由于長鏈PEG增鏈步驟繁雜、純化困難,導(dǎo)致目前市場上單分散PEG產(chǎn)品的實際純度普遍較低,尤其是長鏈PEG產(chǎn)品,雜質(zhì)被包在根部和主峰里面,表面上看純度很高,實際具有很大的欺騙性。但是科研人員默認(rèn)了這個事實,因為在市場很難找到合格的產(chǎn)品。多分散PEG同樣存在的問題更嚴(yán)重,除大量同系物帶來的問題外,不同長度的PEG產(chǎn)生的雜質(zhì)并不一樣,給后續(xù)的藥學(xué)研究帶來影響,甚至影響成藥的概率。
PEG鏈可以通過共價或非共價地連接到小分子藥物、抗體、肽和核酸上。盡管這些混合物目前用于藥物的PEG化,但它們存在幾個局限性。很難在不同批次之間保持一致的產(chǎn)品成分,表征具有挑戰(zhàn)性,由于PEG尺寸的異質(zhì)性,藥物成分的活性可能會喪失,并且在獲得FDA批準(zhǔn)方面存在障礙。[1]
過去幾十年來為均勻PEG所做的合成工作,以及使用傳統(tǒng)分散PEG進行PEG化的局限性和挑戰(zhàn),當(dāng)分散PEG被單分散PEG替代時,在提高治療效果和降低細胞毒性方面看到了驚人的變化,并且優(yōu)化了治療效果并緩解了副作用。[2],[3]
但是獲得PEG12以上的同系物比較困難,隨著鏈長度增加,很難得到高純度的長鏈PEG產(chǎn)品,同時伴隨著很低的產(chǎn)品收率。同時,通過增鏈得到長鏈PEG,由于合成步驟多,純化困難,導(dǎo)致每個批次的產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量很難保持一致。第三,長鏈PEG放大生產(chǎn)的純化壓力非常巨大,導(dǎo)致生產(chǎn)成本高,產(chǎn)量低。
我們抽檢了國內(nèi)外市場上不同類型的PEG產(chǎn)品,包括PEG linker, PEG lipids等,均發(fā)現(xiàn)上述提到的質(zhì)量問題。下面是我們做的案例分析。
Quality evaluation of PEG products from multiple companies
Fmoc-N-amido-PEG24-acid purity and impurity control
Item
An American company
A Chinese company
Alabiochem
ESP-API
There are impurities inside and near the main peak
There are impurities inside and near the main peak
The root of the main peak is clean.
Figure 1: LC-Ms of An american company
Figure 2: LC-Ms of A chinese company
Figure 3: LC-Ms of Alabiochem
Figure 5: Ms of main Peak of An american company
Figure 6: Ms of main Peak of Alabiochem
Through the mass spectrometry data in Figures 5 and 6, we found that the main peak of a certain American company's product contains impurities, and there are also many impurities at the root of the main peak. However, the main peak of Alphabiopharm's product is very clean, and there are fewer impurities at the root. Meanwhile, LC-Ms show that products from Alphabiopharm are easily purified to obtain higher quality products, while products from other companies find it difficult to further improve their quality.
超高純PEG產(chǎn)品介紹
阿拉寧可以通過其創(chuàng)新的合成和分離技術(shù)提供高純度、低同系物和低未知雜質(zhì)的單分散PEG。以下是我們提供的部分單分散修飾PEG和PEG Lipids。
其它產(chǎn)品請查看我們的網(wǎng)站: www.alabiochem.com.cn