Affinity purification of recombinant interferon-α on a mimetic ligand adsorbent

被引:28
作者
Swaminathan, S [1 ]
Khanna, N [1 ]
机构
[1] Int Ctr Genet Engn & Biotechnol, Recombinant Gene Prod Lab, New Delhi 110067, India
关键词
interferon-alpha; purification; refolding; dye-affinity chromatography; downstream processing;
D O I
10.1006/prep.1998.1017
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A method for improved refolding and purification of recombinant human interferon-alpha (rh-IFN-alpha) from inclusion bodies is described, The optimal conditions of refolding were obtained by the addition of 0.5 M L-argnine to the refolding buffer. The rh-IFN-alpha was purified to near homogeneity utilizing a single-step chromatography on a mimetic dye ligand matrix. Improved refolding, coupled to a single-column affinity purification strategy, resulted in a 10-fold increase in the yield of rh-IFN-alpha. This single-step purification protocol yielded similar to 50 mg of purified rh-IFN-alpha from 1 liter of shake flask culture. The rh-IFN-alpha prepared by this protocol was found to be essentially monomeric based on HPLC gel filtration and nonreducing SDS-PAGE, It had a specific activity of similar to 2.8 x 10(8) IU/mg, measured as inhibition of cytopathic effect of encephalomyocarditis virus on A549 human lung carcinoma cells. (C) 1999 Academic Press.
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页码:236 / 242
页数:7
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