Stability of Commercially Available Glucagon Formulation for Dual-Hormone Artificial Pancreas Clinical Use.
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Available glucagon formulations are approved for immediate use after reconstitution for severe hypoglycemia emergency treatment. However, they are used in dual-hormone artificial pancreas (insulin and glucagon) studies through subcutaneous infusion pumps over 24?h. Chemical and physical stability of such glucagon use have not been reported in a comprehensive manner. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Recombinant Glucagon DNA (Eli Lilly) was used. Compatibility and sterility of glucagon delivery through subcutaneous pump systems were verified. Glucagon degradation through liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), fibrillation using intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence shift, and bioactivity through a cell-protein kinase A-based fluorescent bioassay were assessed over a range of different physical conditions (temperature, movement, and air bubbles). RESULTS:Subcutaneous infusion pump systems administered glucagon in sterile conditions and with comparable accuracy to insulin delivery; mean absolute relative difference of actual versus expected weights were 1.2%?±?1.1% for glucagon and 1.1%?±?0.5% for insulin (P?=?0.9). In comparison to freshly reconstituted samples, glucagon analyzed through LC-MS/MS was intact at 93.0%?±?7.0% after 24?h (P?=?0.42) and 83.04%?±?6.0% after 48?h (P?=?0.02) of incubation in pumps at 32°C. Peak wavelengths for Trp fluorescence did not differ from samples exposed to air bubbles or movement whether incubated (in infusion sets for 24?h at 32°) immediately or 24- and 48-h poststorage at 4°C (P?=?0.10, 0.70 and 0.80, respectively) and no significant differences in bioactivity (shifts in EC50) were found for the same conditions (P?=?0.13, 0.83, and 0.63). CONCLUSION:Available glucagon formulations are chemically and physically stable, as well as compatible with delivery through subcutaneous infusion pumps over 24?h and can be used in long-term clinical trials.
SUBMITTER: Taleb N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5653137 | biostudies-other | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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