ABSTRACT
@#Objective To optimize and verify the size exclusion chromatography-high performance liquid chromatography(SEC-HPLC) method for the determination of recombinant human growth hormone(rhGH)-Fc immunofusion protein polymer.Methods The multimer content of rhGH-Fc immunofusion protein was detected by SEC-HPLC.The detection conditions(salt concentration,mobile phase pH,flow rate,column temperature and column model) were optimized to observe the separation effect of the target proteins and polymers.The system suitability,specificity,linearity and range,precision,accuracy and limit of quantification of the method were verified.Results The optimized method was to use TSK-gel G2000SW_(x1)column(5 μm,7.8 mm × 300 mm),mobile phase of 50 mmol/L phosphate buffer(pH 6.80),detection wavelength of280 nm,injection volume of 100 μL,flow rate of 0.6 mL/min and column temperature of 45 ℃.The resolution of rhGHFc immunofusion protein and polymer,the theoretical plate number and the tailing factor all met the requirements;the peak time of rhGH-Fc immunofusion protein was the same as that of the control,while the peak time of GH national standard was different from that of the control,and the protein buffer showed no peak;the concentration of rhGH-Fc immunofusion protein was in the range of 0.307～1.842 mg/mL with good linear correlation between the peak area integral value and the injection volume(R~2=0.999 4);the RSD of peak area and purity in repeatability verification were 0.7% and 0.1%,respectively;the RSD of intermediate precision verification was 0.8%;the average recovery rate of accuracy verification was 99.1% with the RSD of 1.9%;the limit of quantification was 6 μg/mL.Conclusion The optimized SEC-HPLC method was used to detect the content of polymer in rhGH-Fc immunofusion protein with improved accuracy,and the column efficiency and separation were in accordance with the relevant requirements of Chinese Pharmacopoeia(Volume Ⅳ,2020edition),which could be used for the detection of polymer content in samples.