Messenger RNA analysis

Break through barriers and extend the frontiers of messenger RNA (mRNA), self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) and circular RNA (circRNA) development with intuitive analytical solutions. Confidently innovate with high-quality, sensitive and accurate data to assess integrity, purity and critical quality attributes (CQAs).

Overview

The analysis of mRNA is complex due to its fragile nature, heterogeneity and length. 

Discover workflows that let you break through the analytical boundaries of in vitro transcribed (IVT) products and provide quality results to confidently address the challenges of mRNA, circRNA and saRNA development. 

Determine CQAs, integrity, purity and secondary structures with intuitive solutions that provide meaningful answers to keep your process in progress.

Perspectives:
  • “Given the “one break no effect” with mRNA, the integrity of mRNA drugs must be assessed to ensure its quality. Capillary gel electrophoresis (CGE) is a key tool in this field. CGE systems, such as the BioPhase 8800 system from SCIEX, offering high resolution and efficiently characterizing RNA profiles, enable accurate quality control. Ensuring the integrity and purity of mRNA formulations is essential for the development of effective and safe therapeutics.”

    Jérémie Parot, PhD Research Scientist, SINTEF

mRNA integrity and purity

Workflow

mRNA product quality is directly linked to integrity and purity. 

Enable control of your RNA products. Assess the purity of full-sized mRNA molecules with the highest quality and resolution, and create pathways for analyzing and understanding these fragile molecules more easily and reliably. 

Kit-based solutions let you save time so you can focus on your research and help determine the future of medicine.

  • Achieve high-resolution mRNA and impurity separation over an extended size range
  • Precise kit solutions with pre-assembled cartridges deliver superior accuracy and precision
  • Find relevant impurities (even below 1%) with laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) detection
  • Cover your compliance needs through compatibility with the Empower Chromatography Data System (CDS)

mRNA integrity and purity

Suited for:

  • High-quality separation
  • Rapid method development and sample analysis
BioPhase 8800 system

Purpose-built for the biopharmaceutical scientist for efficiency and quality, enabling multiple samples to be run in parallel.

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RNA 9000 Purity & Integrity kit

Purity and integrity analysis of RNA therapeutics, vaccines and single stranded oligos.

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BioPhase BFS capillary cartridge - 8 x 30 cm

Pre-assembled bare-fused silica 8-capillary cartridge for the BioPhase 8800 system - 8 x 30 cm. (P/N 5080121)

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mRNA integrity and purity

Suited for:

  • High-quality separation
  • Low to medium throughput needs
PA 800 Plus system

Characterize therapeutic molecules with confidence with the kit-based system.

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RNA 9000 Purity & Integrity kit

Purity and integrity analysis of RNA therapeutics, vaccines and single stranded oligos.

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BFS capillary cartridge for the PA 800 Plus system

Pre-assembled bare-fused silica capillary cartridge for the PA 800 Plus system.

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CircRNA

Workflow

The use of next-generation RNA, such as circular RNA (circRNA)—a type of RNA that is not dependent on CQAs such as 3' poly-A tails or 5' capping—is growing. 

Pursue improved RNA-based drugs with the ability to confidently separate circRNA from linear precursors and assess a continuous loop of RNA using high-quality data.

  • Take control of your circRNA purity with a %CV of <2%
  • Rely on superior separation of impurities with highly sensitive detection
  • Save time with automated size determination and quantitation of linear RNA precursors
  • Cover your compliance needs through compatibility with the Empower CDS

CircRNA

Suited for:

  • High-quality separation
  • Rapid method development and sample analysis
BioPhase 8800 system

Purpose-built for the biopharmaceutical scientist for efficiency and quality, enabling multiple samples to be run in parallel.

Learn more
RNA 9000 Purity & Integrity kit

Purity and integrity analysis of RNA therapeutics, vaccines and single stranded oligos.

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BioPhase BFS capillary cartridge - 8 x 30 cm

Pre-assembled bare-fused silica 8-capillary cartridge for the BioPhase 8800 system - 8 x 30 cm. (P/N 5080121)

Learn more

CircRNA

Suited for:

  • High-quality separation
  • Low to medium throughput needs
PA 800 Plus system

Characterize therapeutic molecules with confidence with the kit-based system.

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RNA 9000 Purity & Integrity kit

Purity and integrity analysis of RNA therapeutics, vaccines and single stranded oligos.

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BFS capillary cartridge for the PA 800 Plus system

Pre-assembled bare-fused silica capillary cartridge for the PA 800 Plus system.

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5’ capping

Workflow

Imagine taking control of your mRNA stability and translation efficiency by better understanding your 5’ CQAs. 

Characterize and quantify capped vs. uncapped mRNA species and dig deeper into distinguishing different capping intermediates with high-quality data generated using solutions based on capillary electrophoresis (CE) and accurate mass spectrometry.

  • Clearly identify capping intermediates (G cap, cap 0 and cap 1) with accurate mass information
  • Break free from quantitation limitations with accurate mass quantitation
  • Differentiate capped from uncapped 5’ ends with high-quality CE solutions
  • Be prepared for a method transfer to quality control (QC) with reliable CE solutions

5’ capping

Suited for:

  • Identification and quantitation of 5'-end capping intermediates
  • Robust, analytical flow setup
ExionLC AE system

Reproducibility, reliability and carryover performance to match your quantitative workflows. Dependability you can count on, from injection to injection and batch after batch.

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X500B QTOF system

A purpose-built QTOF system, designed specifically to accelerate everyday biologics characterization.

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Molecule Profiler software

Determine impurities and biotransformations for a wide variety of modalities.

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5’ capping

Suited for:

  • Identification and highly sensitive quantitation of capping intermediates
  • Meeting flexibility needs to perform a range of additional workflows
ExionLC AE system

Reproducibility, reliability and carryover performance to match your quantitative workflows. Dependability you can count on, from injection to injection and batch after batch.

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ZenoTOF 7600 system

A high-resolution mass spectrometry solution that combines powerful MS/MS sensitivity, fragmentation technology and a step-change in data independent acquisition.

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Molecule Profiler software

Determine impurities and biotransformations for a wide variety of modalities.

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5’ capping

Suited for:

  • Differentiation of capped from non-capped 5' ends
  • Assay transfer to quality control (QC)
PA 800 Plus system

Characterize therapeutic molecules with confidence with the kit-based system.

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ssDNA 100-R kit

Kit with coated capillaries, gel, and standards to analyze single-stranded nucleic acids on the PA 800 Plus system.

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3’ poly-A tail

Workflow

Understanding product stability lays the foundation for improved drugs. 

Lead the way by characterizing your 3’-end CQAs, whether you are using template-encoded tails, enzymatic addition or a combination of these approaches. 

Give your team the power to determine the lengths of the adenosine tails and their distribution profiles in mature mRNA products with solutions based on CE and accurate mass systems.

  • Progress your mRNA development with a clear understanding of your poly-A tails
  • Access poly-A tail length information via deconvolution of high-quality accurate mass data
  • Obtain size information for 3’ tails with excellent base resolution via CE

3’ poly-A tail

Suited for:

  • Molecular weight determination of 3'-end poly-A tails
  • Robust, analytical flow setup
ExionLC AE system

Reproducibility, reliability and carryover performance to match your quantitative workflows. Dependability you can count on, from injection to injection and batch after batch.

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X500B QTOF system

A purpose-built QTOF system, designed specifically to accelerate everyday biologics characterization.

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SCIEX OS software

Unleash the analytical power of the next-generation software platform for data acquisition and processing.

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3’ poly-A tail

Suited for:

  • Molecular weight determination of 3'-end poly-A tails
  • Meeting flexibility needs to perform a range of additional workflows
ExionLC AE system

Reproducibility, reliability and carryover performance to match your quantitative workflows. Dependability you can count on, from injection to injection and batch after batch.

Learn more
ZenoTOF 7600 system

A high-resolution mass spectrometry solution that combines powerful MS/MS sensitivity, fragmentation technology and a step-change in data independent acquisition.

Learn more
SCIEX OS software

Unleash the analytical power of the next-generation software platform for data acquisition and processing.

Learn more

3’ poly-A tail

Suited for:

  • Achieving the highest resolution power
  • QC deployment
PA 800 Plus system

Characterize therapeutic molecules with confidence with the kit-based system.

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ssDNA 100-R kit

Kit with coated capillaries, gel, and standards to analyze single-stranded nucleic acids on the PA 800 Plus system.

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Secondary structure

Workflow

RNA structures can affect your LNP formulations and the stability and efficacy of a final product. Gain greater control of structural prediction for your oligonucleotides of interest. Leverage solutions that gather empirical data without nucleotide or structural bias to enable better insights into RNA backbone flexibility based on base-paired and unconstrained residues

  • Achieve structural understanding with data-driven information
  • Find hotspots for backbone flexibility in your nucleic acid products
  • Benefit from data without nucleotide bias

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