{"title":"Mini review for niche downstream processes","authors":"Tsutomu Arakawa , Daisuke Ejima , Yui Tomioka , Chiaki Sakuma , Teruo Akuta","doi":"10.1016/j.pep.2025.106690","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We review here several niche downstream purification processes that are not covered by other articles in this special issue. The first is the use of activated carbon to capture contaminants and clarify culture medium for purification of proteins, including antibodies. Flow-through operation of the activated carbon filter showed over 80 % recovery of antibodies with 10--fold reduction of host cell proteins and effective lipopolysaccharide and virus removal. The second is salt or arginine-tolerant column chromatography, in which the respective resins, such as hydroxyapatite and mixed-mode resins, can bind proteins in the presence of salt or arginine at high concentrations. Effective use of arginine was also suggested in size exclusion and affinity chromatography. The last is the isolation of proteins using gel electrophoresis and simple extraction procedure. These technologies offer simple and cost-effective methods for purifying proteins and protein complexes in the native state.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20757,"journal":{"name":"Protein expression and purification","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 106690"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Protein expression and purification","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1046592825000324","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH METHODS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We review here several niche downstream purification processes that are not covered by other articles in this special issue. The first is the use of activated carbon to capture contaminants and clarify culture medium for purification of proteins, including antibodies. Flow-through operation of the activated carbon filter showed over 80 % recovery of antibodies with 10--fold reduction of host cell proteins and effective lipopolysaccharide and virus removal. The second is salt or arginine-tolerant column chromatography, in which the respective resins, such as hydroxyapatite and mixed-mode resins, can bind proteins in the presence of salt or arginine at high concentrations. Effective use of arginine was also suggested in size exclusion and affinity chromatography. The last is the isolation of proteins using gel electrophoresis and simple extraction procedure. These technologies offer simple and cost-effective methods for purifying proteins and protein complexes in the native state.
期刊介绍:
Protein Expression and Purification is an international journal providing a forum for the dissemination of new information on protein expression, extraction, purification, characterization, and/or applications using conventional biochemical and/or modern molecular biological approaches and methods, which are of broad interest to the field. The journal does not typically publish repetitive examples of protein expression and purification involving standard, well-established, methods. However, exceptions might include studies on important and/or difficult to express and/or purify proteins and/or studies that include extensive protein characterization, which provide new, previously unpublished information.