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Isothermal titration calorimetry: Principles and experimental design

Isothermal titration calorimetry: Principles and ... · Competitive (displacement) ITC Used to extend range of K B determined by ITC Tight binding ligand A and weak binding ligand

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Page 1: Isothermal titration calorimetry: Principles and ... · Competitive (displacement) ITC Used to extend range of K B determined by ITC Tight binding ligand A and weak binding ligand

Isothermal titration calorimetry: Principles and experimental design

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Agenda

Overview of Isothermal Titration Calorimetry

ITC experimental design

Data analysis

Troubleshooting

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What is isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC)

A direct measurement of the heat generated or absorbed when molecules interact

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Microcalorimetry offers enhanced information content

Label-free

In-solution

No molecular weight limitations

Optical clarity unimportant

Minimal or no assay development

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How Do ITCs Work?

Reference Calibration Heater

Cell Main Heater

Sample Calibration Heater

DP

DT

S R The DP is a measured power differential between the reference and sample cells necessary to maintain their temperate difference at close to zero

DT~0

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Performing an ITC experiment Ligand in syringe

Macromolecule in sample cell

Heat of interaction is measured

Parameters measured from a single ITC experiment:

Affinity - KD

Energy (Enthalpy) - DH

Number of binding sites - n

Reference Cell Sample Cell

Syringe

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Ligand – in syringe Macromolecule in ITC cell

ITC – Before titration

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Ligand in syringe

Macromolecule in cell

Macromolecule-ligand complex

As the first injection is made, all injected ligand is bound to target macromolecule.

Titration begins: First injection

5

0

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The signal returns to baseline before the next injection.

Return to baseline

5

0

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As a second injection is made, again all injected ligand becomes bound to the target.

Second injection

5

0

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Second return to baseline

Signal again returns to baseline before next injection.

5

0

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As the injections continue, the target becomes saturated with ligand, so less binding occurs and the heat change starts to decrease.

Injections continue

5

0

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As the injections continue, the target becomes saturated with ligand so less binding occurs and the heat change starts to decrease.

Injections continue

5

0

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When the macromolecule is saturated with ligand, no more binding occurs, and only heat of dilution is observed.

End of titration

5

0

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Experimental results

= 1/KD

5

0

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MicroCal™ VP-ITC MicroCal™ iTC200 MicroCal™ Auto-iTC200

• 1400 L cell

• Manual sample loading

• Up to 5 samples/day

• Sensitive

• Fast

• Easy to use

• KD from mM to nM

• 200 µL cell

• Upgradable to full automation

• Unattended operation

• Up to 75 samples/day (using single injection method)

• KD from mM to nM

• Sample cell is 200 µL

• Easy to use

• 96-well plate format

MicroCal™ ITC systems

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Why ITC?

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Heat is a fundamental natural property…

A single titration can yield information on:

Overall binding affinity

Hydrogen bonds and van der Waals interactions

Hydrophobic and conformational effects

Stoichiometry

calorimetry is a direct readout

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Stoichiometry

Number of ligand binding sites per macromolecule

If one binding site the stoichiometry is 1

By convention a “Ligand” has one binding site

A “Macromolecule” can have more than one binding site

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Effective Binding Affinity Range

KD in mM to nM range

Weak binding – low C-value method

Tight binding - minimize injection volume and concentration or use competitive (displacement) binding procedure and fitting model

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Thermodynamics

KB – binding constant

KD = 1/ KB =

DG = RT lnKD

DG = DH - T DS

`

[L] x [M]

[ML]

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Free energy change

DG is change in free energy

DG 0 for spontaneous process

More negative DG, higher affinity

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Enthalpy change

DH – measure of the energy content of the bonds broken and created. The dominant contribution is from hydrogen bonds.

Negative value indicates enthalpy change favoring the binding

Solvents play a role

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Entropy change

DS – positive for entropically driven reactions

Hydrophobic interactions

Solvation entropy (favorable) due to release of water

Conformational degrees of freedom (unfavorable)

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Microcalorimetry provides a total picture of binding energetics

∆H

-T∆S

Overall binding affinity KD correlates with IC50 or EC50. This is directly related to ∆G, the total free binding energy

DG = DH -TDS

∆H, enthalpy is indication of changes in hydrogen and van der Waals bonding

-T∆S, entropy is indication of changes in hydrophobic interaction and conformational changes

N, stoichiometry indicates the ratio of ligand-to-macromolecule binding

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Same affinity, different energetics! All three interactions have the same binding energy (∆G) A. Good hydrogen bonding with

unfavorable conformational

change

B. Binding dominated by

hydrophobic interaction

C. Favorable hydrogen bonds

and hydrophobic interaction

ITC results are used to get insights into mechanism of binding

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

5

10

kc

al/

mo

le ∆G

∆H

-T∆S

Favorable

Unfavorable

A B C

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How to get good ITC data

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C Values

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0

-16

-14

-12

-10

-8

-6

-4

-2

0

Molar Ratio

kcal/m

ole

of in

jecta

nt

0.05

0.5

5

50

500

C = [M]

KD

Example: Kd = 100nM [M] = 100nM, C=1 [M] = 5uM, C=50 [M]:[L] – 1:10 for n=1

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-2

-1

0

0 30 60 90 120 150

(a)

tim e (m in)

µc

al/

s

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

-16

-12

-8

-4

0

(b)

molar ratio (Ras / RalGDS-RBD)

kc

al/

mo

l o

f in

jec

ted

Ra

s

c = 5

c = 40

Kd = 1.2 µM

C Values

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C Values in ITC

C = {[M]tot / KD} * N

C = 20-100 very good

C = 10-500 good

C = 1-5 and 500-1000 OK

C = < 1 and > 1000 not wanted

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ITC experimental design kc

al

mo

l-1 o

f in

jec

tan

t

Molar ratio

-4

-2

0

0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0

-4

-2

0

Molar Ratio

kca

l/m

ole

of in

ject

ant

10< [Protein]/KD <100

Fitted: N, KD, DH

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0

-4

-2

0

Molar Ratio

kca

l/m

ole

of in

ject

ant

-4

-2

0

0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0

[Protein]/KD >> 1000

Fitted: N, DH

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0

-4

-2

0

Molar Ratio

kca

l/m

ole

of in

ject

ant

-0.4

-0.2

0

0 4 8 12 16

[Protein]/KD < 1 N fixed

Fitted: KD, DH

High C Low C

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ITC experimental design

KD (Biacore) µM [Protein] µM [Compound] µM [Protein] / KD

<0.5 10 100 >20

0.5-2 30 300 15-60

2-10 50 500 5-25

10-100 30 40*KD 0.3-3

>100 30 20*KD <0.3

Fixed stoichiometry

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Low C Experiments

Extending the applications of ITC

– E.g. Fragment Based Drug Discovery

Saving Protein

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C Values-Low

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2

-14

-12

-10

-8

-6

-4

-2

0

Molar Ratio

kcal/m

ole

of in

jecta

nt

0 2

-1.7

-1.6

-1.5

-1.4

-1.3

-1.2

-1.1

Molar Ratio

kcal/m

ole

of in

jecta

nt

Note different scales

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C Values-Low

Increase ligand concentration but not the ‘valuable’ protein

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26

-2

0

Molar Ratio

kcal/m

ole

of in

jecta

nt

0--------------->26

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Competition Experiments

Extend the affinity range that ITC can be used

• Submillimolar (10-2) to picomolar (10-12)

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Competition Experiments

High C Experiment

Poor affinity estimates

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2

-14

-12

-10

-8

-6

-4

-2

0

Molar Ratio

kcal/m

ole

of in

jecta

nt

100% Binding 0% Binding

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Competitive (displacement) ITC

Used to extend range of KB determined by ITC

Tight binding ligand A and weak binding ligand B bind to same site on macromolecule

1st experiment: Ligand B titrated into macromolecule. Determine KB and DH

2nd experiment: Macromolecule + ligand B in cell, titrated with Ligand A. Ligand A displaces ligand B.

Use displacement model for data analysis

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Tight Binders

Protein

Tight Ligand

Competitor

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2

-16

-14

-12

-10

-8

-6

-4

-2

0

Molar Ratio

kcal/m

ole

of in

jecta

nt

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2

-16

-14

-12

-10

-8

-6

-4

-2

0

Molar Ratio

kcal/m

ole

of in

jecta

nt Software

can ‘pull out’ the KD

of the tight one

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Weak Binders

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2

-16

-14

-12

-10

-8

-6

-4

-2

0

Molar Ratio

kcal/m

ole

of in

jecta

nt

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2

-10

0

Molar Ratio

kcal/m

ole

of in

jecta

nt

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2

-10

0

Molar Ratio

kcal/m

ole

of in

jecta

nt

alone

+

Software can pull the Weak KD out

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Competition Experimental Design

C = [cell]/KD,app

KD,app= (1/KD,S)/(1+1/KD,W[W])

Where KD,S and KD,W are the affinity of the strong and

weak binders respectively and W is the concentration

of the weak binder

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Displacement ITC – HIV-1 Protease- Inhibitor Binding

Amprenavir Acetyl pepstatin Amprenavir + acetyl pepstatin

Ohtaka, et al, Protein Sci. 11, 1908-1916 (2002)

Unable to determine KB KB of 3.1 x 1010 M-1

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ITC practical considerations

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ITC practical considerations

0.00 10.00 20.00 30.00 40.00 50.00

3.15

3.20

3.25

3.30

3.35

3.40

3.45

3.50

3.55

protein A in syringe titrated into protein B

Time (min)

µca

l/se

c

protein A in syringe titrated into buffer

0 1 2 3

-18

-16

-14

-12

-10

-8

-6

-4

-2

0

2

Molar Ratio

kcal/m

ole

of in

jecta

nt

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Good Experimental Design

Use the correct ‘C’ value

C = [M]tot.n / KD

C = 20-100 very good

C = 10-500 good

C = 1-5 and 500-1000 OK

C < 1 and > 1000 not wanted

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Ligand concentration

[L] = 10 to 20 x [M]

[L] - Minimum 50 M

May need to be adjusted based on experiment

At end of ITC, for N of 1, final [L]/[M] ratio should be 2 to 4 to ensure saturation of all M binding sites

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iTC200 Experimental Design Tab

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With little prior knowledge

Good Starting Conditions

100M Ligand in the Syringe and

10M Macromolecule in the cell

16 x 2.5 l injections

Detect KDs of 10 M to 10 nM

Ideal for KDs of 2 M 100 nM

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Use dialysis or buffer exchange column

Check calibration pipettes-by weight

Retain the dialysate/exchanged buffer

Adopt and stick to a reproducible protocol

Sample preparation

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ITC – Choice of Buffer

What buffer(s) are protein and ligand stable in? What pH?

Buffers used for other binding studies

Solubility

Requirements of additives for binding, solubility or stability

•Salt

•Detergent

•Reducing agent

•DMSO

•Other

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Choice of buffer

Buffers have ionization enthalpies:

BH B- + H+

Use buffers with DHion ~ 0

Including; phosphate, acetate, formate, citrate, sulfate, cacodylate, glycine

Quaternary amines (e.g. Tris) have high DHion

DHion

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Avoid DTT

Unstable and undergoes oxidation

High background heat

Use b-mercaptoethanol & TCEP

TCEP is not stable in phosphate buffer

Use conditions in which your protein is ‘happy’

Choice of buffer

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Sample preparation: small molecule ligand

If ligand is too small to dialyze, be sure material is desalted prior to final preparation

Use final dialysis buffer of macromolecule to dissolve ligand

Match pH

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ITC – “Reverse Titration”

Can also have ligand in cell – lower concentration requirement.

Have macromolecule in syringe at appropriate (higher) concentration, Need to be sure can have protein at the appropriate concentration.

At saturation: no more free ligand in ITC cell

If other than 1:1 binding, use “ligand in cell” option for curve fitting. Different model used.

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iTC200 Experimental design Injection volume and duration

• 0.5 to 3 l ((range 0.1-38 l)

• Injection rate is 0.5 l/sec

• Spacing

• Typical 120 secs-may want to extend to 180 seconds or more if using no feedback with large heats

• Be sure baseline returns before next injection

• If this does not occur, increase time between injections

Filter period

• 5 sec or less recommended

• Can be increased for slow reactions

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iTC200 Experimental design

Typical temperature: 25 °C

Number of injections: 12-18

Reference power

• Instrument baseline

• Set 5 cal/sec

• If very exothermic, increase setting so DP does not go below zero

Initial delay

• 60 sec minimum

• Establish baseline before 1st injection

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iTC200 Experimental design

Feedback mode

• High feedback for most ITC experiments

• Low or No feedback will give better S/N but will take longer time (increase time between injections) –normally used when working with small heats

Stirring speed

• 1000 rpm (1500 for SIM)

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Auto- iTC200

Macromolecule/protein (for cell):

Need 400 l in 96 well plate

Ligand (for syringe):

Need 120 l in 96 well plate

Set appropriate scripts for cell/syringe filling and cleaning

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ITC – Enthalpy Changes

DHobserved by ITC is total of :

DHbinding

DHionization

DHconformation

Any non-specific effects (buffer mismatch, pH mismatch, heat of dilution, heat of ligand dissociation)

Need to account for these effects by appropriate controls and experimental conditions

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Controls Injection of syringe material into buffer-

Peaks should be similar in magnitude to those at the end of the actual titration experiment and constant

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

4.25

4.30

4.35

4.40

4.45

4.50

4.55

4.60

4.65

4.70

4.75

A into B

A into Buffer

Time (min)

µca

l/se

c

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Controls

If they are constant-

subtract average peak size from the experimental data (Using the ‘Math’ command)

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Controls

If they are not constant

Buffer Mismatch –e.g. solvent component missing

Dissociation of the syringe material upon dilution into buffer- impact on apparent KD

Genuine change in heat of dilution with concentration.

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Buffer Mismatch

-5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

C: 2 % mismatch in DMSO: syringe: 20 l DMSO added to 1.0 ml buffer; cell: buffer only (no DMSO).

B: Slightly mismatched solution: syringe: 20 l DMSO added to 1.0 ml buffer;

cell: 280 l DMSO added to 14 ml buffer.

A: Matched solution: both cell & syringe have same solution (280 l DMSO added to 14 ml buffer).

Time (min)

µcal/sec

2% DMSO into 2% DMSO

2% DMSO into 1.95% DMSO

2% DMSO into 0% DMSO

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Dissociation of Syringe Material into Buffer

Calorimetric dilution data showing the effects

of different ligands on dilution of insulin

Ref: Lovatt M, Cooper A and Camillerri P (1996)

Eur. Biophys. J. 24:354-357

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Changing Heats of Dilution

The control experiment should be fit to a straight line – (or geometric function (if required- Caution!)

This best fit line can then be subtracted from titration experiment before fitting to the appropriate model.

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For Each ITC Experiment

Start with clean cell and syringe

Prepare macromolecule and ligand in matched buffer

Perform control titration(s) to establish heat of dilution

Set appropriate scan parameters to generate full binding isotherm

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Troubleshooting

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Bent Syringe

0

5

DP

DP

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Syringe Height

0

5

DP

iTC200 - Syringe Holding Nut Loose

DP

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Baseline Position/Drift

Baseline position is the first diagnostic for data quality-information on

• Cell cleanliness

• ‘Sticky’ proteins

• Air Bubbles

• Time between injections

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Bubbles

0

5

DP

DP

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Not long enough between injections

0.00 33.33 66.67 100.00 133.33 166.67

14

15

16

17

18

19

Time (min)

µca

l/se

c

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Not long enough between injections

-8.33 0.00 8.33 16.67 25.00 33.33 41.67 50.00 58.33 66.67

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Time (min)

µca

l/se

c

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‘Sticky’ Proteins or Cleanliness

-33.33 0.00 33.33 66.67 100.00 133.33 166.67 200.00 233.33 266.67

0

2

4

Time (min)

µca

l/se

c Change in baseline

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‘Sticky’ Proteins or Cleanliness

0.00 8.33 16.67 25.00 33.33 41.67 50.00

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

Time (min)

µca

l/se

c

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‘Sticky’ Proteins or Cleanliness

-16.67 0.00 16.67 33.33 50.00 66.67 83.33 100.00 116.67 133.33

14

16

Time (min)

µca

l/se

c

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Non sigmoidal binding isotherm

No Binding

No Heat

Buffer mismatch

More than one binding event

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Buffer Mismatch-No Dialysis

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180

-0.5

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

without dialysis

with dialysis

Time (min)

µca

l/se

c

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Effect of DMSO Mismatch

-5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

C: 2 % mismatch in DMSO: syringe: 20 l DMSO added to 1.0 ml buffer; cell: buffer only (no DMSO).

B: Slightly mismatched solution: syringe: 20 l DMSO added to 1.0 ml buffer;

cell: 280 l DMSO added to 14 ml buffer.

A: Matched solution: both cell & syringe have same solution (280 l DMSO added to 14 ml buffer).

Time (min)

µcal/sec

2% DMSO into 2% DMSO-same stock

2% DMSO into 2% DMSO-separate stocks

2% DMSO into 0% DMSO

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Ligand preparation from DMSO

5 mM ligand in 100% DMSO 50 l

Dialysate buffer 950 l

250 M ligand in 5 % DMSO

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Match DMSO in the protein solution

DMSO 50 l

25 M dialyzed protein 950 l

1 mL of 23.75 M protein in 5 % DMSO

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The Cure

Dialyze or use desalting column

Check for additives that are not in both cell and syringe- Also-ask what was sample purified from e.g. was protein lyophilized in buffer and not dialyzed

Check pH of final solutions-should differ by less than 0.1 pH units. This issue is common when working with high concentrations of ligand-e.g. 500 M and above-weak binding

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ITC: low heat

0.00 16.67 33.33 50.00 66.67 83.33

4.26

4.28

4.30

4.32

4.34

4.36

4.38

4.40

4.42

4.44

4.46

4.48

4.50

4.52

Time (min)

µca

l/se

c

Control: ligand into buffer

ExperimentL ligand into protein

Heats for experiment same as control

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The Cure

Change experimental temperature by at least 10 °C

AND/OR

Increase sample concentration

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Unexpected Stoichiometry

0.00 33.33 66.67 100.00 133.33 166.67

18.6

18.7

18.8

18.9

19.0

19.1

19.2

19.3

Time (min)

µca

l/se

c

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Instrument reference power too low

-8.33 0.00 8.33 16.67 25.00 33.33 41.67 50.00 58.33

-4

-2

0

2

Time (min)

µca

l/se

c

Oscillating signal: Power below 0

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Insoluble Ligands

‘One site’ interactions are symmetrical and as such the ligand can be put in the cell and the protein in the syringe

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-1.5

-1.0

-0.5

0.0

-10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120

Time (min)

µca

l/se

c

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5

-12

-10

-8

-6

-4

-2

0

2

Molar Ratio

kca

l/m

ole

of in

jecta

nt

-0.8

-0.6

-0.4

-0.2

0.0

-10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Time (min)

µca

l/se

c

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5

-14

-12

-10

-8

-6

-4

-2

0

2

Molar Ratio

kca

l/m

ole

of in

jecta

nt

Parameter

Ligand in syringe

Ligand in cell

n

0.99

0.97

Kd

104 nM

105 nM

DGo

-9.4 kcal/mol

-9.4 kcal/mol

DHo

-11.9 kcal/mol

-12.4 kcal/mol

TDSo

-2.5 kcal/mol

-3.0 kcal/mol

29.5µM Protein titrated with 1.1mM Compound

11.5µM Compound titrated with 179µM Protein

Cure-Reverse the Titration

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Stoichiometry

“N” is the average number of binding sites per mole of protein in your solution, assuming:

• that all binding sites are identical and independent

• that you have pure protein (and ligand)

• that you have given the correct protein and ligand concentrations

• that all your protein is active

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ITC Maintenance

Cell cleaning:

Water/buffer

20 % Contrad 70

Keep water in cell when not in use

Reference cell:

Replace water once a week

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