β-agonists Hapten Design and Synthesis
Aided by our rich experience and professional scientists, Creative Biolabs has completed a series of challenges in the past years. In particular, we have established an advanced β-agonist-based hapten design and synthesis platform which enables us to offer a series of high-quality services for our worldwide customers.
Introduction to β-agonists
Beta-agonists (β-agonists) are a group of therapeutic agents commonly used in the treatments for bradycardia, acute asthma, as well as other respiratory diseases. Previous reports have also revealed that β-agonists can be used as growth promoters in animal food products. Up to now, three main types of β adrenergic receptors (βARs), including β1ARs, β2ARs, and β3ARs, have been identified and have been widely used for the generation of corresponding β-agonists. In recent studies, β1 agonists and β2 agonists are involved in the regulation of adenylyl cyclase activity and the status of calcium channel. β3ARs play a critical role in mediating the metabolic process of lipids. Meanwhile, several antibody-based immunoassays have been broadly generated for detecting β-agonist residues due to their side effects in clinical use. In general, new haptens for β-agonists will be designed and synthesized by using different chemical linkers and specific carrier proteins. These haptens can be further used to generate small-molecule antibodies against various β-agonists, such as salbutamol, clenbuterol, and brombuterol. The results collected from many kinds of research have demonstrated that antibodies usually have high specificity and affinity, as well as high cross-reactivity (≥ 105%) in different heterologous assays.
Fig.1 Structures of β-agonists, analogs, and haptens. (Wang, 2018)
Our Platform for Design and Synthesis of β-agonists Haptens
The significant role of β-agonist haptens in the development of small-molecule antibodies has aroused much attention in the past few years. Moreover, different types of β-agonist haptens, such as class-specific and compound-specific β-agonist haptens, have been generated for enhancing the efficacy of therapeutic antibodies in the clinic. Following this trend, Creative Biolabs provides state-of-art hapten-based services for a wide range of β-agonists.
Currently, we have generated a wide-ranging platform and developed efficient protocols for designing and assessing potential β-agonist haptens. Besides, we can also conduct hapten optimization studies by using suitable linker length, various carrier proteins, as well as unique coating antigens. According to different connection sites of β-agonist haptens, we have divided our β-agonist haptens into two types: Class-specific β-agonist Haptens and Compound-specific β-agonist Haptens. As a whole, β-agonist hapten spacers linked at C-2 and a chirality at C-1’ can be used for generating class-specific antibodies against β-agonists. Meanwhile, a β-agonist hapten spacer linked at C-1 and C-2’ is capable of developing compound-specific antibodies.
Fig.2 UV-VIS spectra of ractopamine (RCT) immunogen (RCT-EDC-KLH). (Gu, 2016)
Cheif Services
- Hapten design and synthesis
- Hapten conjugation and coating antigen generation
- Hapten assessment and optimization
- Animal immunization
- Small-molecule antibody titer determination
- Small-molecule antibody specificity determination
As a global biopharmaceutical company, Creative Biolabs is well-equipped to handle almost any project of β-agonist-based haptens regardless of scope or complexity. We have integrated the key components of early development to ensure that programs advance while meeting any special requirement with the flexibility to address dynamic challenges. For more information, please feel free to contact us or send us an inquiry.
References
- Wang, L.; et al. Four hapten spacer sites modulating class specificity: nondirectional multianalyte immunoassay for 31 β-agonists and analogs. Analytical chemistry. 2018, 90(4): 2716-2724.
- Gu, H.; et al. Development of an immunochromatographic strip assay for ractopamine detection using an ultrasensitive monoclonal antibody. Food and Agricultural Immunology. 2016, 27(4): 471-483.