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Rapid structural discrimination of IgG antibodies by multicharge-state collision-induced unfolding†
Zhibin Yin,Wenyang Zhang,Wenjie Huang,Xinzhou Wu,Shijuan Yan
RSC Advances Pub Date : 11/12/2021 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/D1RA06486J
Abstract

Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies are an important class of biotherapeutics that target various diseases, such as cancers, neurodegenerative disorders, and autoimmune diseases, yet rapid discrimination of IgG antibodies remains a great challenge due to heterogeneity, flexibility, and large size. Herein, we demonstrate a simplified multicharge-state collision-induced unfolding (CIU) method for rapid differentiation of four IgG isotypes that differ in terms of the numbers and patterns of disulfide bonds, bypassing tedious single charge-state selection in advance. The results presented herein reveal that gas-phase unfolding behaviors have a strong dependence on charge states outside IgG surfaces; therefore, multicharge-state CIU analysis of IgG subtypes could offer a great opportunity to gain deeper insights into their gas-phase structural differentiation. The full discrimination of IgG antibody isoforms that possess different disulfide bond numbers and even subtle disulfide bonding patterns can be achieved based on their charge-dependent gas-phase unfolding behaviors and root-mean square deviation in CIU difference spectra. Taken together, the incorporation of all charge states observed in a native ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IM-MS) experiment to CIU analysis could make this strategy sensitive to more subtle structural discrepancies, facilitating the rapid discrimination and evaluation of innovative structurally similar biotherapeutic candidates with unexplored functions.

Graphical abstract: Rapid structural discrimination of IgG antibodies by multicharge-state collision-induced unfolding
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