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2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development of fluorescence detection analytical ultracentrifugation

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 15K14457
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Structural biochemistry
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

Susumu Uchiyama  大阪大学, 工学研究科, 准教授 (90335381)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Keywords抗体 / 複合体 / 蛋白質医薬 / 免疫原性 / 超遠心分析 / 質量分析
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We characterized the binding stoichiometry and sizes of soluble TNF-antagonist complexes for adalimumab, infliximab, and etanercept that were formed in human serum. Fluorescence-detected sedimentation velocity analytical ultracentrifugation analyses revealed that adalimumab and infliximab formed a range of complexes with TNF, with the major complexes consisting of 3 molcules of the respective antagonist and one or 2 molcules of TNF. Considerably greater amounts of high-molecular-weight complexes were detected for infliximab in human serum. Etanerept exclusively formed 1:1 complexes with TNF in PBS, and a small amount of complexes with higher stoichiometry was detected in human serum. Consistent with these biophysical characterizations, a reporter assay showed that adalimumab and infliximab, but not etanercept, exerted FcgRIIa- and FcgRIIIa-mediated cell signaling in the presence of TNF and that infliximab exhibited higher potency than adalimumab.

Free Research Field

生物物理化学

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Published: 2018-03-22  

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