Monoclonal antibodies of both the IgG and the IgM type were purified by hydroxylapatite HPLC (HA-HPLC) under very mild conditions. The IgM type antibodies, which were isolated from ascites fluid and separated from other proteins also by means of size exclusion HPLC.It was shown that the most frequently observed disadvantage of HA-HPLC, that is the relative short life of the columns (P. Steifen (1989) GIT Fachz. Lab., Suppl. 3/89 (Chromatogr.}, 50-90), is due to microbial contamination rather than lower mechanical stability. In order to monitor column performance, a test was developed based on the use of standard proteins under isocratic separation conditions. This allows a direct comparison between the respective performances of columns made from different materials, hydroxylapatite or fluoroapatite, from different sources and with different particle sizes. A problem which often occurs with HA-HPLC in the case of IgM antibody isolation, namely precipitation of the antibodies at low salt concentrations at the beginning of a Chromatographie run, was avoided by adding sodium chloride to both separation buffers.
Reinigung monoklonaler Antikörper durch HPLC an Hydroxylapatit und durch Size-Exclusions-HPLC
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