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Immunoinformatic analysis of
Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO)
protein contaminants in
therapeutic protein formulations
Andres H. Gutierrez, Leonard Moise,
Frances Terry, Kristen Dasilva,
Chris Bailey-Kellogg, William Martin,
Anne S. De Groot
Therapeutic proteins




Trastuzumab (Herceptin)   -omab       -ximab       -zumab      -umab
bound to Her2 receptor    http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/antibody/
(pdb id 1n8z)
Therapeutic proteins

S. simulans lysostaphin
(chops S. aureus cell wall)


deimmunization:
Monday @ 1:30
Producing the protein




Wurm, Nat Biotech, 2004




                            R. Carbonell, NC State
Wikimedia commons
Extracting the protein




R. Carbonell, Downstream Processing of Biopharmaceuticals: Challenges and Prospects
Therapeutic protein, ready to go?


                                        +
BioRad




Problem: host cell contamination   IL-6 (pdb id 2l3y)
Host cell protein contamination
Immune response to HCP (CHO) led to recent cancellation
of two phase III clinical trials

IB1001 C hemophilia
(Inspiration
Biopharmaceuticals)
Immunoinformatic analysis
? What contaminants could be there?
? Are they likely to be immunogenic?




  IL-6 (pdb id 2l3y)    Cathepsin Z (pdb id 1deu)
Whats predicted to be there?



  Chinese
  hamster
  genome      CHO transcriptome             Mouse secreted proteins
                                  Signal
  24,383      32,801 contigs      peptide   LOCATE (382)
  predicted                                 UniProt (76)
  genes




                                  39 proteins
Whats known to be there?
2D LC/MS                     2D DIGE




                              Jin et al., Biotechnol Bioeng. 2010




Doneanu et al., mAbs, 2012             28 proteins
Immunogenicity prediction: EpiMatrix

?    MHC binding is a prerequisite for immunogenicity
?    Epitopes are linear and directly derived from antigen sequence
?    Binding is determined by amino acid side chains
?    Matrix-based predictor
                         MHC II




            Mature
             APC
Promiscuous epitope clusters: ClustiMer

 ? T cell epitopes not randomly distributed
 ? Clusters enable significant immune responses
 ? => Identify peptides predicted to bind an unusually large number of HLA alleles


DRB1*0101

DRB1*0301

DRB1*0401

DRB1*0701

DRB1*0801

DRB1*1101

DRB1*1301

DRB1*1501
Overall protein immunogenicity
                                 -    80   -
              Thrombopoietin
                                 -    70   -
                                 -    60   -
                  Human EPO
                                 -    50   -
                  EBV-BKRF3
                                 -    40   -    20: potentially immunogenic
                                 -    30   -
                Tetanus Toxin
                 Influenza-HA    -    20   -
                                 -    10   -

                                 -    00   -
                    Albumin
     Immunogenic Antibodies*     -   -10   -
                                 -   -20   -

               IgG FC Region     -   -30   -
 Non-immunogenic Antibodies?     -   -40   -

                                 -   -50   -

                                 -   -60   -

              Follitropin-Beta   -   -70   -

                                 -   -80   -
Whats there & immunogenic?

       43%   27%
       28%   18%
       25%   14%
Some potential contaminants
              SL cytokine (84)




              Lysosomal protective protein (35)
But are human-like peptides immunogenic?




                        CHO




                    okay?
Presentation and recognition


 T cell Receptor face
            (epitope)




    MHC-binding face
         (agretope)
Two-faced scoring: JanusMatrix




Identifies cross-reactive peptides:
? Identical T cell-facing residues
? Same HLA allele, but 
? OK if different MHC-facing
   residues
Two-faced peptide evaluation
                The most conservative approach:
                ? Identical T cell-facing residues
                ? Same HLA allele and minimally different
                  MHC-facing residues




                          TCR




                       MHC/HLA
Cross-reactivity visualization

 Source protein


 Predicted 9-mer epitope
 from a source protein

 9-mer from human
 prevalent proteome,
 100% TCR face identical to
 source epitope

 Human protein where
 cross-reactive epitopes
 are present
CEFT Peptides (immunogenic)
Flu and Tet tox epitopes

                        Poly ADP ribose
                          polymerase
                        family, member
                                9
                                          Poly ADP ribose
                                            polymerase
                                          family, member
                                                                              Ankyrin repeat
                                                  9                            domain 18A


                                                                                                          Ubiquitin
                                                                                                          specific
                                                                                                         protease 1




                          Tetanus
                       Toxin830-844

                                                                                Flu HA308-318




                                                                                                ETAA16 protein




       Olfactory
    receptor, family
    5, subfamily D,
      member 14
                                                              SNF2 histone
                                                            linker PHD RING
                                                                 helicase
hTregitope-IGGC-167
hTregitope-IGGC-289
                      HTREG_IGGC-167




                          HTREG_IGGC-289
CHO: lysosomal protective protein




                                     Lysosomal
                                     protective
                                    Lysosomal
                                    protective
CHO: SL cytokine



                     SL cytokine




       SL cytokine
Self assessment

                                                                                                                       100%
                                                         Adjusted
                                       Immunogenicity                                                     100%         TCR        Non
              Protein                                 Immunogenicity 9-mers Epitopea
                                           score                                                        identityb       face   identicald
                                                          score
                                                                                                                     identityc

SL cytokine                                   83.7                -92.68           222      54(24%)      7(13%)        67%            33%
Putative bifunctional
methylenetetrahydrofolate                     47.93               -83.16           271      57(21%)     16(28%)      28(49%)     13(23%)
dehydrogenase/cyclohydrolase 2
ADP-ribosyl cyclase 2                         46.47               -58.11           253      56(22%)       5(9%)      27(48%)     24(43%)

Metalloproteinase inhibitor 1                 43.21               -71.57           195      40(21%)       2(5%)      22(55%)     16(40%)

Lysosomal protective protein                  34.82               -85.24           467     109(23%)     42(39%)        39%            60%

Kit ligand                                    24.62               -85.16           265      55(21%)     17(31%)      21(38%)     17(31%)

Epididymal secretory protein E1               23.46              -105.09           141      27(19%)      7(26%)      13(48%)     7(26%)

aNumber   of predicted epitopes.
bNumber   of predicted epitopes 100% identical to 9-mers from Human UniProt reviewed database.
cDifferent MHC-facing residues, identical TCR-facing residues, but the epitope was predicted to bind to at least one common allele.
dDifferent MHC-facing residues, one or more mutations at the TCR-facing residues.
Summary
? HCPs may contribute to adverse clinical side effects
? Can score immunogenicity of entire
  genomes/transcriptomes/secretomes
? Here secretome, common to all CHO cultures; in
  future, also internal proteins (hitch-hikers)
? Exploring immunogenicity adjustment for
  conservation with self C JanusMatrix, cross-
  reactive networks
? Further in vitro studies required to determine the
  impact and implications of findings
Coming soon: CHOPPI
Thanks
Translational Immunology Research
   and Accelerated [Vaccine] Development
Institute for Immunology and Informatics
University of Rhode Island



Dartmouth College


EpiVax, Inc.

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  • 1. Immunoinformatic analysis of Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) protein contaminants in therapeutic protein formulations Andres H. Gutierrez, Leonard Moise, Frances Terry, Kristen Dasilva, Chris Bailey-Kellogg, William Martin, Anne S. De Groot
  • 2. Therapeutic proteins Trastuzumab (Herceptin) -omab -ximab -zumab -umab bound to Her2 receptor http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/antibody/ (pdb id 1n8z)
  • 3. Therapeutic proteins S. simulans lysostaphin (chops S. aureus cell wall) deimmunization: Monday @ 1:30
  • 4. Producing the protein Wurm, Nat Biotech, 2004 R. Carbonell, NC State Wikimedia commons
  • 5. Extracting the protein R. Carbonell, Downstream Processing of Biopharmaceuticals: Challenges and Prospects
  • 6. Therapeutic protein, ready to go? + BioRad Problem: host cell contamination IL-6 (pdb id 2l3y)
  • 7. Host cell protein contamination Immune response to HCP (CHO) led to recent cancellation of two phase III clinical trials IB1001 C hemophilia (Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals)
  • 8. Immunoinformatic analysis ? What contaminants could be there? ? Are they likely to be immunogenic? IL-6 (pdb id 2l3y) Cathepsin Z (pdb id 1deu)
  • 9. Whats predicted to be there? Chinese hamster genome CHO transcriptome Mouse secreted proteins Signal 24,383 32,801 contigs peptide LOCATE (382) predicted UniProt (76) genes 39 proteins
  • 10. Whats known to be there? 2D LC/MS 2D DIGE Jin et al., Biotechnol Bioeng. 2010 Doneanu et al., mAbs, 2012 28 proteins
  • 11. Immunogenicity prediction: EpiMatrix ? MHC binding is a prerequisite for immunogenicity ? Epitopes are linear and directly derived from antigen sequence ? Binding is determined by amino acid side chains ? Matrix-based predictor MHC II Mature APC
  • 12. Promiscuous epitope clusters: ClustiMer ? T cell epitopes not randomly distributed ? Clusters enable significant immune responses ? => Identify peptides predicted to bind an unusually large number of HLA alleles DRB1*0101 DRB1*0301 DRB1*0401 DRB1*0701 DRB1*0801 DRB1*1101 DRB1*1301 DRB1*1501
  • 13. Overall protein immunogenicity - 80 - Thrombopoietin - 70 - - 60 - Human EPO - 50 - EBV-BKRF3 - 40 - 20: potentially immunogenic - 30 - Tetanus Toxin Influenza-HA - 20 - - 10 - - 00 - Albumin Immunogenic Antibodies* - -10 - - -20 - IgG FC Region - -30 - Non-immunogenic Antibodies? - -40 - - -50 - - -60 - Follitropin-Beta - -70 - - -80 -
  • 14. Whats there & immunogenic? 43% 27% 28% 18% 25% 14%
  • 15. Some potential contaminants SL cytokine (84) Lysosomal protective protein (35)
  • 16. But are human-like peptides immunogenic? CHO okay?
  • 17. Presentation and recognition T cell Receptor face (epitope) MHC-binding face (agretope)
  • 18. Two-faced scoring: JanusMatrix Identifies cross-reactive peptides: ? Identical T cell-facing residues ? Same HLA allele, but ? OK if different MHC-facing residues
  • 19. Two-faced peptide evaluation The most conservative approach: ? Identical T cell-facing residues ? Same HLA allele and minimally different MHC-facing residues TCR MHC/HLA
  • 20. Cross-reactivity visualization Source protein Predicted 9-mer epitope from a source protein 9-mer from human prevalent proteome, 100% TCR face identical to source epitope Human protein where cross-reactive epitopes are present
  • 22. Flu and Tet tox epitopes Poly ADP ribose polymerase family, member 9 Poly ADP ribose polymerase family, member Ankyrin repeat 9 domain 18A Ubiquitin specific protease 1 Tetanus Toxin830-844 Flu HA308-318 ETAA16 protein Olfactory receptor, family 5, subfamily D, member 14 SNF2 histone linker PHD RING helicase
  • 23. hTregitope-IGGC-167 hTregitope-IGGC-289 HTREG_IGGC-167 HTREG_IGGC-289
  • 24. CHO: lysosomal protective protein Lysosomal protective Lysosomal protective
  • 25. CHO: SL cytokine SL cytokine SL cytokine
  • 26. Self assessment 100% Adjusted Immunogenicity 100% TCR Non Protein Immunogenicity 9-mers Epitopea score identityb face identicald score identityc SL cytokine 83.7 -92.68 222 54(24%) 7(13%) 67% 33% Putative bifunctional methylenetetrahydrofolate 47.93 -83.16 271 57(21%) 16(28%) 28(49%) 13(23%) dehydrogenase/cyclohydrolase 2 ADP-ribosyl cyclase 2 46.47 -58.11 253 56(22%) 5(9%) 27(48%) 24(43%) Metalloproteinase inhibitor 1 43.21 -71.57 195 40(21%) 2(5%) 22(55%) 16(40%) Lysosomal protective protein 34.82 -85.24 467 109(23%) 42(39%) 39% 60% Kit ligand 24.62 -85.16 265 55(21%) 17(31%) 21(38%) 17(31%) Epididymal secretory protein E1 23.46 -105.09 141 27(19%) 7(26%) 13(48%) 7(26%) aNumber of predicted epitopes. bNumber of predicted epitopes 100% identical to 9-mers from Human UniProt reviewed database. cDifferent MHC-facing residues, identical TCR-facing residues, but the epitope was predicted to bind to at least one common allele. dDifferent MHC-facing residues, one or more mutations at the TCR-facing residues.
  • 27. Summary ? HCPs may contribute to adverse clinical side effects ? Can score immunogenicity of entire genomes/transcriptomes/secretomes ? Here secretome, common to all CHO cultures; in future, also internal proteins (hitch-hikers) ? Exploring immunogenicity adjustment for conservation with self C JanusMatrix, cross- reactive networks ? Further in vitro studies required to determine the impact and implications of findings
  • 29. Thanks Translational Immunology Research and Accelerated [Vaccine] Development Institute for Immunology and Informatics University of Rhode Island Dartmouth College EpiVax, Inc.

Editor's Notes

  • #24: 2) hTreg vs. Plasma proteome, which includes 2 peptides: - HTEG-IGGC-167 - HTEG-IGGC-289Legend:Light blue rombo: Source (protein, cluster, peptide)Gray square: 9-mer epitope predicted from the source.Blue triangle: 9-mer from a determined database (Plasma proteome database), 100% TCR face identical to the source-derived epitope.Lavender(?) circle: Protein from the database where the epitope is present.