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 Monoclonal Antibody Bioanalysis  Realize the Benefits of Microflow While Enjoying the

 —Nexera Mikros and nSMOL  Antibody BA Kit—  Ruggedness and Reliability of HPLC
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 nSMOL (nano-surface and molecular orientation limited proteolysis) is a proprietary, ground-breaking process that enables selective proteolysis of the Fab region of   The Nexera Mikros system delivers the improvements you expect from a low-flow system with the ruggedness of HPLC. A plasma blank was protein
 antibodies using trypsin-immobilized nanoparticles. Fab-derived peptides are quantified via MRM measurement on a high-sensitivity mass spectrometer. The Nexera   precipitated, diluted (3×), and injected 1,500 times consecutively. During the consecutive injections, QC sample (40 ppt of nortriptyline) was injected once
 Mikros system achieved signal intensities 12 times higher than with conventional flow rates, with a corresponding lower limit of detection of 0.025 µg/mL and good   every 50 injections of plasma blank. Peak areas and retention times of QC sample are plotted below. With 4.38% RSD area repeatability and 0.25% RSD
 linearity. The Nexera Mikros system is ideal for low-level quantitation of peptides by LCMS.
            retention time stability, extremely stable operation was demonstrated, without loss of peak shape common in high-throughput analyses of complex matrices.
            Furthermore, the LCMS-8060NX with new ion guide UF-Qarray ™  II and the UF-Lens ™  II increases the robustness and minimizes downtime of the instrument.
 Nanoparticle  * Results obtained under our application conditions.
 (FG beads  Trypsin DART)
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                              70,000
 Trypsin-immobilized  Diameter:  LCMS Analysis
 200 nm                       60,000                  Area Value: 4.38 %RSD
                              50,000
 Collection of Fab-derived
 Captured Antibody Fab  Limited
 Oriented toward Solution  Trypsin Access  peptide  Area Value  40,000
 Fab                          30,000
                              20,000
 • Decreases sample
 Antibody   complexity        10,000
 • Prevents contamination
 IgG collection    from excess proteolysis  0  0  300    600         900        1,200       1,500
                                                     Number of Blood Plasma Injections
 Diameter: 100 nm                                Area Repeatability of QC Samples

 Immunoglobulin collection resin
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 The following is an example of antibody drug analysis in plasma. The plasma spiked with trastuzumab was pretreated using nSMOL Antibody BA Kit.  4
 In the analysis of signature peptides deriving from trastuzumab, Nexera Mikros provides a dynamic range of 0.00763 – 62.5 µg/mL, good linearity with   Retention Time: 0.25 %RSD
 R  > 0.99, and excellent accuracy of 101.0% (average).  3
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 100  2  800  Blank  800  0.00763 µg/mL  Retention Time (min)  2
 Calculated Conc. [µg/mL] * 1  0.1 1  R  = 0.9998  600  600  1 0  0  300  Number of Blood Plasma Injections  1,200  1,500
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                                                         600
                                                                     900
 400
 400
 0.01  200  200                              Retention Time Reproducibility of QC Samples
 0.01  0.1  1  10  100  0  0
 Set Conc. [µg/mL] * 1  3.0  3.5  3.0  3.5           1,500th injection
 Linearity (0.00763 to 62.5 µg/mL)  Chromatogram (4 µL/min)
                                   (×10,000)    750th injection
                               1.00
                                            1st injection
 The intra-day reproducibility of this trastuzumab-derived-peptide analysis is summarized in the table below.  0.75
 These results show an excellent reproducibility, with both of accuracy and precision within 20% at LLOQ and within 15% even at other concentrations.
 Concentration Setting  QC set 1 * 2  QC set 2 * 2  0.50
 (µg/mL)  Accuracy  Repeatability  Accuracy  Repeatability
  0.00763  97.1%  5.69%  100%  11.3%  0.25
  0.0229  102%  6.68%  101%  2.84%
  5.86  106%  2.67%  99.4%  3.12%  0.00
  50.0  94%  6.36%  91.7%  7.23%  *1: This curve is drawn on logarithmic scale.   3.5  4.0  4.5  min
 Intra-Day Reproducibility Evaluation Results from QC Samples  *2: QC sets 1 and 2 were analyzed over a 2-day period,
       with each set of concentrations analyzed five times.  Chromatograms from 1st, 750th, and 1,500th Injections

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