beta-Amyloid peptide (A beta) is the primary protein component of senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease and is believed to be responsible for the neurodegeneration associated with the disease. A beta has proven to be toxic only when aggregated; however, the structure of the aggregated species associated with toxicity is unknown. In the present study, we use hydrogen-deuterium isotope exchange (HX)-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (MS) along with enzymatic digestion as a tool to examine at near residue level, the changes in A beta structure associated with aggregation to a fibril form. Our results show that the structure of A beta intermediate species formed early in the course of fibrillogenesis is dependent upon solvent conditions. Additionally, the HX-MS data of peptic A beta fragments suggest that the C-terminal segment of the peptide is approximately 35% protected from exchange in fibril-containing samples, relative to monomeric A beta species prepared in DMSO/H(2)O. The N-terminus (residues 1-4) is completely unprotected from exchange, and the fragment containing residues 5-19 is over 50% protected from exchange in the fibril-containing samples. This work contributes to our understanding of A beta structure associated with aggregation and toxicity and further application of this approach may aid in the design of agents that intervene in the A beta aggregation processes associated with neurotoxicity.
Weak partitioning chromatography (WPC) is an isocratic chromatographic protein separation method performed under mobile phase conditions where a significant amount of the product protein binds to the resin, well in excess of typical flowthrough operations. The more stringent load and wash conditions lead to improved removal of more tightly binding impurities, although at the cost of a reduction in step yield. The step yield can be restored by extending the column load and incorporating a short wash at the end of the load stage. The use of WPC with anion exchange resins enables a two-column cGMP purification platform to be used for many different mAbs. The operating window for WPC can be easily established using high throughput batch-binding screens. Under conditions that favor very strong product binding, competitive effects from product binding can give rise to a reduction in column loading capacity. Robust performance of WPC anion exchange chromatography has been demonstrated in multiple cGMP mAb purification processes. Excellent clearance of host cell proteins, leached Protein A, DNA, high molecular weight species, and model virus has been achieved.
Using hydrogen-deuterium exchange (HX) and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, we have investigated the stability and structural changes of recombinant human interferon-␥ (IFN-␥) during aggregation induced by guanidine hydrochloride (GdnHCl) and potassium thiocyanate. First, HX labeling was initiated after the amorphous aggregates were formed to probe the tertiary structure of the aggregated state. Second, labeling was performed at low protein concentrations to assess stability under aggregation prone conditions. In 1 M GdnHCl, the stability of IFN-␥ was greatly reduced and much less protection from HX in solution was observed. Exchange under these conditions was slower in helix C than in the rest of the protein.Aggregates formed in 1 M GdnHCl showed a HX pattern consistent with a partially unfolded state with an intact helix C. Although aggregates formed in 0.3 M KSCN exhibited a HX pattern similar to those formed in GdnHCl, the solution phase HX pattern in 0.3 M KSCN was surprisingly comparable to that of the native state. Varying the aggregation time before performing HX revealed that KSCN first precipitated native protein and then facilitated partial unfolding of the precipitated protein. These results show that helix C, which forms the hydrophobic core of the IFN-␥ dimer, is highly protected from HX under native conditions, is more stable in GdnHCl than the rest of the protein and remains intact in both GdnHCl-and KSCN-induced aggregates. This suggests that native-state HX patterns may presage regions of the protein susceptible to unfolding during aggregation.
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