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Purification or removal <strong>of</strong> albumin<br />

HiTrap Blue HP, Blue Sepharose 6 Fast Flow<br />

The same procedure can be used either to purify albumin or to remove albumin as a specific<br />

contaminant before or after other purification steps.<br />

Albumin binds to Cibacron Blue F3G-A, a synthetic polycyclic dye that acts as an aromatic<br />

anionic lig<strong>and</strong> binding the albumin via electrostatic <strong>and</strong>/or hydrophobic interactions. Similar<br />

interactions are seen with coagulation factors, lipoproteins <strong>and</strong> interferon. Cibacron Blue<br />

F3G-A is linked to Sepharose to create Blue Sepharose affinity media.<br />

O<br />

NH 2<br />

SO 3 Na<br />

SO 3 Na<br />

N<br />

NH<br />

O<br />

NH<br />

NH<br />

N<br />

SO 3 Na<br />

N<br />

O<br />

Sepharose<br />

Fig. 40. Partial structure <strong>of</strong> Blue Sepharose Fast Flow <strong>and</strong> Blue Sepharose High Performance.<br />

Use HiTrap Blue HP 1 ml or 5 ml columns to remove host albumin from mammalian<br />

expression systems, or when the sample is known to contain high levels <strong>of</strong> albumin that<br />

may mask the visualization <strong>of</strong> other protein peaks seen by UV absorption.<br />

Albumin can be a significant contaminant during the purification <strong>of</strong> immunoglobulins from<br />

ascites fluid, cell cultures or serum, chiefly because <strong>of</strong> its abundance in the original source<br />

material. Advice on the selection <strong>of</strong> techniques for the removal <strong>of</strong> albumin during antibody<br />

purification is given in The Antibody Purification H<strong>and</strong>book from Amersham Pharmacia<br />

Biotech.<br />

Cibacron Blue F3G-A also shows certain structural similarities to naturally occurring<br />

molecules, such as the c<strong>of</strong>actor NAD + , that enable it to bind strongly <strong>and</strong> specifically to a<br />

wide range <strong>of</strong> proteins including kinases, dehydrogenases <strong>and</strong> most other enzymes requiring<br />

adenylyl-containing c<strong>of</strong>actors (see page 72).<br />

Purification options<br />

Binding capacity Maximum Comments<br />

operating flow<br />

HiTrap Blue HP Human serum albumin, 20 mg/column 4 ml/min (1 ml column) Prepacked columns.<br />

Human serum albumin, 100 mg/column 20 ml/min (5 ml column)<br />

Blue Sepharose 6 Human serum albumin, > 18 mg/ml medium 400 cm/h** Supplied as a<br />

Fast Flow*<br />

suspension ready for<br />

column packing.<br />

*A convenient alternative to Blue Sepharose CL-6B, since rehydration is not required.<br />

**See Appendix 4 to convert linear flow (cm/h) to volumetric flow rate. Maximum operating flow is calculated from<br />

measurement in a packed column with a bed height <strong>of</strong> 10 cm <strong>and</strong> i.d. <strong>of</strong> 5 cm.<br />

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