Evaluation of the Stability of Bacteriophages in Different Solutions Suitable for the Production of Magistral Preparations in Belgium

In Belgium, the incorporation of phages into magistral preparations for human application has been permitted since 2018. The stability of such preparations is of high importance to guarantee quality and efficacy throughout treatments. We evaluated the ability to preserve infectivity of four different phages active against three different bacterial species in five different buffer and infusion solutions commonly used in medicine and biotechnological manufacturing processes, at two different concentrations (9 and 7 log pfu/mL), stored at 4 °C. DPBS without Ca 2+ and Mg 2+ was found to be the bes... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Hans Duyvejonck
Maya Merabishvili
Mario Vaneechoutte
Steven de Soir
Rosanna Wright
Ville-Petri Friman
Gilbert Verbeken
Daniel De Vos
Jean-Paul Pirnay
Els Van Mechelen
Stefan J. T. Vermeulen
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Reihe/Periodikum: Viruses, Vol 13, Iss 865, p 865 (2021)
Verlag/Hrsg.: MDPI AG
Schlagwörter: phage / API / magistral preparation / buffers / infusion solutions / infectivity / Microbiology / QR1-502
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26613555
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050865

In Belgium, the incorporation of phages into magistral preparations for human application has been permitted since 2018. The stability of such preparations is of high importance to guarantee quality and efficacy throughout treatments. We evaluated the ability to preserve infectivity of four different phages active against three different bacterial species in five different buffer and infusion solutions commonly used in medicine and biotechnological manufacturing processes, at two different concentrations (9 and 7 log pfu/mL), stored at 4 °C. DPBS without Ca 2+ and Mg 2+ was found to be the best option, compared to the other solutions. Suspensions with phage concentrations of 7 log pfu/mL were unsuited as their activity dropped below the effective therapeutic dose (6–9 log pfu/mL), even after one week of storage at 4 °C. Strong variability between phages was observed, with Acinetobacter baumannii phage Acibel004 being stable in four out of five different solutions. We also studied the long term storage of lyophilized staphylococcal phage ISP, and found that the titer could be preserved during a period of almost 8 years when sucrose and trehalose were used as stabilizers. After rehydration of the lyophilized ISP phage in saline, the phage solutions remained stable at 4 °C during a period of 126 days.