Abstract
We describe the rapid, large scale purification of Fab fragments from mouse monoclonal antibodies. Antibodies against two clinically important and often fatal toxins, paraquat and desipramine, were isolated from mouse ascites fluid by preparative high performance hydroxylapatite (HPHT) or ion exchange (DEAE) high performance liquid chromatography. A competitive inhibition ELISA was used to determine the cross-reactivity of the antibody with analogs of the antigenss. Papain digests of the IgGs were subjected to further HPHT followed by Sephadex G-100 chromatography to yield homogenous Fab fragment preparations. The high purity of these preparations, demonstrated by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, has only been achieved previously by affinity chromatography. Intrinsic association constants for the intact IgG and the Fab fragment-antigen interactions, determined by competitive inhibition ELISA, were similar. This indicates that antigen-binding activity was conserved during the production and purification of the Fab fragments.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 537-545 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | International Journal of Immunopharmacology |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1988 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgements -- Supported by the University of California San Francisco Academic Senate Committee on Research and USDHHS NIH Grant ES03803. We wish to acknowledge the excellent technical assistance of Karia Orle, Julie Fern and Kim Butters.