Pilot scale purification of human monoclonal IgM (COU-1) for clinical trials

Ida Tornøe, Ingrid L. Titlestad*, Karin Kejling, Karin Erb, Henrik J. Ditzel, Jens C. Jensenius

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Abstract

No standard procedure is available for the purification of human monoclonal antibodies for human i.v. administration. Here we describe the procedure developed for pilot scale purification of the human IgM monoclonal antibody COU-1 directed against a cancer-associated antigen. The hybridoma cells were grown in protein-free medium and purification from the clarified culture supernatant was carried out in 4 simple chromatographic steps: (1) hydroxylapatite chromatography: (2) hydrophobic interaction chromatography on phenyl-Sepharose: (3) cation-exchange chromatography on sulphonyl-Sepharose; and (4) anion-exchange chromatography on tetraethylamino-Sepharose. The product was substantially pure with regard to protein after step 3, but contained DNA which was removed in step 4. The average recovery of the IgM was 54% with a range of 40-65%. Importantly, the ability of the antibody to bind to its antigen in ELISA was fully maintained during the purification. Subsequently, the purified antibody was isotope labelled and successfully used for in vivo detection of colon, rectal and pancreas carcinomas in patients. The purification procedure described appears to compare favourably with previously published methods, but a critical comparison is not possible due to the lack of necessary information in the available literature.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Immunological Methods
Volume205
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)11-17
Number of pages7
ISSN0022-1759
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23. Jun 1997

Keywords

  • Human monoclonal antibody
  • IgM purification
  • Pilot scale

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