preparation of serum samples for stability evaluation of human adenosine deaminase 1 enzyme using microplate assay

<meta charset="utf8"></head><body>تقييم استقرار مصل HsADA1: نهج قائم على الصفيحة الدقيقة

The following method allows a user to quantitatively assess an enzyme&#39;s ability to retain its activity when exposed to conditions that mimic what it will encounter following intravenous injection. The in vitro method mimics such in vivo conditions and consists of the incubation of the enzyme in pooled human serum at 37 &#176;C and time-coursed analyses of retention of enzyme activity. We refer to an enzyme&#39;s ability to retain activity in these conditions as its serum stability, and the analysis method for enzyme activity takes advantage of differences in absorbance between an enzyme&#39;s substrate and the resulting product. The concept of serum stability is not just enzyme-specific and has been applied to several other treatment modalities as well. For example, the serum stability of RNA aptamers targeting COVID spike proteins has previously been assessed by monitoring their degradation post-incubation with fetal calf serum1. Antibacterial peptides have also been assessed for their ability to suppress bacterial growth post-incubation with pooled human serum2.
HsADA1 is an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of adenosine or 2-deoxyadenosine into inosine or 2-deoxyinosine, respectively3. Adenosine has an absorption peak of 260 nm, while inosine absorbs strongest at 250 nm4. This shift in absorption peaks can be detected on a microplate reader by a decrease in absorption intensity at 260 nm when HsADA1 is added to adenosine. The HsADA1 enzyme has important implications in the human body, and its deficiency causes a severe combined immunodeficiency (ADA-SCID)5. The bovine homolog of HsADA1, BtADA1, can be utilized as an enzyme replacement therapeutic for the treatment of ADA-SCID, and we have previously shown that wildtype HsADA1 loses its activity when incubated with pooled human serum, potentially hindering its use as a therapeutic6. Therefore, we selected the wildtype HsADA1 enzyme to demonstrate a procedure to determine an enzyme&#39;s serum stability. A detailed purification method for HsADA1 has been described previously6.
In the following protocol (as detailed in Figure 1), we demonstrate how to co-incubate wildtype HsADA1 in pooled human serum at 37&#160;&#176;C. During this time, test samples are taken at defined time points and flash-frozen for future analysis. Once all samples have been taken, a microplate assay is run whereby each sample is combined with the substrate, with the resulting absorbance decrease being a correlation for the retained activity of the enzyme. Representative results illustrating the serum stability of HsADA1 are shown, and because this metric may be relevant to determining the potential therapeutic value of other enzymes, we also discuss considerations to adapt this protocol to an engineered Homo sapiens kynureninase enzyme (HsKYNase) and any enzymes more generally. HsKYNase is an enzyme involved in the metabolism of tryptophan and is able to degrade the tryptophan-byproducts kynurenine and hydroxy-kynurenine (OH-Kyn) into anthranilic acid and hydroxy-anthranilic acid (OH-AA), respectively. Enzyme-mediated modulation of tryptophan metabolism may be of therapeutic relevance7.

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تحديد استقرار مصل إنزيم الأدينوزين 1 البشري

So our lab works at the interface of immunology, engineering, and metabolism to improve human health. We use our expertise in protein and cellular engineering to make new therapies and control biological functions. If researchers desire to increase the circulating half-life of protein biologics, this protocol could help inform users whether serum stability is a rate limiting step.Understanding this key point would help guide future protein engineering efforts to the area of need. One question we'll explore is whether proteins with enhanced serum stability result in greater therapeutic efficacy in the context of treating cancer than their non engineered counterparts. We'll further explore whether therapeutic efficacy can be achieved using less doses due to this enhanced stability.

تحضير عينات المصل لتقييم استقرار إنزيم الأدينوزين ديميناز 1 البشري باستخدام مقايسة الصفيحة الدقيقة

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Preparation of Serum Samples for Stability Evaluation of Human Adenosine Deaminase 1 Enzyme Using Microplate Assay

37 Views. للبدء ، قم بإعداد مخزون 10x من HsADA1 في 1x PBS عند درجة الحموضة 7.4 لتحقيق تركيز نهائي يبلغ 10 ميكرومولار. قم بتسخين كمية 15 ملليلتر مذابة من المصل البشري المجمع إلى 37 درجة مئوية. ثم أضف 100 ميكرولتر من مخزون 10x HsADA1 إلى كل من 900 ميكرولتر من المصل البشري المجمع و PBS المأخو...

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Determining the Serum Stability of Human Adenosine Deaminase 1 Enzyme

The concept of enzyme stability is typically used to refer to an enzyme's thermostability - its ability to retain structure and activity as temperature increases. For a therapeutic enzyme, other measures of stability may also be critical, particularly its ability to retain function in human serum at 37 &#176;C, which we refer to as serum stability. Here, we describe an in vitro assay to assess the serum stability of the wildtype Homo sapiens adenosine deaminase I (HsADA1) enzyme using an absorbance-based microplate procedure. Specifically, this manuscript describes the preparation of buffers and reagents, a method arranging for the coincubation of HsADA1 in serum, a method to analyze the test samples using a microplate reader, and an accompanying analysis to determine the fraction of activity that an HsADA1 enzyme retains in serum as a function of time. We further discuss considerations to adapt this protocol to other enzymes, using an example of a Homo sapiens kynureninase enzyme, to help aid the protocol's adaptation to other enzymes where serum stability is of interest.

In this article, we detail methods to characterize an enzyme&#39;s ability to retain function when incubated at 37&#160;&#176;C in human serum, a pharmacological property referred to as its serum stability. This ability may be a key factor in predicting an enzyme&#39;s pharmacokinetic profile and its suitability for therapeutic use.

The concept of enzyme stability is typically used to refer to an enzyme's thermostability - its ability to retain structure and activity as temperature ...

To begin, prepare a 10x stock of HsADA1 in 1x PBS at pH 7.4 to achieve a final concentration of 10 micromolar. Prewarm a thawed 15-milliliter aliquot of pooled human serum to 37 degrees Celsius. Then add 100 microliters of the 10x HsADA1 stock to both 900 microliters of pooled human serum and PBS taken in two separate low-bind microcentrifuge tubes.Dilute 100 microliters of each enzyme and non-enzyme mixture one to one with 30%glycerol made in 1x PBS. Flash-freeze the tubes with liquid nitrogen and store at minus 80 degrees Celsius. Seal all the tubes with transparent film and place them in a 37 degrees Celsius incubator.

Absorbance-Based Microplate Analysis to Test the Serum Stability of Human Adenosine Deaminase 1

To begin, prepare the serum and enzyme mixtures along with their respective controls. In the microplate reader, set up a kinetic read protocol to measure the absorbance at 260 nanometers with the shortest reading interval for 30 minutes. Next, thaw all the frozen samples on ice and dilute each thawed sample 1 to 10 with 1x PBS pre-warmed to 37 degrees Celsius in LoBind microcentrifuge tubes.To prepare a five millimolar adenosine stock, add 66.8 milligrams of adenosine to 50 milliliters of 1x PBS. After diluting it to a 250 micromolar solution, pre-warm the adenosine to 37 degrees Celsius in an incubator. To a 96-well ultraviolet compatible microplate, add 160 microliters of the adenosine followed by 40 microliters of each diluted protein sample in triplicates.Measure the absorbance of each well at 260 nanometers for 30 minutes at 37 degrees Celsius. For data analysis, export the data to a spreadsheet, then determine the slope of the linear region of the absorbance data as a function of time for the first several minutes. Subtract the slope of the negative control consisting of pooled human serum or PBS from the slopes of the enzyme plus serum mixtures and the enzyme plus PBS mixtures respectively.Finally, normalize all the adjusted slopes to the original slope at the zero hour time point to obtain the fraction of activity remaining using the equation, and plot the fraction of activity remaining versus time. Wildtype HsADA1 activity decreased more rapidly in pooled human serum compared to 1x PBS over five days. The absorbance decline curves for wildtype HsADA1 showed a steeper initial slope at day zero compared to day five.Negative control samples showed negligible absorbance change compared to enzyme samples.