PURPOSE: The evaluation of photo-instability of biotherapeutic products is mandated by regulatory agencies. Photo-irradiation can induce oxidative modifications in proteins, which may lead to undesired biological and therapeutic consequences. Among the modifications, epimerization of amino acid residues can occur upon photo-irradiation of IgGs. METHODS: We show here, that UV irradiation (λ = 253.7 nm) of IgG1 and IgG2 leads to the formation of intermediary carbon-centered radicals, validated by covalent incorporation of deuterium into the protein primary sequence. RESULTS: By MS/MS analysis we identified the sites of deuterium incorporation, such as the sequence QD [303:304, HC], present in the peptide of VVSVLTVVHQDWLNGK [294:309, HC] in both IgG1 and IgG2, and V [111, LC] and K [116, LC], present in the peptide VTVLGQPK [109:116, LC] in IgG2. Both peptides are in the proximity of intrachain disulfide bonds. CONCLUSIONS: The exposure of IgG1 and IgG2 to UV-light (λ = 253.7 nm) generates specific carbon-centered radicals. The latter were evidenced by a covalent H-D exchange reaction that likely occurred through a hydrogen atom transfer reaction between cysteine thiyl radical and C-H bond.
PURPOSE: The evaluation of photo-instability of biotherapeutic products is mandated by regulatory agencies. Photo-irradiation can induce oxidative modifications in proteins, which may lead to undesired biological and therapeutic consequences. Among the modifications, epimerization of amino acid residues can occur upon photo-irradiation of IgGs. METHODS: We show here, that UV irradiation (λ = 253.7 nm) of IgG1 and IgG2 leads to the formation of intermediary carbon-centered radicals, validated by covalent incorporation of deuterium into the protein primary sequence. RESULTS: By MS/MS analysis we identified the sites of deuterium incorporation, such as the sequence QD [303:304, HC], present in the peptide of VVSVLTVVHQDWLNGK [294:309, HC] in both IgG1 and IgG2, and V [111, LC] and K [116, LC], present in the peptide VTVLGQPK [109:116, LC] in IgG2. Both peptides are in the proximity of intrachain disulfide bonds. CONCLUSIONS: The exposure of IgG1 and IgG2 to UV-light (λ = 253.7 nm) generates specific carbon-centered radicals. The latter were evidenced by a covalent H-D exchange reaction that likely occurred through a hydrogen atom transfer reaction between cysteine thiyl radical and C-H bond.
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