Optimized methods for analytical and functional comparison of biosimilar mAb drugs: a case study for Avastin, Mvasi, and Zirabev

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Gürel, Büşra and Çapkın, Eda and Parlar, Ayhan and Özkan, Aylin and Çorbacıoğlu, Meltem and Dağlikoca, Duygu Emine and Yüce, Meral (2022) Optimized methods for analytical and functional comparison of biosimilar mAb drugs: a case study for Avastin, Mvasi, and Zirabev. Scientia Pharmaceutica, 90 (2). ISSN 0036-8709 (Print) 2218-0532 (Online)

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Abstract

Bevacizumab is a humanized therapeutic monoclonal antibody used to reduce angiogenesis, a hallmark of cancer, by binding to VEGF-A. Many pharmaceutical companies have developed biosimilars of Bevacizumab in the last decade. The official reports provided by the FDA and EMA summarize the analytical performance of biosimilars as compared to the originators without giving detailed analytical procedures. In the current study, several key methods were optimized and reported for analytical and functional comparison of bevacizumab originators (Avastin, Altuzan) and approved commercial biosimilars (Zirabev and Mvasi). This case study presents a comparative analysis of a set of biosimilars under optimized analytical conditions for the first time in the literature. The chemical structure of all products was analyzed at intact protein and peptide levels by high-resolution mass spectrometry; the major glycoforms and posttranslational modifications, including oxidation, deamidation, N-terminal PyroGlu addition, and C-terminal Lys clipping, were compared. The SPR technique was used to reveal antigen and some receptor binding kinetics of all products, and the ELISA technique was used for C1q binding affinity analysis. Finally, the inhibition performance of the samples was evaluated by an MTS-based proliferation assay in vitro. Major glycoforms were similar, with minor differences among the samples. Posttranslational modifications, except C-terminal Lys, were determined similarly, while unclipped Lys percentage was higher in Zirabev. The binding kinetics for VEGF, FcRn, FcγRIa, and C1q were similar or in the value range of originators. The anti-proliferative effect of Zirabev was slightly higher than the originators and Mvasi. The analysis of biosimilars under the same conditions could provide a new aspect to the literature in terms of the applied analytical techniques. Further studies in this field would be helpful to better understand the inter-comparability of the biosimilars.
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: analytical characterization; Bevacizumab; biosimilar drugs; functional similarity; mass spectrometry; Mvasi; surface plasmon resonance; Zirabev
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center
Depositing User: Meral Yüce
Date Deposited: 21 Aug 2022 22:04
Last Modified: 21 Aug 2022 22:04
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/44203

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