Isolation buffer characteristics and storage conditions could partially transform natural antibodies. 50 IgG factions were isolated from seven healthy donors' sera using various protein G columns and buffers. PAGE revealed no major antibody cleavages; purity of IgGs eluted at pH 2.4-3.5 was close to homogeneity, independent of buffer composition. Although eluting at pH 2.4 resulted in 3.5- or 17-fold higher antibody yield compared to pH 3.0 or 3.5, respectively, it distorted the antibody molecule. IgGs eluted at pH 2.4 acquired reactivity against diagnostically important autoantigens, confirmed by standardized ELISAs. Preserved antibodies' natural activity is important in further experiments with oxidatively-induced autoantibodies.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15321810903405027DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

iggs eluted
8
alteration antibody
4
antibody specificity
4
specificity isolation
4
isolation storage
4
storage isolation
4
isolation buffer
4
buffer characteristics
4
characteristics storage
4
storage conditions
4

Similar Publications

Biosensing-based quality control monitoring of the higher-order structures of therapeutic antibody domains.

Anal Chim Acta

May 2024

Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8566, Japan; Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8562, Japan. Electronic address:

Advanced biopharmaceutical manufacturing requires novel process analytical technologies for the rapid and sensitive assessment of the higher-order structures of therapeutic proteins. However, conventional physicochemical analyses of denatured proteins have limitations in terms of sensitivity, throughput, analytical resolution, and real-time monitoring capacity. Although probe-based sensing can overcome these limitations, typical non-specific probes lack analytical resolution and provide little to no information regarding which parts of the protein structure have been collapsed.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

A robust nanoscale RP HPLC-MS approach for sensitive Fc proteoform profiling of IgG allotypes.

Anal Chim Acta

October 2023

Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, the Netherlands. Electronic address:

The conserved region (Fc) of IgG antibodies dictates the interactions with designated receptors thus defining the immunological effector functions of IgG. Amino acid sequence variations in the Fc, recognized as subclasses and allotypes, as well as post-translational modifications (PTMs) modulate these interactions. Yet, the high similarity of Fc sequences hinders allotype-specific PTM analysis by state-of-the-art bottom-up methods and current subunit approaches lack sensitivity and face co-elution of near-isobaric allotypes.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Rapid purification of rabbit immunoglobulins using a single-step, negative-selection chromatography.

Protein Expr Purif

July 2023

Department of Radiation Oncology and Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA. Electronic address:

Custom polyclonal antibodies raised in rabbits are routinely used in immunoblotting and other protein analysis techniques. Custom rabbit polyclonal antisera are generally purified using immunoaffinity or Protein A-affinity chromatography; however, these methods require harsh elution conditions that can compromise the antigen binding efficacy. We evaluated the utility of Melon™ Gel chromatography for purification of IgG from crude rabbit serum.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

FcγRIIIa-binding affinity is one of the key factors to ensure the efficacy of many antitumor therapeutic antibodies, which should be monitored along with the titer, protein aggregation, and other critical quality attributes. The conventional workflow for the quality assessment of therapeutic antibodies in harvested cell culture fluid (HCCF) is time-consuming and costly nevertheless. In this study, a tractable method was established for rapid quality assessment of a HCCF sample through differentially extracting IgG with different FcγRIIIa affinity levels using FcγRIIIa-immobilized magnetic microspheres, followed by size exclusion chromatography (SEC) to determine the amount and monomer percentage of IgGs in the preceding eluate.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Antibodies to blood stages protective against complications of Plasmodium falciparum infection were found to be of immunoglobulin G 1 (IgG1) and IgG3 subclasses and of high affinity to the target epitopes. These target epitopes cannot be characterized using recombinant antigens because of a lack of appropriate glycosylation, phosphorylation, methylation, and bisulfide bond formation, which determine the structure of conformational and nonlinear epitopes within the tertiary and quaternary structures of native P. falciparum antigens.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!