Large-volume methacrylate monolith for plasmid purification. Process engineering approach to synthesis and application

The extent of exothermicity associated with the construction of large-volume methacrylate monolithic columns has somewhat obstructed the realisation of large-scale rapid biomolecule purification especially for plasmid-based products which have proven to herald future trends in biotechnology. A novel...

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Main Authors: Danquah, Michael, Forde, G.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34063
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Forde, G.
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description The extent of exothermicity associated with the construction of large-volume methacrylate monolithic columns has somewhat obstructed the realisation of large-scale rapid biomolecule purification especially for plasmid-based products which have proven to herald future trends in biotechnology. A novel synthesis technique via a heat expulsion mechanism was employed to prepare a 40 mL methacrylate monolith with a homogeneous radial pore structure along its thickness. Radial temperature gradient was recorded to be only 1.8 °C. Maximum radial temperature recorded at the centre of the monolith was 62.3 °C, which was only 2.3 °C higher than the actual polymerisation temperature. Pore characterisation of the monolithic polymer showed unimodal pore size distributions at different radial positions with an identical modal pore size of 400 nm. Chromatographic characterisation of the polymer after functionalisation with amino groups displayed a persistent dynamic binding capacity of 15.5 mg of plasmid DNA/mL. The maximum pressure drop recorded was only 0.12 MPa at a flow rate of 10 mL/min. The polymer demonstrated rapid separation ability by fractionating Escherichia coli DH5a-pUC19 clarified lysate in only 3 min after loading. The plasmid sample collected after the fast purification process was tested to be a homogeneous supercoiled plasmid with DNA electrophoresis and restriction analysis. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-340632017-09-13T15:10:07Z Large-volume methacrylate monolith for plasmid purification. Process engineering approach to synthesis and application Danquah, Michael Forde, G. The extent of exothermicity associated with the construction of large-volume methacrylate monolithic columns has somewhat obstructed the realisation of large-scale rapid biomolecule purification especially for plasmid-based products which have proven to herald future trends in biotechnology. A novel synthesis technique via a heat expulsion mechanism was employed to prepare a 40 mL methacrylate monolith with a homogeneous radial pore structure along its thickness. Radial temperature gradient was recorded to be only 1.8 °C. Maximum radial temperature recorded at the centre of the monolith was 62.3 °C, which was only 2.3 °C higher than the actual polymerisation temperature. Pore characterisation of the monolithic polymer showed unimodal pore size distributions at different radial positions with an identical modal pore size of 400 nm. Chromatographic characterisation of the polymer after functionalisation with amino groups displayed a persistent dynamic binding capacity of 15.5 mg of plasmid DNA/mL. The maximum pressure drop recorded was only 0.12 MPa at a flow rate of 10 mL/min. The polymer demonstrated rapid separation ability by fractionating Escherichia coli DH5a-pUC19 clarified lysate in only 3 min after loading. The plasmid sample collected after the fast purification process was tested to be a homogeneous supercoiled plasmid with DNA electrophoresis and restriction analysis. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34063 10.1016/j.chroma.2008.02.045 Elsevier BV restricted
spellingShingle Danquah, Michael
Forde, G.
Large-volume methacrylate monolith for plasmid purification. Process engineering approach to synthesis and application
title Large-volume methacrylate monolith for plasmid purification. Process engineering approach to synthesis and application
title_full Large-volume methacrylate monolith for plasmid purification. Process engineering approach to synthesis and application
title_fullStr Large-volume methacrylate monolith for plasmid purification. Process engineering approach to synthesis and application
title_full_unstemmed Large-volume methacrylate monolith for plasmid purification. Process engineering approach to synthesis and application
title_short Large-volume methacrylate monolith for plasmid purification. Process engineering approach to synthesis and application
title_sort large-volume methacrylate monolith for plasmid purification. process engineering approach to synthesis and application
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34063