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Iannacci F, Medeiros Garcia Alcântara J, Marani M, Camesasca P, Chen M, Sousa F, Morbidelli M, Sponchioni M. High-density perfusion cultures of the marine bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum for the biomanufacturing of oligonucleotides. J Biotechnol 2024; 392:152-160. [PMID: 39025367 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2024.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2024] [Revised: 06/14/2024] [Accepted: 07/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
Abstract
Therapeutic oligonucleotides (ONs) are typically manufactured via solid-phase synthesis, characterized by limited scalability and huge environmental footprint, limiting their availability. Biomanufactured ONs have the potential to reduce the immunogenic side-effects, and to improve the sustainability of their chemical counterparts. Rhodovulum sulfidophilum was demonstrated a valuable host for the extracellular production of recombinant ONs. However, low viable cell densities and product titer were reported so far. In this work, perfusion cell cultures were established for the intensification of ON biomanufacturing. First, the perfusion conditions were simulated in 50 mL spin tubes, selected as a scale-down model of the process, with the aim of optimizing the medium composition and process parameters. This optimization stage led to an increase in the cell density by 44 % compared to the reference medium formulation. In addition, tests at increasing perfusion rates were conducted until achieving the maximum viable cell density (VCDmax), allowing the determination of the minimum cell-specific perfusion rate (CSPRmin) required to sustain the cell culture. Intriguingly, we discovered in this system also a maximum CSPR, above which growth inhibition starts. By leveraging this process optimization, we show for the first time the conduction of perfusion cultures of R. sulfidophilum in bench-scale bioreactors. This process development pipeline allowed stable cultures for more than 20 days and the continuous biomanufacturing of ONs, testifying the great potential of perfusion processes.
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- Francesco Iannacci
- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, Milano 20131, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, Milano 20131, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, Milano 20131, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, Milano 20131, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, Milano 20131, Italy
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- CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, Covilhã 6200-506, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, Milano 20131, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, Milano 20131, Italy.
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Wiegand DJ, Rittichier J, Meyer E, Lee H, Conway NJ, Ahlstedt D, Yurtsever Z, Rainone D, Kuru E, Church GM. Template-independent enzymatic synthesis of RNA oligonucleotides. Nat Biotechnol 2024:10.1038/s41587-024-02244-w. [PMID: 38997579 DOI: 10.1038/s41587-024-02244-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/14/2024]
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RNA oligonucleotides have emerged as a powerful therapeutic modality to treat disease, yet current manufacturing methods may not be able to deliver on anticipated future demand. Here, we report the development and optimization of an aqueous-based, template-independent enzymatic RNA oligonucleotide synthesis platform as an alternative to traditional chemical methods. The enzymatic synthesis of RNA oligonucleotides is made possible by controlled incorporation of reversible terminator nucleotides with a common 3'-O-allyl ether blocking group using new CID1 poly(U) polymerase mutant variants. We achieved an average coupling efficiency of 95% and demonstrated ten full cycles of liquid phase synthesis to produce natural and therapeutically relevant modified sequences. We then qualitatively assessed the platform on a solid phase, performing enzymatic synthesis of several N + 5 oligonucleotides on a controlled-pore glass support. Adoption of an aqueous-based process will offer key advantages including the reduction of solvent use and sustainable therapeutic oligonucleotide manufacturing.
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- Daniel J Wiegand
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA, USA
- EnPlusOne Biosciences Inc., Watertown, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA, USA
- EnPlusOne Biosciences Inc., Watertown, MA, USA
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- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA, USA
- EnPlusOne Biosciences Inc., Watertown, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA, USA.
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Studzińska S, Błachowicz O, Bocian S, Kalisz O, Jaworska A, Szymarek J, Mazurkiewicz-Bełdzińska M. Study of nusinersen metabolites in the cerebrospinal fluid of children with spinal muscular atrophy using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Analyst 2024; 149:3739-3746. [PMID: 38828890 DOI: 10.1039/d4an00436a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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The study aimed to analyze nusinersen metabolites in the cerebrospinal fluid samples using ion-pair reversed-phase ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Three different sample preparation methods were tested for extraction and purification, but solid phase extraction appeared to be the most suitable, allowing a significant sample enrichment (40-fold). This step was necessary to detect and identify metabolites of nusinersen in the cerebrospinal fluid. The developed and applied analytical procedure enabled the identification of nusinersen metabolites: sequences shorter by several nucleotides from the 3' end; shorter by several nucleotides from both the 3' and 5' ends; and some depurination products. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the analysis and identification of nusinersen metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid samples taken from children with spinal muscular atrophy treated with Spinraza.
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- Sylwia Studzińska
- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 7 Gagarin St., 87-100 Toruń, Poland.
- Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 4 Wilenska St., 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 7 Gagarin St., 87-100 Toruń, Poland.
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- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 7 Gagarin St., 87-100 Toruń, Poland.
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- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 7 Gagarin St., 87-100 Toruń, Poland.
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- Chair of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 7 Gagarin St., 87-100 Toruń, Poland.
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- Department of Developmental Neurology, Medical University of Gdansk, 7 Dębinki Str., PL-80-952, Gdańsk, Poland
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Yamashita T, Nakamoto K, Hitaoka S, Mizoguchi J, Watanabe T, Hasebe T. Influence of oligonucleotides structures for separation of diastereomers by capillary electrophoresis method using polyvinylpyrrolidone 1,300,000. J Chromatogr A 2024; 1725:464945. [PMID: 38688053 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2024.464945] [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: 02/13/2024] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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In the field of oligonucleotides drug discovery, phosphorothioate (PS) modification has been recognized as an effective tool to overcome the nuclease digestion, and generates 2n of possible diastereomers, where n equals the number of PS linkages. However, it is also well known that differences in drug efficacy and toxicity are caused by differences in stereochemistry of oligonucleotides. Therefore, the development of a high-resolution analytical method that enables stereo discrimination of oligonucleotides is desired. Under this circumstance, capillary electrophoresis (CE) using polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) is considered as one of the useful tools for the separation analysis of diastereomers. In this study, we evaluated the several oligonucleotides with the structural diversities in order to understand the separation mechanism of the diastereomers by CE. Especially, five kinds of 2'-moieties were deeply examined by CE with PVP 1,300,000 polymer solution. We found that different trend of the peak shapes and the peak resolution were observed among these oligonucleotides. For example, the better peak resolution was observed in 6 mer PS3-DNA compared to the rigid structure of 6 mer PS3-LNA. As for this reason, the computational simulation revealed that difference of accessible surface area caused by the steric structure of thiophosphate in each oligonucleotide is one of the key attributes to explain the separation of the diastereomers. In addition, we achieved the separation of sixteen peak tops of the diastereomers in 6 mer PS4-DNA, and the complete separation of fifteen diastereomers in 6 mer PS4-RNA. These knowledge for the separation of the diastereomers by CE will be expected to the quality control of the oligonucleotide drugs.
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- Taro Yamashita
- Analytical Research, Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Unit, Pharmaceutical Profiling & Development Function, Deep Human Biology Learning, Eisai Co., Ltd., 5-1-3 Tokodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-2635, Japan.
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- Analytical Research, Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Unit, Pharmaceutical Profiling & Development Function, Deep Human Biology Learning, Eisai Co., Ltd., 5-1-3 Tokodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-2635, Japan
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- Emerging Modality Generation Department, Discovery Evidence Generation Function, Deep Human Biology Learning, Eisai Co., Ltd., 5-1-3 Tokodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-2635, Japan
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- Analytical Research, Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Unit, Pharmaceutical Profiling & Development Function, Deep Human Biology Learning, Eisai Co., Ltd., 5-1-3 Tokodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-2635, Japan
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- Analytical Research, Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Unit, Pharmaceutical Profiling & Development Function, Deep Human Biology Learning, Eisai Co., Ltd., 5-1-3 Tokodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-2635, Japan
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- Analytical Research, Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Unit, Pharmaceutical Profiling & Development Function, Deep Human Biology Learning, Eisai Co., Ltd., 5-1-3 Tokodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-2635, Japan
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Bui QD, Deschrijver T, Noten B, Verluyten W, Vervoort N, Eeltink S. Optimization of elution conditions and comparison of emerging biocompatible columns on the resolving power and detection sensitivity of oligonucleotides by ion-pairing reversed-phase liquid chromatography mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2024; 1720:464793. [PMID: 38484639 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2024.464793] [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: 01/18/2024] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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A generic performance comparison strategy has been developed to evaluate the impact of mobile-phase additives (ion-pairing agent / counter ion systems), distinct stationary phases on resulting resolving power, and MS detectability of oligonucleotides and their critical impurities in gradient IP-RPLC. Stationary-phase considerations included particle type (core-shell vs. fully porous particles), particle diameter, and pore size. Separations were carried out at 60°C to optimize mass transfer (C-term). The incorporation of an active column preheater mitigated thermal mismatches, leading to narrower peaks and overcoming peak splitting. Acetonitrile as organic modifier outweighed methanol in terms of peak-capacity generation and yielded a 30% lower back pressure. Performance screening experiments were conducted varying ion-pairing agents and counter ions, while adjusting gradient span achieved an equivalent effective retention window. Hexafluoromethylisopropanol yielded superior chromatographic resolution, whereas hexafluoroisopropanol yielded significantly higher MS detection sensitivity. The 1.7 µm core-shell particle columns with 100 Å pores provided maximum resolving power for small (15-35 mers) oligonucleotides. Sub-min analysis for 15-35 polyT ladders was achieved operating a 50 mm long column at the kinetic performance limits. High-resolution separations between a 21-mer modified RNA sequence oligonucleotides and its related (shortmer and phosphodiester) impurities and complementary strand were obtained using a coupled column set-up with a total length of 450 mm.
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- Quang-Dong Bui
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Department of Chemical Engineering, Brussels, Belgium
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- Janssen Pharmaceutica, Process Analytical Research - Chemical Process Research and Development, Beerse, Belgium
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- Janssen Pharmaceutica, Process Analytical Research - Chemical Process Research and Development, Beerse, Belgium
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- Janssen Pharmaceutica, Analytical Development, Beerse, Belgium
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- Janssen Pharmaceutica, Process Analytical Research - Chemical Process Research and Development, Beerse, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Department of Chemical Engineering, Brussels, Belgium.
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Hooshyari Ardakani M, Nosengo C, Felletti S, Catani M, Cavazzini A, De Luca C, Rezadoost H. Enhancing the purification of crocin-I from saffron through the combination of multicolumn countercurrent chromatography and green solvents. Anal Bioanal Chem 2024:10.1007/s00216-024-05228-6. [PMID: 38459965 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-024-05228-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/11/2024]
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Crocin-I, a valuable natural compound found in saffron (Crocus sativus L.), is the most abundant among the various crocin structures. Developing a cost-effective and scalable purification process to produce high-purity crocin-I is of great interest for future investigations into its biological properties and its potential applications in the treatment of neurological disorders. However purifying crocin-I through single-column preparative chromatography (batch) poses a yield-purity trade-off due to structural similarities among crocins, meaning that the choice of the collection window sacrifices either yield in benefit of higher purity or vice versa. This study demonstrates how the continuous countercurrent operating mode resolves this dilemma. Herein, a twin-column MCSGP (multicolumn countercurrent solvent gradient purification) process was employed to purify crocin-I. This study involved an environmentally friendly ethanolic extraction of saffron stigma, followed by an investigation into the stability of the crocin-I within the feed under varying storage conditions to ensure a stable feed composition during the purification. Then, the batch purification process was initially designed, optimized, and subsequently followed by the scale-up to the MCSGP process. To ensure a fair comparison, both processes were evaluated under similar conditions (e.g., similar total column volume). The results showed that, at a purity grade of 99.7%, the MCSGP technique demonstrated significant results, namely + 334% increase in recovery + 307% increase in productivity, and - 92% reduction in solvent consumption. To make the purification process even greener, the only organic solvent employed was ethanol, without the addition of any additive. In conclusion, this study presents the MCSGP as a reliable, simple, and economical technique for purifying crocin-I from saffron extract, demonstrating for the first time that it can be effectively applied as a powerful approach for process intensification in the purification of natural products from complex matrices.
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- Mohammad Hooshyari Ardakani
- Department of Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Evin, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Environmental and Prevention Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, CREA, Via Della Navicella 2/4, 00184, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.
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- Department of Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Evin, Tehran, Iran.
- Center for International Scientific Studies & Collaboration (CISSC), Ministry of Science Research and Technology, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Wei B, Wang J, Dai L, Chen B, Zhang K. Characterization of synthetic guide ribonucleic acids through hydrophilic interaction chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2023; 1710:464414. [PMID: 37806043 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2023.464414] [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: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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In this study, we aimed to develop a hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) method for the analysis of single guide ribonucleic acid (sgRNA), a critical reagent used in CRISPR genome editing. Our results showed that effective profiling of sgRNA can be achieved by suppressing the surface charge of the stationary phase in HILIC. We identified hydrogen bonding as the primary retention mechanism with potential weak partitioning in HILIC separation of large oligonucleotides like 100-mer sgRNA. Moreover, we demonstrated that direct coupling of HILIC with mass spectrometry (MS) allows the intact mass analysis of sgRNA and its impurities with minimal adduct present. Finally, we characterized the post peak shown in the low temperature HILIC and identified it as sgRNA aggregates. Our findings provide valuable insight into the characterization of sgRNA and highlight the potential of HILIC-MS as a powerful analytical tool for relatively large oligonucleotide analysis.
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- Bingchuan Wei
- Synthetic Molecule Analytical Chemistry, Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, United States of America.
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- Synthetic Molecule Analytical Chemistry, Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, United States of America
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- Synthetic Molecule Analytical Chemistry, Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, United States of America
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- Synthetic Molecule Analytical Chemistry, Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, United States of America
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- Synthetic Molecule Analytical Chemistry, Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, United States of America.
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Sun YN, Chen WW, Yao SJ, Lin DQ. Model-assisted process development, characterization and design of continuous chromatography for antibody separation. J Chromatogr A 2023; 1707:464302. [PMID: 37607430 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2023.464302] [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: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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Continuous manufacturing in monoclonal antibody production has generated increased interest due to its consistent quality, high productivity, high equipment utilization, and low cost. One of the major challenges in realizing continuous biological manufacturing lies in implementing continuous chromatography. Given the complex operation mode and various operation parameters, it is challenging to develop a continuous process. Due to the process parameters being mainly determined by the breakthrough curves and elution behaviors, chromatographic modeling has gradually been used to assist in process development and characterization. Model-assisted approaches could realize multi-parameter interaction investigation and multi-objective optimization by integrating continuous process models. These approaches could reduce time and resource consumption while achieving a comprehensive and systematic understanding of the process. This paper reviews the application of modeling tools in continuous chromatography process development, characterization and design. Model-assisted process development approaches for continuous capture and polishing steps are introduced and summarized. The challenges and potential of model-assisted process characterization are discussed, emphasizing the need for further research on the design space determination strategy and parameter robustness analysis method. Additionally, some model applications for process design were highlighted to promote the establishment of the process optimization and process simulation platform.
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- Yan-Na Sun
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Smart Biomaterials, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Smart Biomaterials, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Smart Biomaterials, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Smart Biomaterials, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Tredinnick T, Kent T, Minakhin L, Li Z, Madzo J, Chen XS, Pomerantz RT. Promoter-independent synthesis of chemically modified RNA by human DNA polymerase θ variants. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 29:1288-1300. [PMID: 37105714 PMCID: PMC10351887 DOI: 10.1261/rna.079396.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Synthetic RNA oligonucleotides composed of canonical and modified ribonucleotides are highly effective for RNA antisense therapeutics and RNA-based genome engineering applications utilizing CRISPR-Cas9. Yet, synthesis of synthetic RNA using phosphoramidite chemistry is highly inefficient and expensive relative to DNA oligonucleotides, especially for relatively long RNA oligonucleotides. Thus, new biotechnologies are needed to significantly reduce costs, while increasing synthesis rates and yields of synthetic RNA. Here, we engineer human DNA polymerase theta (Polθ) variants and demonstrate their ability to synthesize long (95-200 nt) RNA oligonucleotides with canonical ribonucleotides and ribonucleotide analogs commonly used for stabilizing RNA for therapeutic and genome engineering applications. In contrast to natural promoter-dependent RNA polymerases, Polθ variants synthesize RNA by initiating from DNA or RNA primers, which enables the production of RNA without short abortive byproducts. Remarkably, Polθ variants show the lower capacity to misincorporate ribonucleotides compared to T7 RNA polymerase. Automation of this enzymatic RNA synthesis technology can potentially increase yields while reducing costs of synthetic RNA oligonucleotide production.
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- Taylor Tredinnick
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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- Molecular and Computational Biology, USC Dornsife Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA
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- Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Camden, New Jersey 08103, USA
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- Molecular and Computational Biology, USC Dornsife Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Roussis SG, Rentel C. Exploring the use of the desirability function to optimize the separation of oligonucleotide impurities by ion pair-RP LCMS. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2023; 1220:123666. [PMID: 36921438 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2023.123666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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The use of small alkyl amines as ion pair reagents permits enhanced separation of impurities of phosphate diester oligonucleotides, which can be beneficial to quality control applications, and aid elucidation of the mechanisms of impurity formation. In general, however, separation of the individual components that comprise the majority of oligonucleotide impurities requires development of several independent chromatographic methods. Ideally, a single method capable of separating the individual components of all impurity classes would be developed. The mathematical concept of the desirability function has been explored here for its ability to determine the combination of experimental factors that result in a single, globally optimized chromatographic method. The optimized mobile phase, consisting of 1 mM propylamine (PA), 30 mM ammonium bicarbonate (ABC), and 1 mM octanoic acid (C8A), produced excellent agreement between measured and predicted peak resolution values for a set of n - 1 impurities. The relative importance of the mobile phase constituents on the mechanism of separation has been discussed. The approach holds great promise for the improved separation of components in complex chromatographic systems.
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- Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, CA 92010, United States
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Separation of phosphorothioate oligonucleotide impurities by WAX HPLC under high organic content elution conditions. Anal Biochem 2022; 659:114956. [PMID: 36270331 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2022.114956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The separation of impurities in phosphorothioate diester (PS) oligonucleotides is complicated by (1) the presence of a very large number of diastereoisomers, e.g., 219 for a 20-mer oligonucleotide, (2) peak broadening due to the hydrophobic character of the sulfur atom, and (3) the chemical similarity of the impurities to the parent oligonucleotide and each other. Further difficulties arise due to the chemical nature of oligonucleotides, which display a complex mixture of ionic, hydrophobic, H-bonding, and other functionalities. To minimize hydrophobic interactions and peak broadening due to the PS modification, we have developed a novel method that combines a weak anion exchange (WAX) column with a mobile phase elution system designed to maximize separation by a single ionic/electrostatic interaction. We found that although chaotropes are helpful, the most significant beneficial effect of the hydrophilic WAX column is that high-organic, low-salt mobile phase is required for product elution. Separations are also benefitted by pH gradient effects on stationary phase electrostatic potential and analyte ionization. An extraordinary degree of separation is achieved by the new WAX method in comparison to SAX (strong anion exchange) chromatography. For the first time, the extent of deamination of PS oligonucleotides is directly determined by a chromatography-only method. The approach, representative results, and the mechanisms of separation are discussed.
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Lievore G, Weldon R, Catani M, Cavazzini A, Müller-Späth T. Enrichment and recovery of oligonucleotide impurities by N-Rich twin-column continuous chromatography. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2022; 1209:123439. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2022.123439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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A closer study of overloaded elution bands and their perturbation peaks in ion-pair chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2022; 1682:463491. [PMID: 36122513 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2022.463491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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There is strong renewed interest in ion-pair chromatography (IPC) because of its great importance for separating new-generation biosimilar pharmaceuticals such as oligonucleotides. Due to the complexity of the IPC process, its mathematical modeling is challenging, especially in preparative mode. In a recent study, Leśko et al. (2021) developed a mathematical model for predicting, with good accuracy, overloaded concentration profiles for sodium benzenesulfonate, describing how the overloaded solute concentration profiles change from Langmuirian to complicated U-shaped, and then back again to Langmuirian profiles, with increasing concentration of the ion-pair reagent in the mobile phase. This study identifies and explains the underlying mechanism generating these complex peak shapes and band-shape transformations; this was only possible by visualizing and modeling the underlying equilibrium perturbations that occur upon injection in preparative IPC. In the 2021 study, the model was derived based on the concentration profiles obtained using a conventional UV detector principle, so the concentration gradients and perturbation zones of the mobile-phase components were not visualized. In this study, the necessary mechanistic information was obtained via complementary experiments combining two detection principles, i.e., refractive index detection and UV detection, with modeling efforts. The models correctly described the invisible equilibrium perturbations and how these formed internal gradients of the mobile-phase components. The models also explained the complex overloaded solute-band deformations reported in the recent study. In addition, a rule of thumb was developed for predicting experimental conditions that could result in deformed solute elution profiles and/or for avoiding these deformations. The latter is crucial for the practical chromatographer, since such U-shaped solute-band profiles are undesirable in preparative separation due to the broader elution zones, resulting in lower productivity than that of normal band shapes.
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Improvement of chemo- and stereoselectivity for phosphorothioate oligonucleotides in capillary electrophoresis by addition of cyclodextrins. J Chromatogr A 2022; 1676:463270. [PMID: 35763948 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2022.463270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 06/19/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Phosphorothioate (PS) modification is one of the most widely used oligonucleotide chemical alterations in the oligonucleotide backbone. It has proven to be crucial in the field of therapeutic oligonucleotides regarding the optimization of their physicochemical and biological properties. In this study, a capillary electrophoresis (CE) method with an acidic background electrolyte (BGE) containing a combination of β- and γ-cyclodextrins derivatives as chiral selectors is proposed for the diastereomeric separation of 5-mer oligonucleotides containing 0, 1, 2, or 3 phosphorothioate linkages (5´-TCGTG-3´). The effects of the BGE pH, organic modifier addition, and type of cyclodextrin (CD) on chemo- and stereoselectivity and resolution were studied. A mixture of 25 mM (2-hydroxy-3-N,N,N-trimethylamino)propyl-γ-CD and 10 mM carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrin in a pH 3 buffer was found to be the most appropriate system for the qualitative evaluation of the short oligonucleotides investigated. These phosphorothioate oligonucleotides were separated with high efficiency in less than 11 min with no capillary treatment. The suggested approach can be the basis for purity testing of this new generation of therapeutics.
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Fioretti I, Müller-Späth T, Weldon R, Vogg S, Morbidelli M, Sponchioni M. Continuous countercurrent chromatographic twin-column purification of oligonucleotides: the role of the displacement effect. Biotechnol Bioeng 2022; 119:1861-1872. [PMID: 35338661 PMCID: PMC9322279 DOI: 10.1002/bit.28093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Oligonucleotides (ONs) are breaking through in the biopharmaceutical industry as a promising class of biotherapeutics. The main success of these molecules is due to their peculiar way of acting in the cellular process, regulating the gene expression and hence influencing the protein synthesis at a pre-translational level. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) already approved a few ON-based therapeutics, their production cost strongly limits large scale manufacturing: a situation that can be alleviated through process intensification. In this work, we address this problem by developing an efficient and continuous chromatographic purification process for ONs. In particular, we considered the chromatographic purification of a ON crude prepared by chemical synthesis using anion exchange resins. We demonstrate that in this system the competitive adsorption of the various species on the same sites of the resin leads to the displacement of the more weakly adsorbing species by the more strongly adsorbing ones. This phenomenon affects the behavior of the chromatographic units and it has been investigated in detail. Then, we developed a continuous countercurrent solvent gradient purification (MCSGP) process, which can significantly improve the productivity and buffer consumption compared to a classical single-column, batch chromatographic process. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Ismaele Fioretti
- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Mancinelli 7, Milano, 20131, Italy
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- YMC ChromaCon, Technoparkstrasse 1, 8005, Zürich, Switzerland
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- YMC ChromaCon, Technoparkstrasse 1, 8005, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Mancinelli 7, Milano, 20131, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Mancinelli 7, Milano, 20131, Italy
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Wei B, Wang J, Cadang L, Goyon A, Chen B, Yang F, Zhang K. Development of an ion pairing reversed-phase liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry method for characterization of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats guide ribonucleic acid. J Chromatogr A 2022; 1665:462839. [PMID: 35093620 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2022.462839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Revised: 01/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Guide ribonucleic acid (gRNA) is a critical reagent in clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9 genome editing. The single stranded guide RNA (sgRNA) is the most commonly used gRNA in application. Evaluation of the impurity profile of synthetic sgRNA is important for any CRISPR genome editing experiments. However, the large molecular size, complex impurity profile and unique secondary structure pose many challenges in the analysis of sgRNA by ion pairing reversed-phase liquid chromatography (IP-RPLC), the commonly used method. In this work, we developed a generic IP-RPLC method for guide RNA analysis. We found that large pore size of stationary phase was the most critical column parameter to achieve high resolution separation of sgRNA while particle structure, particle size and surface chemistry had less impact. Our results indicated that charge interaction was the most critical mechanism for retention and mass transfer had less impact on the performance of separation. An IP-RPLC/mass spectrometry (MS) method was also developed with a specific practice to reduce adducts and enable intact MS analysis of sgRNAs. The generic IP-RPLC method demonstrates its feasibility to serve as a release, stability, characterization and in-process control testing method for synthetic sgRNA products.
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- Bingchuan Wei
- Genentech Research and Early Development, Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
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- Genentech Research and Early Development, Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Pharma Technical Development, Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Genentech Research and Early Development, Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Genentech Research and Early Development, Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Pharma Technical Development, Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Genentech Research and Early Development, Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
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Narayanan H, Sponchioni M, Morbidelli M. Integration and digitalization in the manufacturing of therapeutic proteins. Chem Eng Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.117159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Synthesis and Exon-Skipping Properties of a 3'-Ursodeoxycholic Acid-Conjugated Oligonucleotide Targeting DMD Pre-mRNA: Pre-Synthetic versus Post-Synthetic Approach. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26247662. [PMID: 34946743 PMCID: PMC8707236 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26247662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Steric blocking antisense oligonucleotides (ASO) are promising tools for splice modulation such as exon-skipping, although their therapeutic effect may be compromised by insufficient delivery. To address this issue, we investigated the synthesis of a 20-mer 2'-OMe PS oligonucleotide conjugated at 3'-end with ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) involved in the targeting of human DMD exon 51, by exploiting both a pre-synthetic and a solution phase approach. The two approaches have been compared. Both strategies successfully provided the desired ASO 51 3'-UDC in good yield and purity. It should be pointed out that the pre-synthetic approach insured better yields and proved to be more cost-effective. The exon skipping efficiency of the conjugated oligonucleotide was evaluated in myogenic cell lines and compared to that of unconjugated one: a better performance was determined for ASO 51 3'-UDC with an average 9.5-fold increase with respect to ASO 51.
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Weldon R, Lill J, Olbrich M, Schmidt P, Müller-Späth T. Purification of a GalNAc-cluster-conjugated oligonucleotide by reversed-phase twin-column continuous chromatography. J Chromatogr A 2021; 1663:462734. [PMID: 34968958 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Multicolumn Countercurrent Solvent Gradient Purification (MCSGP) is a continuous chromatography technique used to maximize purification yields compared to traditional batch purification methods. Here we apply MCSGP for the reversed phase purification of a N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc)-cluster-conjugated DNA-LNA gapmer oligonucleotide therapeutic using a twin-column chromatography system. Based on a batch process as a starting point, MCSGP was designed, optimized and compared with the batch process regarding process performance and scale-up requirements. Product yields increased from 52.7% using batch chromatography to 91.5% using MCSGP, with purity, productivity, and buffer consumption otherwise comparable. In a manufacturing scenario, use of MCSGP would allow the downscaling of oligonucleotide synthesis by 42.5%, which would result in a significant cost reduction and increased throughput. Moreover, the equipment, chemicals and methodology used in MCSGP are analogous to a standard reversed phase purification allowing for a "like for like" transition to the upgraded MCSGP process.
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- Richard Weldon
- ChromaCon AG, Technoparkstr. 1, CH-8005 Zurich, Switzerland
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- F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Grenzacherstrasse 124, CH-4070 Basel, Switzerland
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- F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Grenzacherstrasse 124, CH-4070 Basel, Switzerland
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- F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Grenzacherstrasse 124, CH-4070 Basel, Switzerland
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Demelenne A, Servais AC, Crommen J, Fillet M. Analytical techniques currently used in the pharmaceutical industry for the quality control of RNA-based therapeutics and ongoing developments. J Chromatogr A 2021; 1651:462283. [PMID: 34107400 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The number of RNA-based therapeutics has significantly grown in number on the market over the last 20 years. This number is expected to further increase in the coming years as many RNA therapeutics are being tested in late clinical trials stages. The first part of this paper considers the mechanism of action, the synthesis and the potential impurities resulting from synthesis as well as the strategies used to increase RNA-based therapeutics efficacy. In the second part of this review, the tests that are usually performed in the pharmaceutical industry for the quality testing of antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), small-interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and messenger RNAs (mRNAs) will be described. In the last part, the remaining challenges and the ongoing developments to meet them are discussed.
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- Alice Demelenne
- Laboratory for the Analysis of Medicines, Department of Pharmacy, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), University of Liege, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 15, CHU, B36, Liege 4000, Belgium
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- Laboratory for the Analysis of Medicines, Department of Pharmacy, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), University of Liege, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 15, CHU, B36, Liege 4000, Belgium
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- Laboratory for the Analysis of Medicines, Department of Pharmacy, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), University of Liege, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 15, CHU, B36, Liege 4000, Belgium
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- Laboratory for the Analysis of Medicines, Department of Pharmacy, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines (CIRM), University of Liege, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 15, CHU, B36, Liege 4000, Belgium.
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Enmark M, Harun S, Samuelsson J, Örnskov E, Thunberg L, Dahlén A, Fornstedt T. Selectivity limits of and opportunities for ion pair chromatographic separation of oligonucleotides. J Chromatogr A 2021; 1651:462269. [PMID: 34102400 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Here it was investigated how oligonucleotide retention and selectivity factors are affected by electrostatic and non-electrostatic interactions in ion pair chromatography. A framework was derived describing how selectivity depends on the electrostatic potential generated by the ion-pair reagent concentration, co-solvent volume fraction, charge difference between the analytes, and temperature. Isocratic experiments verified that, in separation problems concerning oligonucleotides of different charges, selectivity increases with increasing surface potential and analyte charge difference and with decreasing co-solvent volume fraction and temperature. For analytes of the same charge, for example, diastereomers of phosphorothioated oligonucleotides, selectivity can be increased by decreasing the co-solvent volume fraction or the temperature and has only a minor dependency on the ion-pairing reagent concentration. An important observation is that oligonucleotide retention is driven predominantly by electrostatic interaction generated by the adsorption of the ion-pairing reagent. We therefore compared classical gradient elution in which the co-solvent volume fraction increases over time versus gradient elution with a constant co-solvent volume fraction but with decreasing ion-pair reagent concentration over time. Both modes decrease the electrostatic potential. Oligonucleotide selectivity was found to increase with decreasing ion-pairing reagent concentration. The two elution modes were finally applied to two different model antisense oligonucleotide separation problems, and it was shown that the ion-pair reagent gradient increases the selectivity of non-charge-based separation problems while maintaining charge-difference-based selectivity.
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- Martin Enmark
- Department of Engineering and Chemical Sciences, Karlstad University, SE-651 88 Karlstad, Sweden
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- Advanced Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca,Gothenburg, 431 83, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Department of Engineering and Chemical Sciences, Karlstad University, SE-651 88 Karlstad, Sweden.
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- Advanced Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca,Gothenburg, 431 83, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Early Chemical Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, 431 83, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Oligonucleotide Discovery, Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, 431 83, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Department of Engineering and Chemical Sciences, Karlstad University, SE-651 88 Karlstad, Sweden.
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Perrone D, Marchesi E, Preti L, Navacchia ML. Modified Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids via Click Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition for Pharmacological Applications. Molecules 2021; 26:3100. [PMID: 34067312 PMCID: PMC8196910 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26113100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The click azide = alkyne 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition (click chemistry) has become the approach of choice for bioconjugations in medicinal chemistry, providing facile reaction conditions amenable to both small and biological molecules. Many nucleoside analogs are known for their marked impact in cancer therapy and for the treatment of virus diseases and new targeted oligonucleotides have been developed for different purposes. The click chemistry allowing the tolerated union between units with a wide diversity of functional groups represents a robust means of designing new hybrid compounds with an extraordinary diversity of applications. This review provides an overview of the most recent works related to the use of click chemistry methodology in the field of nucleosides, nucleotides and nucleic acids for pharmacological applications.
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- Daniela Perrone
- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; (E.M.); (L.P.)
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; (E.M.); (L.P.)
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; (E.M.); (L.P.)
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- Institute of Organic Synthesis and Photoreactivity National Research Council, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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De Luca C, Felletti S, Bozza D, Lievore G, Morbidelli M, Sponchioni M, Cavazzini A, Catani M, Cabri W, Macis M, Ricci A. Process Intensification for the Purification of Peptidomimetics: The Case of Icatibant through Multicolumn Countercurrent Solvent Gradient Purification (MCSGP). Ind Eng Chem Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c00520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Chiara De Luca
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via L. Borsari 46, Ferrara, 44121, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via L. Borsari 46, Ferrara, 44121, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via L. Borsari 46, Ferrara, 44121, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via L. Borsari 46, Ferrara, 44121, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering Giulio Natta, Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, Milan, 20131, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering Giulio Natta, Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, Milan, 20131, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via L. Borsari 46, Ferrara, 44121, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via L. Borsari 46, Ferrara, 44121, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum − University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, Bologna, 40126, Italy
- Fresenius Kabi iPSUM Srl, I&D, Via San Leonardo 23, Villadose (Rovigo), 45010, Italy
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- Fresenius Kabi iPSUM Srl, I&D, Via San Leonardo 23, Villadose (Rovigo), 45010, Italy
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- Fresenius Kabi iPSUM Srl, I&D, Via San Leonardo 23, Villadose (Rovigo), 45010, Italy
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De Luca C, Felletti S, Lievore G, Chenet T, Morbidelli M, Sponchioni M, Cavazzini A, Catani M. Modern trends in downstream processing of biotherapeutics through continuous chromatography: The potential of Multicolumn Countercurrent Solvent Gradient Purification. Trends Analyt Chem 2020; 132:116051. [PMID: 32994652 PMCID: PMC7513800 DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2020.116051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Single-column (batch) preparative chromatography is the technique of choice for purification of biotherapeutics but it is often characterized by an intrinsic limitation in terms of yield-purity trade-off, especially for separations containing a larger number of product-related impurities. This drawback can be alleviated by employing multicolumn continuous chromatography. Among the different methods working in continuous mode, in this paper we will focus in particular on Multicolumn Countercurrent Solvent Gradient Purification (MCSGP) which has been specifically designed for challenging separations of target biomolecules from their product-related impurities. The improvements come from the automatic internal recycling of the impure fractions inside the chromatographic system, which results in an increased yield without compromising the purity of the pool. In this article, steps of the manufacturing process of biopharmaceuticals will be described, as well as the advantages of continuous chromatography over batch processes, by particularly focusing on MCSGP.
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- Chiara De Luca
- Dept. of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via L. Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Dept. of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via L. Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Dept. of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via L. Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Dept. of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via L. Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Dept. of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering Giulio Natta, Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milan, Italy
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- Dept. of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering Giulio Natta, Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milan, Italy
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- Dept. of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via L. Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Dept. of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via L. Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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Deprey K, Batistatou N, Kritzer JA. A critical analysis of methods used to investigate the cellular uptake and subcellular localization of RNA therapeutics. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:7623-7639. [PMID: 32644123 PMCID: PMC7430645 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Revised: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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RNA therapeutics are a promising strategy to treat genetic diseases caused by the overexpression or aberrant splicing of a specific protein. The field has seen major strides in the clinical efficacy of this class of molecules, largely due to chemical modifications and delivery strategies that improve nuclease resistance and enhance cell penetration. However, a major obstacle in the development of RNA therapeutics continues to be the imprecise, difficult, and often problematic nature of most methods used to measure cell penetration. Here, we review these methods and clearly distinguish between those that measure total cellular uptake of RNA therapeutics, which includes both productive and non-productive uptake, and those that measure cytosolic/nuclear penetration, which represents only productive uptake. We critically analyze the benefits and drawbacks of each method. Finally, we use key examples to illustrate how, despite rigorous experimentation and proper controls, our understanding of the mechanism of gymnotic uptake of RNA therapeutics remains limited by the methods commonly used to analyze RNA delivery.
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- Kirsten Deprey
- Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, 62 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, 62 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, 62 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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Retention and diffusion characteristics of oligonucleotides in a solid phase with polymer grafted anion-exchanger. J Chromatogr A 2020; 1629:461495. [PMID: 32846340 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2020.461495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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In the chromatographic separation process of oligonucleotides (ONs), mechanistic understanding of their binding and diffusion processes is of significant importance to determine operating conditions in a fast and robust way. In this work, we determined the number of binding sites and the diffusivities of ONs in a polymer grafted anion exchange chromatography through linear gradient experiments (LGE) being carried out at selected four to five gradient slopes. Synthetic poly (T)s with length ranging from 3 to 90-mer were employed as a model of an antisense oligonucleotide with typical lengths of 10 - 30 bases. Comparison of the retention was also conducted between the grafted anion exchanger with a conventional ligand and an anion monolith disk. For the ONs up to 50 bases, the number of binding sites determined can be correlated with the length of ONs, and the grafted resin showed a better diffusion and narrower peak width compared to the nongrafted one. The retention behavior became similar for porous media when the longer ONs (> 50mer) were applied. The results obtained suggest that antisense ONs can be separated with grafted ligands without sacrificing mass transfer properties.
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