Optimisation of the purification process of a tumour-targeting antibody produced in <Emphasis Type="Italic">N. benthamiana</Emphasis> using vacuum-agroinfiltration

It was previously demonstrated that the tumour-targeting antibody mAb H10 can be transiently expressed and purified at high levels in Nicotiana benthamiana by using a vacuum-agroinfiltration system boosted by the use of a virus silencing suppressor protein. Scope of this work was to analyse different steps of protein extraction from agroinfiltrated leaves to optimise the purification process of the secretory mAb H10 providing new insights in the field of large-scale plant production. Two different extraction procedures (mechanical shearing/homogenisation and recovery of intercellular fluids -IFs-) were evaluated and compared in terms of purified antibody yields, antibody degradation and total phenolic compounds content. Mechanical grinding from fresh leaf tissues gave the highest purification yield (75 mg/kg Fresh Weight -75% intact tetrameric IgG-) and total phenolics concentration in the range of 420 μg/g FW. The second extraction procedure, based on the recovery of IFs, gave purification yields of 15–20 mg/kg FW (corresponding to 27% of total soluble protein) in which about 40% of purified protein is constituted by fully assembled IgG with a total phenolic compounds content reduced by one order of magnitude (21 μg/g FW). Despite a higher antibody degradation, purification from intercellular fluids demonstrated to be very promising since extraction procedures resulted extremely fast and amenable to scaling-up. Overall data highlight that different extraction procedures can dramatically affect the proteolytic degradation and quality of antibody purified from agroinfiltrated N. benthamiana leaves. Based on these results, we optimised a pilot-scale purification protocol using a two-step purification procedure from batches of fresh agroinfiltrated leaves (250 g) allowing purification of milligram quantities (average yield 40 mg/kg FW) of fully assembled and functional IgG with a 99.4% purity, free of phenolic and alkaloid compounds with low endotoxin levels (<1 EU/ml).     

Two-stage method for purification of ceruloplasmin based on its interaction with neomycin

A two-stage chromatography that yields highly purified ceruloplasmin (CP) from human plasma and from rat and rabbit serum is described. The isolation procedure is based on the interaction of CP with neomycin, and it provides a high yield of CP. Constants of inhibition by gentamycin, kanamycin, and neomycin of oxidase activity of CP in its reaction with p-phenylenediamine were assayed. The lowest K _i for neomycin (11 μM) corresponded to the highest specific adsorption of CP on neomycin-agarose (10 mg CP/ml of resin). Isolation of CP from 1.4 liters of human plasma using ion-exchange chromatography on UNO-Sphere Q and affinity chromatography on neomycin-agarose yields 348 mg of CP with 412-fold purification degree. Human CP preparation obtained with A ₆₁₀/A ₂₈₀ ∼ 0.052 contained neither immunoreactive prothrombin nor active thrombin. Upon storage at 37°C under sterile conditions, the preparation remained stable for two months. Efficient preparation of highly purified CP from rat and rabbit sera treated according to a similar protocol suggests the suitability of our method for isolation of CP from plasma and serum of other animals. The yield of CP in three separate purifications was no less than 78%.     

Statistical optimization for immobilized metal affinity purification of secreted human erythropoietin from Drosophila S2 cells

We used a novel approach to affinity purify human erythropoietin (hEPO) following its secretion from Drosophila melanogaster S2 cells. Immobilized metal affinity purification of hEPO was optimized using a two-step serial statistical optimization strategy. After determining the elution conditions (based on preliminary batch-type purification experiments), the first optimization step considered three purification factors; resin, equilibrium, and washing. The results of this analysis showed that the resin amount was the major factor influencing yield and purity in both model equations and the washing factor lowered the confidence limits of the acquired model equations. The washing conditions were then set based on the results of the first step optimization and the second step then optimized three factors; resin, equilibrium, and elution. The yield and purity of hEPO were then compared following purification using three different approaches; batch-type purification based upon the conditions determined by serial statistical optimization, batch-type purification performed in preliminary experiments, and FPLC column chromatography-type purification. We found that the serial statistical optimization approach provided the best combination of yield and purity. These findings indicate that serial statistical optimization strategies can be successfully employed for immobilized metal affinity protein purification using either batch-type or column approaches.     

High yield chromatographic purification of enzymatically produced tyrosine fructosyl ester

The synthesis of L-tyrosine fructosyl ester, from fructose and L-tyrosine methyl ester, was carried out by a transesterification reaction catalyzed by α-chymotrypsin in water without any organic cosolvent. The yield was optimized by regulating the pH?of the reaction medium and a maximum yield of 63% was obtained. A two-step process of tyrosine fructosyl ester purification was proposed using adsorbent resin and activated carbon. Different elutions and supports easily applicable to industrial process have been studied. Solutions of tyrosine fructosyl ester with a 96% purity and 70% recovery yield were obtained by chromatography on a column of acrylic polyester resins with a solution of 0.5?M NaCl as eluant.     

Highly pure 1,3‐propanediol: Separation and purification from crude glycerol‐based fermentation

A new separation and purification process was developed for recovering 1,3‐propanediol (1,3‐PD) from crude glycerol‐based fermentation broth with high purity. The downstream process integrated chitosan flocculation, activated carbon decolorization, fixed bed cation exchange resin adsorption, and vacuum distillation. Breakthrough curves were measured considering the effect of sample concentration, flow rate, temperature, and resin stack height. Yoon–Nelson model was proposed to fit the fixed bed adsorption. The characteristic column parameters were calculated. Optimal condition for adsorption was 1,3‐PD, 30.0 g/L; flow rate, 1.00 mL/min; stacking height, 30.0 cm; and temperature, 298 K. Ethanol‐water (75%, 1 mL/min) was used as eluent to separate 1,3‐PD and glycerol with 95.3% 1,3‐PD elution rate. After vacuum distillation, the overall purity and yield of 1,3‐PD were 99.2% and 80.8% in the purification process, respectively. This is a simple and efficient downstream strategy for 1,3‐PD purification.     

mRNA display selection and solid‐phase synthesis of Fc‐binding cyclic peptide affinity ligands

Cyclic peptides are attractive candidates for synthetic affinity ligands due to their favorable properties, such as resistance to proteolysis, and higher affinity and specificity relative to linear peptides. Here we describe the discovery, synthesis and characterization of novel cyclic peptide affinity ligands that bind the Fc portion of human Immunoglobulin G (IgG; hFc). We generated an mRNA display library of cyclic pentapeptides wherein peptide cyclization was achieved with high yield and selectivity, using a solid‐phase crosslinking reaction between two primary amine groups, mediated by a homobifunctional linker. Subsequently, a pool of cyclic peptide binders to hFc was isolated from this library and chromatographic resins incorporating the selected cyclic peptides were prepared by on‐resin solid‐phase peptide synthesis and cyclization. Significantly, this approach results in resins that are resistant to harsh basic conditions of column cleaning and regeneration. Further studies identified a specific cyclic peptide—cyclo[Link‐M‐WFRHY‐K]—as a robust affinity ligand for purification of IgG from complex mixtures. The cyclo[Link‐M‐WFRHY‐K] resin bound selectively to the Fc fragment of IgG, with no binding to the Fab fragment, and also bound immunoglobulins from a variety of mammalian species. Notably, while the recovery of IgG using the cyclo[Link‐M‐WFRHY‐K] resin was comparable to a Protein A resin, elution of IgG could be achieved under milder conditions (pH 4 vs. pH 2.5). Thus, cyclo[Link‐M‐WFRHY‐K] is an attractive candidate for developing a cost‐effective and robust chromatographic resin to purify monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Finally, our approach can be extended to efficiently generate and evaluate cyclic peptide affinity ligands for other targets of interest. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2013; 110: 857–870. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Adsorptive removal of fermentation inhibitors from concentrated acid hydrolyzates of lignocellulosic biomass

Adsorptive purification of concentrated acid hydrolyzate of lignocellulose was investigated. Cation exchange resin (CS16GC), neutral polymer adsorbent (XAD-16), and granulated activated carbon (GAC) were studied to remove furfural, HMF, and acetic acid from a synthetic hydrolyzate containing 20 wt.% H₂SO₄. Adsorption isotherms were determined experimentally. Loading and regeneration were investigated in a laboratory scale column.GAC has the highest adsorption capacity, but regeneration with water was not feasible. XAD-16 and CS16GC had lower adsorption capacities but also shorter cycle times due to easier regeneration. Productivity increased when regenerating with 50 wt.% EtOH(aq) solution.To compare adsorbents, process performance was quantified by productivity and fraction of inhibitors removed. GAC yields highest performance when high purity is required and ethanol can be used in regeneration. For lower purities, XAD-16 and GAC yield approximately equal performance. When using ethanol must be avoided, CS16GC offers highest productivity.     

A “Stripping” Ligand Tactic for Use with the Kinetic Locking-on Strategy: Its Use in the Resolution and Bioaffinity Chromatographic Purification of NAD-Dependent Dehydrogenases

The kinetic locking-on strategy utilizes soluble analogues of the target enzymes' specific substrate to promote selective adsorption of individual NAD⁺-dependent dehydrogenases on their complementary immobilized cofactor derivative. Application of this strategy to the purification of NAD⁺-dependent dehydrogenases from crude extracts has proven that it can yield bioaffinity systems capable of producing one-chromatographic-step purifications with yields approaching 100%. However, in some cases the purified enzyme preparation was found to be contaminated with other proteins weakly bound to the immobilized cofactor derivative through binary complex formation and/or nonspecific interactions, which continuously “dribbled” off the matrix during the chromatographic procedure. The fact that this problem can be overcome by including a short pulse of 5′-AMP (stripping ligand) in the irrigant a couple of column volumes prior to the discontinuation of the specific substrate analogue (locking-on ligand) is clear from the results presented in this report. The general effectiveness of this auxiliary tactic has been assessed using model studies and through incorporation into an actual purification from a crude cellular extract. The results confirm the usefulness of the stripping-ligand tactic for the resolution and purification of NAD⁺-dependent dehydrogenases when using the locking-on strategy. These studies have been carried out using bovine liver glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH, EC 1.4.1.3), yeast alcohol dehydrogenase (YADH, EC 1.1.1.1), porcine heart mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase (mMDH, EC 1.1.1.37), and bovine heart -lactate dehydrogenase ( -LDH, EC 1.1.1.27).     

Recovery of ganoderic acids from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Ganoderma lucidum</Emphasis> mycelia by macroporous adsorption resins

In this work, the performance and adsorption characteristics of macroporous resins for the recovery and enrichment of ganoderic acid (GA)-Mk and GA-T from Ganoderma lucidum mycelia were systematically evaluated. ADS-8 resin displayed the best adsorption and desorption capacities among the tested resins based on batch experiments. The interaction between solute and ADS-8 resin at different temperatures was described in terms of Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms, and the equilibrium experimental data were well fitted to the two isotherms. Thermodynamic analysis indicated the exothermic and spontaneous nature of the adsorption process. The adsorption capacity of ADS-8 resin was found to depend strongly on the pH value of the initial solution. Dynamic adsorption and desorption tests were performed on an ADS-8 resin-packed column to obtain optimal parameters for recovering GA-Mk and GAT from G. lucidum extract. Under optimized conditions, a laboratory scale-up preparation of GA-Mk and GA-T was carried out. The contents of GA-Mk and GA-T were increased from 45 to 22 mg/g in the crude extract to 352 and 141 mg/g in the final product with recovery yields of 90.1 and 72.2%, respectively. These results demonstrated that ADS-8 resin chromatography could act as a useful approach for obtaining ganoderic acids from G. lucidum mycelia.     

The use of a hydrophobic resin as a product reservoir in steroid transformations

Particles of the hydrophobic resin polydimethylsiloxane were found to preferentially accumulate steriods on the basis of their hydrophobicity. Thus, the resin selectively sorped the steroid products resulting from the transformation of diosgenin by Nocardia rhodochrous, with the result that higher yields of the later biotransformation product, 1-dehydrodiosgenone, and lower yields of the first product, diosgenone, were obtained than in the absence of resin. Furthermore, steroids accumulated by the resin were available for further biotransformation, so that a two-step reaction forming androstenes from a crude extract of furostanol glycosides (obtained from fenugreek seed) could be carried out. The first step involves deglycosylation and is catalyzed by Fusarium solani. In the presence of resin the water-insoluble diosgenin product becomes sorped to the resin and can be easily transferred to a second fermentation in which diosgenone, 1-dehydrodiosgenone, and androstenes were formed by Mycobacterium phlei. These compounds were completely accumulated by the resin at the end of the fermentation. This procedure is logistically more convenient than the conventional chemical process and illustrates the potential of biotechnological processes in which simultaneous reaction, product isolation, and product purification occur.     

Separation of chlorogenic acid from honeysuckle crude extracts by macroporous resins

Chlorogenic acid, one of the most bioactive compounds rich in the Chinese medicinal herb honeysuckle, is a natural antioxidant and serves as anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, anti-mutagenic and anti-carcinogenic agent. An efficient preparative separation process of chlorogenic acid from honeysuckle crude extracts has been developed in the present study. HPD-850 resin offers the best adsorption capacity, and adsorption and desorption ratios for chlorogenic acid among the nine macroporous resins tested, and its adsorption rate at 25 degrees C fit best to the Langmuir isotherm. The adsorption capacity of HPD-850 resin was found to depend strongly on the pH value of the initial adsorption solution. The dynamic adsorption and desorption experiments have been carried out on a HPD-850 resin packed column to optimize the separation process of chlorogenic acid from honeysuckle crude extracts. After one run treatment with HPD-850 resin, the chlorogenic acid content in the final product was increased 4.46-fold from 11.2% to 50.0%, with a recovery yield of 87.9%. The preparative separation of chlorogenic acid can be easily and efficiently achieved via adsorption and desorption on HPD-850 resin, and the method developed will provide a potential approach for large-scale separation and purification of chlorogenic acid for its wide pharmaceutical use.     

Rapid Affinity Purification Processes for Cyclodextrin Glycosyltransferase from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Bacillus</Emphasis><Emphasis Type="Italic">circulans</Emphasis>

Two rapid and easy-to-scale-up methods for the purification of cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase) from Bacillus circulans were developed: affinity precipitation with starch and aqueous two-phase partition. The first method, optimised by a factorial design, gave an 80% CGTase adsorption at 11% starch and 1.6% ammonium sulphate, and a 65% recovery after elution with 10 mM α-cyclodextrin. The purification factor was 17. Aqueous two-phase partition yielded a 72% CGTase recovery in a two-step procedure; CGTase was obtained in the bottom phase with a purification factor of 37.     

Optimal production of L-threo-2,3-dihydroxyphenylserine (L-threo-DOPS) on a large scale by diastereoselectivity-enhanced variant of L-threonine aldolase expressed in Escherichia coli

This study examined the efficient production and optimal separation procedures for pure L-threo-3,4-dihydroxyphenylserine (L-threo-DOPS) from a mixture of diastereomers synthesized by whole-cell aldol condensation reaction, harboring diastereoselectivity-enhanced L-threonine aldolase in Escherichia coli JM109. The addition of the reducing agent sodium sulfite was found to stimulate the production of L-threo-DOPS without affecting the diastereoselectivity ratio, especially at the 50 mM concentration. The optimal pH for diastereoselective synthesis was 6.5. The addition of Triton X-100 also strongly affected the synthesis yield, showing the highest conversion yield at a 0.75% concentration; however, the diastereoselectivity of the L-threonine aldolase was not affected. Lowering the temperature to 10°C did not significantly affect the diastereoselectiviy without affecting the synthesis rate. At the optimized conditions, a mixture of L-threo-DOPS and L-erythro-DOPS was synthesized by diastereoselectivity-enhanced L-threonine aldolase from E. coli in a continuous process for 100 hr, yielding an average of 4.0 mg/mL of L-threo-DOPS and 60% diastereoselectivity (de), and was subjected to two steps of ion exchange chromatography. The optimum separation conditions for the resin and solvent were evaluated in which it was found that a two-step process with the ion-exchange resin Dowex 50 W × 8 and activated carbon by washing with 0.5 N acetic acid was sufficient to separate the L-threo-DOPS. By using two-step ion-exchange chromatography, synthesized high-purity L-threo-DOPS of up to 100% was purified with a yield of 71%. The remaining substrates, glycine and 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde, were recovered successfully with a yield of 71.2%. Our results indicate this potential procedure as an economical purification process for the synthesis and purification of important L-threo-DOPS at the pharmaceutical level.     

战骨黄酮碳苷类化合物的大孔树脂富集工艺研究

黄酮碳苷,作为战骨植物中的有效成分之一,具有抗骨关节炎的功效.为优化植物战骨茎中总黄酮碳苷的富集纯化工艺,该研究以战骨中5个黄酮碳苷为考察指标,通过对13种大孔树脂的静态吸附与解吸实验,优选出合适的大孔树脂,利用高效液相色谱对结果进行检测,然后利用正交工艺优化富集纯化条件.结果表明:(1)XAD-16N型大孔树脂对植物...     

Separation of scutellarin from crude extracts of Erigeron breviscapus (vant.) Hand. Mazz. by macroporous resins

Scutellarin, a flavone glycoside, popularly used in the treatment of heart disease, has been efficiently separated using macroporous resins from crude extracts of Chinese medicinal plant Erigeron breviscapus (vant.) Hand. Mazz. HPD-800 resin offered the best adsorption and desorption capacity for scutellarin among the eight macroporous resins tested, and its adsorption data at 25 degrees C fit best to the Langmuir isotherm. The dynamic adsorption and desorption experiments have been carried out on a HPD-800 resin packed column to optimize the separation process of scutellarin from the crude extracts of E. breviscapus. After one run treatment with HPD-800 resin, the scutellarin content in the product was increased 15.69-fold from 2.61% to 40.96% with a recovery yield of 95.01%. The preparative separation process via adsorption-desorption method developed in this study provides a new approach for scale-up separation and purification of scutellarin for its wide pharmaceutical use.     

Sulfanilic acid‐modified chitosan mini‐spheres and their application for lysozyme purification from egg white

A cation exchange matrix with zwitterionic and multimodal properties was synthesized by a simple reaction sequence coupling sulfanilic acid to a chitosan based support. The novel chromatographic matrix was physico‐chemically characterized by ss‐NMR and ζ potential, and its chromatographic performance was evaluated for lysozyme purification from diluted egg white. The maximum adsorption capacity, calculated according to Langmuir adsorption isotherm, was 50.07 ± 1.47 mg g^?1 while the dissociation constant was 0.074 ± 0.012 mg mL^?1. The process for lysozyme purification from egg white was optimized, with 81.9% yield and a purity degree of 86.5%, according to RP‐HPLC analysis. This work shows novel possible applications of chitosan based materials. The simple synthesis reactions combined with the simple mode of use of the chitosan matrix represents a novel method to purify proteins from raw starting materials. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 34:387–396, 2018     

Recovery of mouse endostatin produced by Pichia pastoris using expanded bed adsorption

Endostatin, a 20 KDa fragment of collagen XVIII, was shown to have an inhibitory effect on angiogenesis and can potentially be used as a tumor growth suppressor. To obtain the amount needed for testing, the protein was successfully cloned and expressed in Pichia pastoris. At the end of the fermentation process, the concentration of the endostatin in the culture was 50 mg per liter, accompanied by 400 gr per liter (wet weight) of biomass. Before the protein can be captured and purified on a packed bed of heparin-Sepharose, the biomass must be removed. Because of the high biomass concentration, conventional biomass removal techniques like centrifugation or filtration are inefficient and cumbersome. Therefore, the expanded-bed adsorption technique was chosen as an alternative approach. An efficient procedure for the initial recovery and purification of the endostatin was developed. The process utilized a cation- exchanger resin instead of a heparin-based affinity resin, because its dynamic capacity was higher, even though it was affected by the high linear flow on the expanded bed. After adjusting the conductivity, pH and biomass concentration, the complete broth was pumped directly on the expanded-bed matrix (Streamline SP XL). Though the yields of protein are similar, the expanded-bed approach is superior to the packed-bed method for several reasons. The expanded-bed process was shorter (only 8 hours compared to 16 hours for the packed bed), it is cheaper, and the product has higher specific activity (29% compared with 18%). Endostatin produced by the expanded-bed adsorption method showed the expected bioactivity and is currently being tested for its potential as a tumor suppressor.     

Dye affinity chromatography for fast and simple purification of fucoidan from marine brown algae

Fucoidan is a sulfated polysaccharide with promising pharmacological applications. Due to its medicinal properties, there is a demand for a separation technique that yields a high purification grade. Here, we present a novel purification tool for recovering fucoidan from the marine brown macroalgae Fucus vesiculosus. The developed method is based on amino‐derivatized Sepabeads^® EC‐EA. The beads were modified with toluidine blue (TB), a thiazine derivative, to exploit the strong donor acceptor interactions between the cationic dye and the anionic polysaccharide. The adsorption kinetics and the binding capacity of the resin were analyzed. A Sips model was used to approximate the adsorption isotherm, resulting in a maximum capacity of 127.7 mg fucoidan per g adsorbent. Investigation of the effect of adsorption step's pH on purity and chemical structure was performed by TB and Fourier transform infra‐red spectroscopy assays. Results showed that adsorption at pH 1 and 6 had negligible effects on fucoidan's chemical structure. However, purity was actually improved by 1.55‐ and 1.69‐fold at pH 1 and 6, respectively, with an average yield of 5 g/100 g dried algae powder. In contrast, only a 1.46‐fold increment was observed in fucoidan purified by the traditional method at pH 2, with a yield of 7.5 g/100 g dried algae powder. Furthermore, fucoidan purified by this method at pH 6 complies with, or even exceeds the quality of the commercially available (≥95% pure) fucoidan (Sigma‐Aldrich^®) with respect to molecular weight and sulfur content. Therefore, dye affinity chromatography provides more advantages than the classically used techniques for fucoidan purification.     

Recovery of Nuclease Produced by Lactococcus Lactis Using Expanded Bed Ion Exchange Chromatography

Expanded bed-ionic exchange chromatography (EB-IEC) was used for the recovery and purification of recombinant staphylococcal nuclease secreted by Lactococcus lactis. At the end of the fermentation process, the nuclease activity reached 39 U ml⁻¹. The EB-IEC performances were firstly evaluated with clarified culture broth. The isocratic elution with 0.5 M NaCl led to approximately 80% of nuclease recovery. Proceeding with 3-fold bed expansion resulted in a reduction of the resin capacity by a factor of 32% compared to the process in a packed bed configuration. Simplification of the early purification steps was reached by loading immediately the unclarified culture broth previously diluted to reduce conductivity. Presence of Cells did not affect the chromatography performances resulting in 55-fold purification with the same yield.     

Potent Inhibitory Effects of Some Phenolic Acids on Lactoperoxidase

Lactoperoxidase (LPO) plays a key role in immune response against pathogens. In this study, we examined the effects of some phenolic acids on LPO. For this purpose, bovine milk LPO was purified 380.85‐fold with a specific activity of 26.66 EU/mg and overall yield of 73.33% by using Amberlite CG‐50 H⁺ resin and CNBr‐activated Sepharose‐4B‐l ‐tyrosine‐sulfanilamide affinity chromatography. After purification, the in vitro effects of phenolic acids (tannic acid, 3,4‐dihydroxybenzoic acid, 3,5‐ dihydroxybenzoic acid, chlorogenic acid, sinapic acid, 4‐hydroxybenzoic acid, vanillic acid, salicylic acid, and 3‐hydroxybenzoic acid) were investigated on LPO. These phenolic acids showed potent inhibitory effect on LPO. K_i values for these phenolic acids were found as 0.0129 nM, 0.132 μM, 0.225 μM, 0.286 μM, 0.333 μM, 2.33 μM, 10.82 μM, 0.076 mM, and 0.405 mM, respectively. Sinapic acid and 4‐hydroxybenzoic acid exhibited noncompetitive inhibition; 3,4‐dihydroxybenzoic acid showed uncompetitive inhibition, and other phenolic acids showed competitive inhibition.