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Immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC) is a widely used technique for purifying polyhistidine-tagged recombinant proteins. However, it often has practical limitations that require complex optimizations and additional steps for purification. In this study, we introduce functionalized corundum particles as a novel, efficient, and economical method for purifying recombinant proteins in a column-free format. The corundum surface is modified with amino silane APTES, followed by EDTA dianhydride, and then loaded with nickel ions. We used the Kaiser test to monitor the modification process and ICP-MS to quantify the metal-binding capacity. To evaluate the system, we used His-tagged protein A/G (PAG) mixed with bovine serum albumin (BSA). The corundum particles exhibited a binding capacity of approximately 3 mg of protein per gram of corundum or 2.4 mg per 1 mL of corundum suspension. We also examined cytoplasm obtained from different E. coli strains as an example of a complex matrix. Varying the imidazole concentration in the loading and washing buffers showed that higher concentrations during loading improved purity. Even with sample volumes as large as one liter, we successfully isolated recombinant proteins down to a concentration of 1 µg/mL. We found higher purity levels with corundum when comparing the corundum material to standard Ni–NTA agarose beads. We successfully purified His6-MBP-mSA2, a fusion protein comprising monomeric streptavidin and maltose-binding protein, from E. coli cytoplasm, demonstrating the method's applicability. We also purified SARS-CoV-2-S-RBD-His8 expressed in human Expi293F cells, confirming its suitability for mammalian cell culture supernatants. The material cost of the nickel-loaded corundum material (without regeneration) is estimated to be less than 30 cents per gram of functionalized support or 10 cents per milligram of isolated protein. Another advantage of this system is the exceptional physical and chemical stability of corundum particles. Overall, we have demonstrated that this novel material offers an efficient, robust, and cost-effective purification platform for His-tagged proteins, even in challenging, complex matrices and large sample volumes with low product concentrations. This method has potential applications in both small laboratories and large-scale industrial settings.
The cowpea chlorotic mottle virus (CCMV) is a plant virus explored as a nanotechnological platform. The robust self-assembly mechanism of its capsid protein allows for drug encapsulation and targeted delivery. Additionally, the capsid nanoparticle can be used as a programmable platform to display different molecular moieties. In view of future applications, efficient production and purification of plant viruses are key steps. In established protocols, the need for ultracentrifugation is a significant limitation due to cost, difficult scalability, and safety issues. In addition, the purity of the final virus isolate often remains unclear. Here, an advanced protocol for the purification of the CCMV from infected plant tissue was developed, focusing on efficiency, economy, and final purity. The protocol involves precipitation with PEG 8000, followed by affinity extraction using a novel peptide aptamer. The efficiency of the protocol was validated using size exclusion chromatography, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, reversed-phase HPLC, and sandwich immunoassay. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that the final eluate of the affinity column is of exceptional purity (98.4%) determined by HPLC and detection at 220 nm. The scale-up of our proposed method seems to be straightforward, which opens the way to the large-scale production of such nanomaterials. This highly improved protocol may facilitate the use and implementation of plant viruses as nanotechnological platforms for in vitro and in vivo applications.
Nonporous corundum powder, known as an abrasive material in the industry, was functionalized covalently with protein binders to isolate and enrich specific proteins from complex matrices. The materials based on corundum were characterized by TEM, ESEM, BET, DLS, and zeta potential measurements. The strong Al-O-P bonds between the corundum surface and amino phosphonic acids are used to introduce functional groups for further conjugations. The common cross-linker glutaraldehyde was compared with a hyperbranched polyglycerol (PG) of around 10 kDa. The latter is oxidized with periodate to generate aldehyde groups that can covalently react with the amines of the surface and the amino groups from the protein via a reductive amination process. The amount of bound protein was quantified via aromatic amino acid analysis (AAAA). This work shows that oxidized polyglycerol can be used as an alternative to glutaraldehyde. With polyglycerol, more of the model protein bovine serum albumin (BSA) could be attached to the surface under the same conditions, and lower nonspecific binding (NSB) was observed. As a proof of concept, IgG was extracted with protein A from crude human plasma. The purity of the product was examined by SDS-PAGE. A binding capacity of 1.8 mg IgG per g of corundum powder was achieved. The advantages of corundum are the very low price, extremely high physical and chemical stability, pressure resistance, favorable binding kinetics, and flexible application.
Nonporous corundum powder was functionalized covalently with protein binders to isolate and enrich specific proteins from complex matrices.The common crosslinker glutaraldehyde was compared with a hyperbranched polyglycerol (PG) of around 10 kDa. The latter was oxidized with periodate to generate aldehyde groups that can covalently react with the amines of the surface and the amino groups from the protein via a reductive amination process. The amount of bound protein was quantified via aromatic amino acid analysis (AAAA). As a proof of concept, IgG was extracted with protein A from crude human plasma. The advantages of corundum include the very low price, extremely high physical and chemical stability, pressure resistance, favorable binding kinetics, convenient handling, and flexible application.
Nonporous corundum powder, known as an abrasive material in the industry, was functionalized covalently with protein binders to isolate and enrich specific proteins from complex matrices. The materials based on corundum were characterized by TEM, ESEM, BET, DLS, EDS, and zeta potential measurements. The strong Al-O-P bonds between the corundum surface and amino phosphonic acids were used to introduce functional groups for further conjugations. The common crosslinker glutaraldehyde was compared with a hyperbranched polyglycerol (PG) of around 10 kDa. The latter was oxidized with periodate to generate aldehyde groups that can covalently react with the amines of the surface and the amino groups from the protein via a reductive amination process. The amount of bound protein was quantified via aromatic amino acid analysis (AAAA). This work shows that oxidized polyglycerol can be used as an alternative to glutaraldehyde. With polyglycerol, more of the model protein bovine serum albumin (BSA) could be attached to the surface under the same conditions, and lower non-specific binding (NSB) was observed. As a proof of concept, IgG was extracted with protein A from crude human plasma. The purity of the product was examined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). A binding capacity of 1.8 mg IgG per gram of corundum powder was achieved. The advantages of corundum include the very low price, extremely high physical and chemical stability, pressure resistance, favorable binding kinetics, convenient handling, and flexible application.
Preactivation Crosslinking - An Efficient Method for the Oriented Immobilization of Antibodies
(2019)
Crosslinking of proteins for their irreversible immobilization on surfaces is a proven and popular method. However, many protocols lead to random orientation and the formation of undefined or even inactive by-products. Most concepts to obtain a more targeted conjugation or immobilization requires the recombinant modification of at least one binding partner, which is often impractical or prohibitively expensive. Here a novel method is presented, which is based on the chemical preactivation of Protein A or G with selected conventional crosslinkers. In a second step, the antibody is added, which is subsequently crosslinked in the Fc part. This leads to an oriented and covalent immobilization of the immunoglobulin with a very high yield. Protocols for Protein A and Protein G with murine and human IgG are presented. This method may be useful for the preparation of columns for affinity chromatography, immunoprecipitation, antibodies conjugated to magnetic particles, permanent and oriented immobilization of antibodies in biosensor systems, microarrays, microtitration plates or any other system, where the loss of antibodies needs to be avoided, and maximum binding capacity is desired. This method is directly applicable even to antibodies in crude cell culture supernatants, raw sera or protein-stabilized antibody preparations without any purification nor enrichment of the IgG. This new method delivered much higher signals as a traditional method and, hence, seems to be preferable in many applications.
The aim of this work was the preparation of a novel stationary monolithic phase for affinity chromatography and HPLC-applications. Therefore, we have chosen porous glass filters that are available with different pore sizes as raw materials to prepare monolithic columns. We purchased VitraPOR 4 (10-16 μm pore size) and VitraPOR 5 (1.0-1.6 μm pore size) monolithic glass filters. The physical properties of these glass filters were characterized. The surface area, pore size distribution and the porosity were determined using mercury intrusion porosimetry and BET. These glass filters only exhibit flow through pores and therefore show no bimodal pore size distribution in the mercury intrusion curves. Due to their low permeability, the applied filters that exhibit an inner diameter of 8.0 mm and a length of 15.0±0.1 mm could be operated at flow rates more than 10 ml/min. High flow rates are favorable for fast separation experiments.
Pentaerythrityltetranitrat (PETN), ein in jüngster Vergangenheit häufig von Terroristen verwendeter Sprengstoff, ist äußerst schwer zu detektieren. Ein verbesserter Antikörper gegen PETN wurde durch Anwendung des Konzepts des bioisosteren Ersatzes entwickelt,indem ein Nitroester durch einen Carbonsäurediester ersetzt wurde. Biostere Moleküle haben eine ähnliche Struktur wie die Referenzsubstanz und zeigen eine vergleichbare biologische Wirkung. Dieser Ansatz führte zu polyklonalen Antikörpern mit extrem guter Selektivität und Sensitivität. Die Nachweisgrenze des Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISAs) beträgt 0,15 μg/L. Der Messbereich des Immunassays liegt zwischen 1 und 1000 μg/L. Die Antikörper sind sowohl hinreichend pH-stabil als auch robust gegen Lösungsmittelzusätze. Das Antiserum könnte auch für Schnelltests, Biosensoren, Mikro-Arrays und andere analytische Methoden verwendet werden.
Für die Umweltanalytik von Trinitrotoluol (TNT) wurde eine Hochdruckflüssigkeitschromatographie (HPLC)-kompatible Affinitätssäule hergestellt. Druckbeständiges, poröses Glas hat sich als ein hervorragendes Trägermaterial herauskristallisiert. Um selektive anti-TNT-Antikörper für die Herstellung der Affinitätssäule aus den beiden verwendeten TNT-Seren zu isolieren, wurde eine Trennung an einer Dinitrophenyl-Affinitätssäule durchgeführt. Zur Optimierung der Immobilisierungsmethode wurden orangefarbene Dabsyl -Proteine synthetisiert und auf der Oberfläche gebunden. Die Färbung wurde als Indikator für die Immobilisierungsdichte verwendet. Wegen der hohen Affinitätskonstanten der polyklonalen anti-TNT-Antikörper der beiden Seren (5,1 bzw. 2,3∙109 L/mol) lässt sich TNT durch eine typische saure Elution der TNT-Affinitätssäule nur schwer eluieren. Aus diesem Grund wurde eine neuartige Elutionsmethode entwickelt, die irreversible, denaturierende, thermische Online -Elution.
Diese eröffnet ein weites Anwendungsfeld, da so Affinitäten, die klass ischerweise aufgrund zu hoher Bindungskonstanten zwischen Ligand und Rezeptor nicht für die Affinitätschromatographie genutzt werden können, für die Analytik besser handhabbar werden. Die maximale Kapazität einer im Rahmen dieser Arbeit hergestellten Affinitätssäule (64,8 μL) betrug 650 ng TNT bzw. 10 μg/mL Säulenvolumen.
Um die Immobilisierungsdichte der produzierten Affinitätssäulen zu bestimmen, wurde ein neues Verfahren entwickelt, da die üblichen spektroskopischen Proteinbestimmungsmethoden aufgrund der hohen unspezifischen Wechselwirkung mit dem Trägermaterial zur Proteinbestimmung nicht geeignet waren. Zur Quantifizierung von Proteinen oder Peptiden,die auf festen Trägern immobilisiert sind, wurde auf Grundlage einer HPLC-Trennung der aromatischen Aminosäuren Tyrosin (Tyr) und Phenylalanin (Phe) ohne vorherige Derivatisierung eine gegenüber der klassischen Aminosäureanalytik vereinfachte HPLC/UV-Methode entwickelt. Die Hydrolyse der Proteine und Peptide wurde durch Einsatz von Mikrowellentechnik beschleunigt, sodass nur 30 Minuten statt ca. 22 Stunden für das Standardprotokoll benötigt wurden, bei dem ein Hydrolyseröhrchen verwendet wird. Zur internen Kalibrierung wurden zwei Standardverbindungen, Homotyrosin (HTyr) und 4-Fluorphenylalanin (FPhe) verwendet. Die Nachweisgrenze (limit of detection, LOD) bei 215 nm ist sowohl für Tyr als auch für Phe 0,05 μM (~ 10 μg/L). Dieses neue Verfahren, das als Aromatische Aminosäureanalyse (Aromatic Amino Acid Analysis, AAAA) bezeichnet werden kann, wurde zur Proteinbestimmung von homogenen Proben mit Rinderserumalbumin (BSA) des Nationalen Instituts für Standards und Technologie der USA (NIST) validiert, wobei die Nachweisgrenze für Proteine mit 16 mg/L (~ 300 ng BSA) mit gängigen spektroskopischen Verfahren vergleichbar ist. Es liefert incl. der Hydrolysestufe eine verbesserte Genauigkeit mit einer relativen Standardabweichung von ca. 5%.