title: Mass measurement and top-down HPLC/MS analysis of intact monoclonal antibodies on a hybrid linear quadrupole ion trap-Orbitrap mass spectrometer.
abstract: Mass and top-down analyses of 150-kDa monoclonal immunoglobulin gamma (IgG) antibodies were performed on an Orbitrap analyzer. Three different sample delivery methods were tested including (1) infusion of an off-line desalted IgG sample using nano-electrospray; (2) on-line desalting followed by a step elution with a high percentage of organic solvent; and (3) reversed-phase HPLC separation and on-line mass and top-down analyses of disulfide isoforms of an IgG2 antibody. The accuracy of mass measurements of intact antibody was within +/-2 Da (15 ppm). The glycoforms of intact IgG antibodies separated by 162 Da were baseline resolved. In-source fragmentation of the intact antibodies produced mainly 115 residue fragments including N-terminal variable domains of heavy and light chains. The sequence coverage (the number of cleavages) was greatly increased after reduction of disulfide bonds and HPLC/MS/MS analysis of light and heavy chains using collision-induced dissociation in the ion trap of the LTQ-Orbitrap. This is an attractive alternative to peptide mapping for characterization and monitoring of post-translational modifications attributed to minimal sample preparation, high speed of the mass/top-down analysis, and relatively minor method-induced sample modifications.
authors.affiliation: Amgen Incorporated, Thousand Oaks, California 91320, USA. pavel.bondarenko@amgen.com
authors.forename: Pavel V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Bondarenko
authors.forename: Tonya P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Second
authors.forename: Vlad
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zabrouskov
authors.forename: Alexander A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Makarov
authors.forename: Zhongqi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D010449:Peptide Mapping / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal