Host cell protein quantification of an optimized purification method by mass spectrometry.

J Pharm Biomed Anal

Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Electronic address:

Published: September 2019

Recombinant ExoProtein A (EPA), a detoxified form of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A, is used as a protein carrier in the vaccine field. A scaled manufacturing process, in which EPA was expressed in Escherichia coli, yielded a product that approached or exceeded our upper limit of E. coli host cell protein (HCP) content per human dose. The purification process was redeveloped to reduce HCP levels in the bulk product and HCP content was evaluated by orthogonal methods. Using a platform specific immunoassay, the HCP level from the original purification method was 1,830 ppm (0.18% w/w) while the revised purification process yielded the HCP below the detection limits of the assay. With a 2D/LC-MS methodology the reference sample from the original process was found to contain 57 unique HCPs at a total level of 37,811 ppm (3.78% w/w). Two lots were tested after purification with the revised process and contained 730 and 598 ppm (0.07% and 0.06% w/w), respectively. To develop a high-throughput MS method, the samples were tested on a 1D/LC-MS/MS. The data sets from the two mass spectrometers correlated well. These improved HCP profiles support implementing the revised purification process for manufacturing the EPA protein carrier and 1D/LC-MS/MS for HCP analysis.

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