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    The Impact of the Metal Interface on the Stability and Quality of a Therapeutic Fusion Protein

    Year: 2020

    Journal: Mol. Pharm., Volume 17, FEB, page 569–578

    Authors: Defante, Adrian P.; Kalonia, Cavan K.; Keegan, Emma; Bishop, Steven M.; Satish, Hasige A.; Hudson, Steven D.; Santacroce, Paul V.

    Keywords: fusion protein; protein adsorption; subvisible particles; solid-liquid interface; protein aggregation

    Subvisible particle formation, which occurs after the sterile filtration step of the fill/finish process, is a challenge that may occur during the development of biotherapeutics with complex molecular structures. Here, we show that a stainless steel pump head from a rotary piston pump produces more protein aggregates, past the limit of the acceptable quality range for subvisible particle counts, in comparison to a ceramic pump head. The quartz crystal microbalance was used to quantify the primary layer, proteins irreversibly adsorbed at the solid-liquid interface, and the secondary diffuse gel-like layer interacting on top of the primary layer. The results showed that the mass of protein irreversibly adsorbed onto stainless steel sensors is greater than on an aluminum oxide surface (ceramic pump mimic). This suggests that the amount of adsorbed protein plays a role in surface-induced protein aggregation at the solid-liquid interface.
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