title: Identification of methionine sulfoxide diastereomers in immunoglobulin gamma antibodies using methionine sulfoxide reductase enzymes.
abstract: Light-induced formation of singlet oxygen selectively oxidizes methionines in the heavy chain of IgG2 antibodies. Peptide mapping has indicated the following sensitivities to oxidation: M252 > M428 > M397. Irrespective of the light source, formulating proteins with the free amino acid methionine limits oxidative damage. Conventional peptide mapping cannot distinguish between the S- and R-diastereomers of methionine sulfoxide (Met[O]) formed in the photo-oxidized protein because of their identical polarities and masses. We have developed a method for identification and quantification of these diastereomers by taking advantage of the complementary stereospecificities of the methionine sulfoxide reductase (Msr) enzymes MsrA and MsrB, which promote the selective reduction of S- and R-diastereomers of Met(O), respectively. In addition, an MsrBA fusion protein that contains both Msr enzyme activities permitted the quantitative reduction of all Met(O) diastereomers. Using these Msr enzymes in combination with peptide mapping, we were able to detect and differentiate diastereomers of methionine sulfoxide within the highly conserved heavy chain of an IgG2 that had been photo-oxidized, as well as those in an IgG1 oxidized with peroxide. The rapid identification of the stereospecificity of methionine oxidation by Msr enzymes not only definitively differentiates Met(O) diastereomers, which previously has been indistinguishable using traditional techniques, but also provides an important tool that may contribute to understanding of the mechanisms of protein oxidation and development of new formulation strategies to stabilize protein therapeutics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutics, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Hui K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Khor
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Jacoby
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Squier
authors.forename: Grace C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chelius
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D006801:Humans; D007141:Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008715:Methionine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D051150:Methionine Sulfoxide Reductases / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010449:Peptide Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D007141:Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D008715:Methionine; D051150:Methionine Sulfoxide Reductases; C027219:methionine sulfoxide reductase; C013111:methionine sulfoxide
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