Purification of rabbit polyclonal immunoglobulin G with ammonium sulphate precipitation and mixed-mode chromatography

Immunoglobulins G (IgG) against hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) was successfully purified using a purification scheme comprising ammonium sulphate precipitation and SepFast™ MM AH-1 column chromatography. Ammonium sulphate precipitation performed at 40% saturation was optimum in terms of the recove...

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Main Authors: Mariam, S. H. S, Ooi, Chien Wei, Tan, Wen Siang, Abdullah, Janna Ong, Ariff, Arbakariya, Tey, Beng Ti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46050/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46050/1/Purification%20of%20rabbit%20polyclonal%20immunoglobulin%20G%20with%20ammonium%20sulphate%20precipitation%20and%20mixed-mode%20chromatography.pdf
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Summary:Immunoglobulins G (IgG) against hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) was successfully purified using a purification scheme comprising ammonium sulphate precipitation and SepFast™ MM AH-1 column chromatography. Ammonium sulphate precipitation performed at 40% saturation was optimum in terms of the recovered polyclonal IgG concentration (7.8 mg/ml) and the removal of albumin (72%). The yield, purity and purification factor achieved from this simple purification method were 99%, 94% and 7.8, respectively. The IgG recovered from ammonium sulphate precipitation was subjected to SepFast™ MM AH-1 column chromatography and the purity of IgG was further increased to 98%, corresponding to a purification factor of 8.1. Protein aggregation was also reduced significantly in the purified IgG sample. Furthermore, the salt content in the purified sample was reduced by 75% and therefore the need of desalting final product was eliminated. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) showed that the antigenicity of anti-HBcAg IgG obtained after these purification processes was maintained.