| A methodological approach for purification and characterization of human serum albumin
As the most predominant protein in plasma, albumin is
synthesized in the liver. Given to various applications of
albumin as biopharmaceutical agent, the annual demand
for it is 500 tons in the world, which is the highest in the
biomedical solutions demand ranking. There exist different
procedures for production of albumin. The aim of this study
was the purification of human serum albumin (HSA) using
immunoaffinity chromatography. After immunization of rabbits,
passive immunodiffusion and indirect ELISA tests were
applied for assessment of polyclonal antibody production
against HSA. Purification was performed by ion exchange
chromatography (IEC) and protein G affinity chromatography.
The produced anti-HSA IgG was attached to the
CNBR-activated Sepharose and applied for albumin purification
from human serum. Western blotting (WB) analysis and
heat-induced insolubility were performed for functional and
stability measurement assessment of immunoaffinity purified
HSA, respectively. The optimum titer of anti-HSA determined
by indirect ELISA was 256000. The SDS-PAGE showed that
the purity rate of albumin was approximately 98% and WB
confirmed the HSA functionality. Also, the heat-induced
insolubility of immunoaffinity purified HSA was the same
as the commercial HSA. Affinity chromatography using produced
polyclonal antibody would be a robust method for
purification of HSA. |