
High-Throughput Automated Microwave-Enhanced Peptide Synthesis
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Summary
The ability to incorporate high-throughput automation for sequential microwave-assisted SPPS provides significant advantages for peptide production. Batch sizes up to 24 peptides can be synthesized in higher purity, with less waste, and extremely rapidly. Compared to parallel approaches, individual peptides can advantageously be moved to analysis and purification without waiting for the entire batch to be completed. The use of automated sequential microwave SPPS was demonstrated on a Liberty PRIME™ 2.0 HT24 with the rapid production of 20 distinct 16mer neo-antigen peptides.
Introduction
Modern peptide research is fast paced and often involves
screening libraries of peptides to discover and develop
functional peptides. Automated microwave-assisted SPPS
has greatly reduced the time required to synthesize peptides,
but synthesizing one peptide at a time requires user input
between each sequence, if libraries need to be prepared.
CEM’s microwave peptide synthesizers (Liberty™ 2.0, Liberty
Blue™ 2.0, and Liberty PRIME™ 2.0) can be paired with an HT
transfer system, to allow the user to queue and automatically
synthesize up to 24 peptides consecutively. Batches of
individual resins are pre-loaded onto the HT for each peptide
in the queue, and then automatically transferred to the Liberty
synthesizer for peptide synthesis.
Automatic resin transfer removes the need for user input in
between each queued peptide, maximizing productivity during
the work-day and allows multiple peptides to run overnight. HT
systems are designed to transfer 4, 12, or 24 batches of resin
per queue, with ideal usage, based on the cycle times of the
synthesizer. The fastest synthesizer, Liberty PRIME 2.0, can be
equipped with HT4, HT12, or HT24, depending on the needs of
the researcher. Liberty Blue 2.0 can be equipped with HT4, or
HT12, while the base model Liberty 2.0 can be equipped with an
HT4. Furthermore, the Liberty PRIME 2.0 synthesizer features
extra reagent and bottle capacity for running large batches with
the HT24 setup, without refilling, along with the optional ability
to be used in cGMP settings for peptide production.