纳米抗体(Nbs)在亲和色谱中用于生物大分子纯化的应用越来越普及。然而,高性能Nb基亲和树脂不易获得,主要是由于缺乏合适的固定方法。在这项研究中,我们探索了一种基于SpyCatcher/SpyTag化学的自催化偶联策略,以实现Nb配体的定向固定。为了促进这种方法,将一个变体cSpyCatcher003(cSC003)偶联到琼脂糖微球上,为SpyTagged纳米抗体配体提供特定的附着位点。cSC003易于通过两步程序从大肠杆菌中纯化,表现出优异的耐碱性和结构恢复能力,强调其作为耦合策略中的链接器的鲁棒性。为了验证cSC003衍生支持的有效性,我们雇佣了VHSA,抗人血清白蛋白(HSA)的纳米抗体,作为模型配体。值得注意的是,SpyTaggedVHSA在cSC003衍生载体上的固定以90%的偶联效率实现,显著高于传统的巯基偶联方法。这种改善与在偶联过程中保持纳米体的天然构象直接相关。此外,间谍固定树脂在结合能力方面表现出更好的性能,捕获效率提高了3倍,强调了VHSA配体定向固定化的Spy固定化策略的优势。此外,使用cSC003衍生的载体实现来自粗细菌裂解物的SpyTaggedVHSA的在线纯化和固定。所得树脂对HSA表现出高结合特异性,直接从人血清中获得95%以上的纯度,并在多个纯化周期中保持良好的稳定性。这些发现突出了Spy固定策略用于开发基于Nb的亲和色谱材料的潜力,对生物制药下游工艺具有重要意义。
The use of nanobodies (Nbs) in affinity chromatography for biomacromolecule purification is gaining popularity. However, high-performance Nb-based affinity resins are not readily available, mainly due to the lack of suitable immobilization methods. In this study, we explored an autocatalytic coupling strategy based on the SpyCatcher/SpyTag chemistry to achieve oriented immobilization of Nb ligands. To facilitate this approach, a variant cSpyCatcher003 (cSC003) was coupled onto agarose microspheres, providing a specific attachment site for SpyTagged nanobody ligands. The cSC003 easily purified from Escherichia coli through a two-step procedure, exhibits exceptional alkali resistance and structural recovery capability, highlighting its robustness as a linker in the coupling strategy. To validate the effectiveness of cSC003-derivatized support, we employed VHSA, a nanobody against human serum albumin (HSA), as the model ligand. Notably, the immobilization of SpyTagged VHSA onto the cSC003-derivatized support was achieved with a coupling efficiency of 90 %, significantly higher than that of traditional thiol-based coupling method. This improvement directly correlated to the preservation of the native conformation of nanobodies during the coupling process. In addition, the Spy-immobilized resin demonstrated better performance in the binding capacity, with a 3-fold improvement in capture efficiency, underscoring the advantages of the Spy immobilization strategy for oriented immobilization of VHSA ligands. Moreover, online purification and immobilization of SpyTagged VHSA from crude bacterial lysate was achieved using the cSC003-derivatized support. The resulting resin exhibited high binding specificity towards HSA, yielding a purity above 95 % directly from human serum, and maintained good stability throughout multiple purification cycles. These findings highlight the potential of the Spy immobilization strategy for developing Nb-based affinity chromatographic materials, with significant implications for biopharmaceutical downstream processes.