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Optimized recovery of monoclonal antibodies from transgenic goat milk by microfiltration
Author(s) -
Baruah Gautam Lal,
Belfort Georges
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
biotechnology and bioengineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1097-0290
pISSN - 0006-3592
DOI - 10.1002/bit.20112
Subject(s) - microfiltration , diafiltration , permeation , chromatography , chemistry , membrane , ultrafiltration (renal) , cross flow filtration , analytical chemistry (journal) , biochemistry
The Predictive Aggregate Transport Model for microfiltration is used in combination with optimum fluid mechanics and electrostatics to maximize recovery of a heterologous immunoglobulin (IgG) from transgenic goat milk. The optimization algorithm involved varying pH (6.8–9), transmembrane pressure (2–4.5 psi), milk feed concentration (1–2X), membrane module type (linear vs. helical design), and axial velocity (Reynolds number: 830‐1170). Operation in the pressure‐dependent regime at low uniform transmembrane pressures (≈2 psi) using permeate circulation in co‐flow, at the pI of the protein (9 in this case) was used to increase IgG recovery from less than 1% to over 95%. Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of the microfiltration permeate samples confirmed that all the fat globules and most of the casein micelles were retained in the MF membrane whereas a large amount of the target IgG was transported through the membrane. Transmembrane pressure and hence permeation flux was kept low (≈15 lmh) to maximize IgG membrane transport and thus recovery, due to a sparse deposit on the membrane which facilitated high solute transport. Next, an analytical method was used to optimize the diafiltration process using the aggregate transport model, experimental target protein sieving coefficients and permeation flux (Baruah and Belfort, 2003). The methodology reported here should be generalizable to the recovery of target proteins found in other complex suspensions of biological origin using the microfiltration process. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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