Faster interaction measurements using MP-SPR KineticTitration
Application Note #155

KineticTitration significantly reduces time required to run an assay with different concentrations. It is also useful for interactions that are difficult to regenerate or when regeneration damages the ligand on the surface. In the measurement, analyte samples are flown over the surface in a series from low to high concentration, without dissociation and regeneration between the samples as required in other methods. The dissociation rate is measured
after the last analyte sample.
Here, KineticTitration was utilized to measure binding of small molecular weight drug (tolcapone, 273 Da) to an immobilized protein (human serum albumin, HSA). The results revealed two different binding sites, first with KD = 9.7 × 10-7 M, ka = 1.99 × 103(M*s)-1 and kd = 1.93 × 10-3 s-1 and second with KD2 = 1.9 × 10-6 M, ka2 = 1.41 × 102 (M*s)-1, kd2 = 2.67 × 10-4 s-1. The dissociation of Tolcapone from HSA is slow, so the typical multi-step measurement cycle would have taken 3 times more time than using KineticTitration.