11040071. [PMID: 36412837 PMCID: PMC9680451 DOI: 10.3390/antib11040071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Commercial monoclonal antibodies are growing and important components of modern therapies against a multitude of human diseases. Well-known high-resolution structural methods such as protein crystallography are often used to characterize antibody structures and to determine paratope and/or epitope binding regions in order to refine antibody design. However, many standard structural techniques require specialized sample preparation that may perturb antibody structure or require high concentrations or other conditions that are far from the conditions conducive to the accurate determination of antigen binding or kinetics. We describe here in this minireview the relatively new method of hydroxyl radical protein footprinting, a solution-state method that can provide structural and kinetic information on antibodies or antibody-antigen interactions useful for therapeutic antibody design. We provide a brief history of hydroxyl radical footprinting, examples of current implementations, and recent advances in throughput and accessibility.
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Cornwell O, Ault JR. Fast photochemical oxidation of proteins coupled with mass spectrometry. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2022; 1870:140829. [PMID: 35933084 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2022.140829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 07/17/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Fast photochemical oxidation of proteins (FPOP) is a hydroxyl radical footprinting approach whereby radicals, produced by UV laser photolysis of hydrogen peroxide, induce oxidation of amino acid side-chains. Mass Spectrometry (MS) is employed to locate and quantify the resulting irreversible, covalent oxidations to use as a surrogate for side-chain solvent accessibility. Modulation of oxidation levels under different conditions allows for the characterisation of protein conformation, dynamics and binding epitopes. FPOP has been applied to structurally diverse and biopharmaceutically relevant systems from small, monomeric aggregation-prone proteins to proteome-wide analysis of whole organisms. This review evaluates the current state of FPOP, the progress needed to address data analysis bottlenecks, particularly for residue-level analysis, and highlights significant developments of the FPOP platform that have enabled its versatility and complementarity to other structural biology techniques.
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- Owen Cornwell
- Waters Corporation, Stamford Avenue, Altrincham Road, Wilmslow SK9 4AX, UK
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology and School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
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Rosi M, Russell B, Kristensen LG, Farquhar ER, Jain R, Abel D, Sullivan M, Costello SM, Dominguez-Martin MA, Chen Y, Marqusee S, Petzold CJ, Kerfeld CA, DePonte DP, Farahmand F, Gupta S, Ralston CY. An automated liquid jet for fluorescence dosimetry and microsecond radiolytic labeling of proteins. Commun Biol 2022; 5:866. [PMID: 36008591 PMCID: PMC9411504 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03775-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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X-ray radiolytic labeling uses broadband X-rays for in situ hydroxyl radical labeling to map protein interactions and conformation. High flux density beams are essential to overcome radical scavengers. However, conventional sample delivery environments, such as capillary flow, limit the use of a fully unattenuated focused broadband beam. An alternative is to use a liquid jet, and we have previously demonstrated that use of this form of sample delivery can increase labeling by tenfold at an unfocused X-ray source. Here we report the first use of a liquid jet for automated inline quantitative fluorescence dosage characterization and sample exposure at a high flux density microfocused synchrotron beamline. Our approach enables exposure times in single-digit microseconds while retaining a high level of side-chain labeling. This development significantly boosts the method’s overall effectiveness and efficiency, generates high-quality data, and opens up the arena for high throughput and ultrafast time-resolved in situ hydroxyl radical labeling. A high-speed liquid jet delivery system improves the X-ray footprinting and mass spectrometry method to label proteins for structural studies.
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- Matthew Rosi
- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Sonoma, CA, 94928, US
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- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Sonoma, CA, 94928, US
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, US
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- Center for Synchrotron Biosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, US
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- Center for Synchrotron Biosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, US
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- Center for Synchrotron Biosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, US
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- Center for Synchrotron Biosciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, US
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- Biophysics Graduate Program, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, US.,Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, US
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- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, US
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.,California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, US
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- MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, US.,Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, US
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- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Sonoma, CA, 94928, US
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, US.
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- Molecular Foundry Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, US.
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Pan X, Vachet RW. MEMBRANE PROTEIN STRUCTURES AND INTERACTIONS FROM COVALENT LABELING COUPLED WITH MASS SPECTROMETRY. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2022; 41:51-69. [PMID: 33145813 PMCID: PMC8093322 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
Membrane proteins are incredibly important biomolecules because they mediate interactions between a cell's external and internal environment. Obtaining information about membrane protein structure and interactions is thus important for understanding these essential biomolecules. Compared with the analyses of water-soluble proteins, the structural analysis of membrane proteins is more challenging owing to their unique chemical properties and the presence of lipid components that are necessary to solubilize them. The combination of covalent labeling (CL) and mass spectrometry (MS) has recently been applied with great success to study membrane protein structure and interactions. These studies have demonstrated the many advantages that CL-MS methods have over other traditional biophysical techniques. In this review, we discuss both amino acid-specific and non-specific labeling approaches and the special considerations needed to address the unique challenges associated with interrogating membrane proteins. This review highlights the aspects of this approach that require special care to be applied correctly and provides a comprehensive review of the membrane protein systems that have been studied by CL-MS. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Mass Spec Rev.
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McKenzie-Coe A, Montes NS, Jones LM. Hydroxyl Radical Protein Footprinting: A Mass Spectrometry-Based Structural Method for Studying the Higher Order Structure of Proteins. Chem Rev 2021; 122:7532-7561. [PMID: 34633178 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Hydroxyl radical protein footprinting (HRPF) coupled to mass spectrometry has been successfully used to investigate a plethora of protein-related questions. The method, which utilizes hydroxyl radicals to oxidatively modify solvent-accessible amino acids, can inform on protein interaction sites and regions of conformational change. Hydroxyl radical-based footprinting was originally developed to study nucleic acids, but coupling the method with mass spectrometry has enabled the study of proteins. The method has undergone several advancements since its inception that have increased its utility for more varied applications such as protein folding and the study of biotherapeutics. In addition, recent innovations have led to the study of increasingly complex systems including cell lysates and intact cells. Technological advances have also increased throughput and allowed for better control of experimental conditions. In this review, we provide a brief history of the field of HRPF and detail recent innovations and applications in the field.
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- Alan McKenzie-Coe
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
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Sharp JS, Chea EE, Misra SK, Orlando R, Popov M, Egan RW, Holman D, Weinberger SR. Flash Oxidation (FOX) System: A Novel Laser-Free Fast Photochemical Oxidation Protein Footprinting Platform. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2021; 32:1601-1609. [PMID: 33872496 PMCID: PMC8812269 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Hydroxyl radical protein footprinting (HRPF) is a powerful and flexible technique for probing changes in protein topography. With the development of the fast photochemical oxidation of proteins (FPOP), it became possible for researchers to perform HRPF in their laboratory on a very short time scale. While FPOP has grown significantly in popularity since its inception, adoption remains limited due to technical and safety issues involved in the operation of a hazardous Class IV UV laser and irreproducibility often caused by improper laser operation and/or differential radical scavenging by various sample components. Here, we present a new integrated FOX (Flash OXidation) Protein Footprinting System. This platform delivers sample via flow injection to a facile and safe-to-use high-pressure flash lamp with a flash duration of 10 μs fwhm. Integrated optics collect the radiant light and focus it into the lumen of a capillary flow cell. An inline radical dosimeter measures the hydroxyl radical dose delivered and allows for real-time compensation for differential radical scavenging. A programmable fraction collector collects and quenches only the sample that received the desired effective hydroxyl radical dose, diverting the carrier liquid and improperly oxidized sample to waste. We demonstrate the utility of the FOX Protein Footprinting System by determining the epitope of TNFα recognized by adalimumab. We successfully identify the surface of the protein that serves as the epitope for adalimumab, identifying four of the five regions previously noted by X-ray crystallography while seeing no changes in peptides not involved in the epitope interface. The FOX Protein Footprinting System allows for FPOP-like experiments with real-time dosimetry in a safe, compact, and integrated benchtop platform.
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- Joshua S. Sharp
- GenNext Technologies, Inc., Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
- Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
- Correspondence to Joshua S. Sharp,
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- Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- GenNext Technologies, Inc., Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
- GlycoScientific, Athens, GA 30602
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- GenNext Technologies, Inc., Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
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Cheng Z, Mobley C, Misra SK, Gadepalli RS, Hammond RI, Brown LS, Rimoldi JM, Sharp JS. Self-Organized Amphiphiles Are Poor Hydroxyl Radical Scavengers in Fast Photochemical Oxidation of Proteins Experiments. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2021; 32:1155-1161. [PMID: 33881849 PMCID: PMC8790760 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Analysis of membrane protein topography using fast photochemical oxidation of proteins (FPOP) has been reported in recent years but is still underrepresented in literature. Based on the hydroxyl radical reactivity of lipids and other amphiphiles, it is believed that the membrane environment acts as a hydroxyl radical scavenger decreasing effective hydroxyl radical doses and resulting in less observed oxidation of proteins. We found no significant change in bulk solvent radical scavenging activity upon the addition of disrupted cellular membranes up to 25600 cells/μL using an inline radical dosimeter. We confirmed the nonscavenging nature of the membrane in bulk solution with the FPOP results of a soluble model protein in the presence of cell membranes, which showed no significant difference in oxidation with or without membranes. The use of detergents revealed that, while soluble detergent below the critical micelle concentration is a potent hydroxyl radical scavenger, additional detergent has little to no hydroxyl radical scavenging effect once the critical micelle concentration is reached. Examination of both an extracellular peptide of the integral membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin as well as a novel hydroxyl radical dosimeter tethered to a Triton X-series amphiphile indicate that proximity to the membrane surface greatly decreases reaction with hydroxyl radicals, even though the oxidation target is equally solvent accessible. These results suggest that the observed reduced oxidation of solvent-accessible surfaces of integral membrane proteins is due to the high local concentration of radical scavengers in the membrane or membrane mimetics competing for the local concentration of hydroxyl radicals.
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- Zhi Cheng
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics Interdepartmental Group, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677
- GenNext Technologies, Inc. Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
- Correspondence to
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Tadi S, Misra SK, Sharp JS. Inline Liquid Chromatography-Fast Photochemical Oxidation of Proteins for Targeted Structural Analysis of Conformationally Heterogeneous Mixtures. Anal Chem 2021; 93:3510-3516. [PMID: 33560821 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
Structural analysis of proteins in a conformationally heterogeneous mixture has long been a difficult problem in structural biology. In structural analysis by covalent labeling mass spectrometry, conformational heterogeneity results in data reflecting a weighted average of all conformers, complicating data analysis and potentially causing misinterpretation of results. Here, we describe a method coupling size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) with hydroxyl radical protein footprinting using inline fast photochemical oxidation of proteins (FPOP). Using a controlled synthetic mixture of holomyoglobin and apomyoglobin, we validate that we can achieve accurate footprints of each conformer using LC-FPOP when compared to offline FPOP of each pure conformer. We then applied LC-FPOP to analyze the adalimumab heat-shock aggregation process. We found that the LC-FPOP footprint of unaggregated adalimumab was consistent with a previously published footprint of the native IgG. The LC-FPOP footprint of the aggregation product indicated that heat-shock aggregation primarily protected the hinge region, suggesting that this region is involved with the heat-shock aggregation process of this molecule. LC-FPOP offers a new method to probe dynamic conformationally heterogeneous mixtures that can be separated by SEC such as biopharmaceutical aggregates and to obtain accurate information on the topography of each conformer.
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- GenNext Technologies, Inc., Half Moon Bay, California 94037, United States
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Misra SK, Sharp JS. Enabling Real-Time Compensation in Fast Photochemical Oxidations of Proteins for the Determination of Protein Topography Changes. J Vis Exp 2020. [PMID: 32955502 DOI: 10.3791/61580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Fast photochemical oxidation of proteins (FPOP) is a mass spectrometry-based structural biology technique that probes the solvent-accessible surface area of proteins. This technique relies on the reaction of amino acid side chains with hydroxyl radicals freely diffusing in solution. FPOP generates these radicals in situ by laser photolysis of hydrogen peroxide, creating a burst of hydroxyl radicals that is depleted on the order of a microsecond. When these hydroxyl radicals react with a solvent-accessible amino acid side chain, the reaction products exhibit a mass shift that can be measured and quantified by mass spectrometry. Since the rate of reaction of an amino acid depends in part on the average solvent accessible surface of that amino acid, measured changes in the amount of oxidation of a given region of a protein can be directly correlated to changes in the solvent accessibility of that region between different conformations (e.g., ligand-bound versus ligand-free, monomer vs. aggregate, etc.) FPOP has been applied in a number of problems in biology, including protein-protein interactions, protein conformational changes, and protein-ligand binding. As the available concentration of hydroxyl radicals varies based on many experimental conditions in the FPOP experiment, it is important to monitor the effective radical dose to which the protein analyte is exposed. This monitoring is efficiently achieved by incorporating an inline dosimeter to measure the signal from the FPOP reaction, with laser fluence adjusted in real-time to achieve the desired amount of oxidation. With this compensation, changes in protein topography reflecting conformational changes, ligand-binding surfaces, and/or protein-protein interaction interfaces can be determined in heterogeneous samples using relatively low sample amounts.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sandeep K Misra
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi; GenNext Technologies, Inc.;
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Garcia NK, Sreedhara A, Deperalta G, Wecksler AT. Optimizing Hydroxyl Radical Footprinting Analysis of Biotherapeutics Using Internal Standard Dosimetry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2020; 31:1563-1571. [PMID: 32407079 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Hydroxyl radical footprinting-mass spectrometry (HRF-MS) is a powerful technique for measuring protein structure by quantitating the solvent accessibility of amino acid side-chains; and when used in comparative analysis, HRF-MS data can provide detailed information on changes in protein structure. However, consistently controlling the amount of hydroxyl radical labeling of a protein requires the precise understanding of both the amount of radicals generated and half-life of the radicals in solution. The latter is particularly important for applications such as protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions, which may have different characteristics such as intrinsic reactivity and buffer components, and can cause differences in radical scavenging (herein termed "scavenging potential") between samples. To address this inherent challenge with HRF-MS analysis, we describe the comprehensive implementation of an internal standard (IS) dosimeter peptide leucine enkephalin (LeuEnk) for measuring the scavenging potential of pharmaceutically relevant proteins and formulation components. This further enabled evaluation of the critical method parameters affecting the scavenging potential of samples subjected to HRF-MS using fast photochemical oxidation of proteins. We demonstrate a direct correlation between the oxidation of the IS peptide and biotherapeutic target proteins, and show the oxidation of the IS can be used as a guide for ensuring equivalent scavenging potentials when comparing multiple samples. Establishing this strategy enables optimization of sample parameters, a system suitability approach, normalization of data, and comparison/harmonization of HRF-MS analysis across different laboratories.
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- Natalie K Garcia
- Protein Analytical Chemistry, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Late Stage Pharmaceutical Development, Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Protein Analytical Chemistry, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Protein Analytical Chemistry, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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Espino JA, Zhang Z, Jones LM. Chemical Penetration Enhancers Increase Hydrogen Peroxide Uptake in C. elegans for In Vivo Fast Photochemical Oxidation of Proteins. J Proteome Res 2020; 19:3708-3715. [PMID: 32506919 PMCID: PMC7861136 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Fast photochemical oxidation of proteins (FPOP) is a hydroxyl radical protein
footprinting method that covalently labels solvent-accessible amino acids by photolysis
of hydrogen peroxide. Recently, we expanded the use of FPOP for in vivo
(IV-FPOP) covalent labeling in C. elegans. In initial IV-FPOP studies,
545 proteins were oxidatively modified in all body systems within the worm. Here, with
the use of chemical penetration enhancers (CPEs), we increased the number of modified
proteins as well as the number of modifications per protein to gain more structural
information. CPEs aid in the delivery of hydrogen peroxide inside C.
elegans by disturbing the highly ordered lipid bilayer of the worm cuticle
without affecting worm viability. IV-FPOP experiments performed using the CPE azone
showed an increase in oxidatively modified proteins and peptides. This increase
correlated with greater hydrogen peroxide uptake by C. elegans
quantified using a chemical fluorophore demonstrating the efficacy of using CPEs with
IV-FPOP. Mass spectrometry proteomics data are available via ProteomeXchange with
identifier PXD019290.
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- Jessica A Espino
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, United States
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Khaje NA, Sharp JS. Rapid Quantification of Peptide Oxidation Isomers From Complex Mixtures. Anal Chem 2020; 92:3834-3843. [PMID: 32039584 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b05268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Hydroxyl radical protein footprinting (HRPF) is a powerful technique for probing changes in protein topography, based on quantifying the amount of oxidation of different regions of a protein. While quantification of HRPF oxidation at the peptide level is relatively common and straightforward, quantification at the residue level is challenging because of the influence of oxidation on MS/MS fragmentation and the large number of complex and only partially chromatographically resolved isomeric peptide oxidation products. HRPF quantification of isomeric peptide oxidation products (where the peptide sequence is the same but isomeric oxidation products are formed at different sites) at the residue level by electron transfer dissociation tandem mass spectrometry (ETD MS/MS) has been demonstrated in both model peptides and HRPF products, but the method is hampered by the partial separation of oxidation isomers by reversed phase chromatography. This requires custom MS/MS methods to equally sample all isomeric oxidation products across their elution window, greatly increasing method development time and reducing the oxidation products quantified in a single LC-MS/MS run. Here, we present a zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction capillary chromatography (ZIC-HILIC) method to ideally coelute all isomeric peptide oxidation products while separating different peptides. This allows us to relatively quantify peptide oxidation isomers using an ETD MS/MS spectrum acquired at any point across the single peptide oxidation isomer peak, greatly simplifying data acquisition and data analysis.
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- Niloofar Abolhasani Khaje
- Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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- Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States.,Depertmant of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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Roush AE, Riaz M, Misra SK, Weinberger SR, Sharp JS. Intrinsic Buffer Hydroxyl Radical Dosimetry Using Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2020; 31:169-172. [PMID: 32031409 PMCID: PMC7650270 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.9b00088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Fast photochemical oxidation of proteins (FPOP) is a powerful covalent labeling tool that uses hydroxyl radicals generated by laser flash photolysis of hydrogen peroxide to footprint protein surfaces. Because radical production varies with many experimental parameters, hydroxyl radical dosimeters have been introduced to track the effective radical dosage experienced by the protein analyte. FPOP experiments performed using adenine optical radical dosimetry containing protein in Tris buffer demonstrated unusual dosimetry behavior. We have investigated the behavior of Tris under oxidative conditions in detail. We find that Tris can act as a novel gain-of-signal optical hydroxyl radical dosimeter in FPOP experiments. This new dosimeter is also amenable to inline real-time monitoring, thereby allowing real-time adjustments to compensate for differences in samples for their quenching ability.
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- Addison E Roush
- Department of BioMolecular Sciences , University of Mississippi , Oxford , Mississippi 38677 , United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Mississippi , Oxford , Mississippi 38677 , United States
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- Department of BioMolecular Sciences , University of Mississippi , Oxford , Mississippi 38677 , United States
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- Department of BioMolecular Sciences , University of Mississippi , Oxford , Mississippi 38677 , United States
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- GenNext Technologies, Inc. , Montara , California 94037 , United States
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- Department of BioMolecular Sciences , University of Mississippi , Oxford , Mississippi 38677 , United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Mississippi , Oxford , Mississippi 38677 , United States
- GenNext Technologies, Inc. , Montara , California 94037 , United States
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Misra SK, Orlando R, Weinberger SR, Sharp JS. Compensated Hydroxyl Radical Protein Footprinting Measures Buffer and Excipient Effects on Conformation and Aggregation in an Adalimumab Biosimilar. AAPS JOURNAL 2019; 21:87. [PMID: 31297623 DOI: 10.1208/s12248-019-0358-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
Unlike small molecule drugs, therapeutic proteins must maintain the proper higher-order structure (HOS) in order to maintain safety and efficacy. Due to the sensitivity of many protein systems, even small changes due to differences in protein expression or formulation can alter HOS. Previous work has demonstrated how hydroxyl radical protein footprinting (HRPF) can sensitively detect changes in protein HOS by measuring the average topography of the protein monomers, as well as identify specific regions of the therapeutic protein impacted by the conformational changes. However, HRPF is very sensitive to the radical scavenging capacity of the buffer; addition of organic buffers and/or excipients can dramatically alter the HRPF footprint without affecting protein HOS. By compensating for the radical scavenging effects of different adalimumab biosimilar formulations using real-time adenine dosimetry, we identify that sodium citrate buffer causes a modest decrease in average solvent accessibility compared to sodium phosphate buffer at the same pH. We find that the addition of polysorbate 80 does not alter the conformation of the biosimilar in either buffer, but it does provide substantial protection from protein conformational perturbation during short periods of exposure to high temperature. Compensated HRPF measurements are validated and contextualized by dynamic light scattering (DLS), which suggests that changes in adalimumab biosimilar aggregation are major drivers in measured changes in protein topography. Overall, compensated HRPF accurately measured conformational changes in adalimumab biosimilar that occurred during formulation changes and identified the effect of formulation changes on protection of HOS from temperature extremes.
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- Sandeep K Misra
- Department of BioMolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, University, Oxford, Mississippi, 38677-1848, USA
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- GenNext Technologies, Inc., Montara, California, 94037, USA.,Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602, USA.,GlycoScientific, Athens, Georgia, 30602, USA
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- Department of BioMolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, P.O. Box 1848, University, Oxford, Mississippi, 38677-1848, USA. .,GenNext Technologies, Inc., Montara, California, 94037, USA.
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The use of fast photochemical oxidation of proteins coupled with mass spectrometry in protein therapeutics discovery and development. Drug Discov Today 2019; 24:829-834. [DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2018.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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