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Purification, Conjugation, Fragmentation

Antibody purification

Each antibody reacts differently to the purification techniques to which it is subjected. A suitable purification is the best compromise between the degree of purity and the yield.

  • Pre-purification of immune sera: debribrination, delipidation, precipitation with ammonium sulphate, caprylic acid or ethyl precipitation (Cohn methods).
  • Gel filtration: reserved for IgM, preserves the activity of antibodies.
  • Ion exchange chromatography: “soft” technique, usable for all IgG subclasses, particularly suitable for monoclonals.
  • Chromatography on protein A or G: allows to obtain high degrees of purity but the elution conditions can affect the activity of certain IgGs.
  • Immunoaffinity chromatography: the most specific of purifications, particularly suitable for polyclonal antibodies, this technique however requires a sufficient quantity of antigenic fraction.

Antibody conjugation

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  • Enzyme labeling (peroxydase, alcalin phosphatase, oxydase glucose, b-galactosidase)
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  • Biotynilations
  • Development of labeling protocol with all commercial labels

Antibody fragmentation

Antibody activity is supported by a small region that represents only 2% of the molecule. The rest of the molecule can lead to undesired effects :

  • in detection methods, the whole antibody can generate non-specific interactions (background signal)
  • or therapeutic use, the antibody has an immunogenicity that can cause anaphylactic shocks

The antibodies can be treated to obtain fragments F(ab’)2 or Fab. The F(ab’)2 fragments have a much better apparent affinity and hold their property of precipitation thanks to their bivalent form. The Fab fragments are monovalent. They are particularly recommended to hit hard-to-reach targets when molecule diffusion is a limiting factor.