Development and validation of novel enzyme activity methods to assess inhibition of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in human serum by antibodies against enzyme therapeutics.

This paper summarizes the development and validation of five enzyme activity methods to assess the specific inhibition of human endogenous matrix metalloproteinases MMP-1 (interstitial collagenase), MMP-2 (gelatinase A), MMP-3 (stromelysin 1), MMP-8 (collagenase 2) and MMP-13 (collagenase 3) by anti-Collagenase Clostridium histolyticum (CCH) antibodies in human serum. These MMPs are of interest since antibodies against a therapeutic enzyme may cross-react with, and inactivate, the MMPs. The validated methods utilize spiked exogenous individual MMPs added to serum to determine if the serum inhibits MMP enzyme activity.

Use of optical biosensor technology to study immunological cross-reactivity between different sulfonamide drugs.

Adverse reactions to medications account for a substantial number of hospitalizations and in some cases fatalities. The nature of the many drug-drug interactions caused by the inhibition of drug-metabolizing enzymes can now be predicted and examined with a greater deal of accuracy due to research developments in the understanding of the drug-metabolizing enzymes. However, the more troubling aspects of drug-drug interactions are the idiosyncratic reactions that are unpredictable and quite often life-threatening.