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Biotechnology Journal
Research Article

Stimuli‐Responsive magnetic nanoparticles for monoclonal antibody purification

Luís Borlido

Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

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Leila Moura

Centro de Química‐Física Molecular and IN – Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

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Ana M. Azevedo

Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

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Ana C. A. Roque

REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

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Dr. Maria R. Aires‐Barros

Corresponding Author

E-mail address: rabarros@ist.utl.pt

Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

Maria R. Aires‐Barros, Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049‐001 Lisbon, Portugal

José Paulo S. Farinha, Centro de Química‐Física Molecular and IN – Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049‐001 Lisbon, Portugal

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Dr. José Paulo S. Farinha

Corresponding Author

E-mail address: farinha@ist.utl.pt

Centro de Química‐Física Molecular and IN – Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

Maria R. Aires‐Barros, Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049‐001 Lisbon, Portugal

José Paulo S. Farinha, Centro de Química‐Física Molecular and IN – Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049‐001 Lisbon, Portugal

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First published: 19 February 2013
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Abstract

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are important therapeutic proteins. One of the challenges facing large‐scale production of monoclonal antibodies is the capacity bottleneck in downstream processing, which can be circumvented by using magnetic stimuli‐responsive polymer nanoparticles. In this work, stimuli‐responsive magnetic particles composed of a magnetic poly(methyl methacrylate) core with a poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide‐co‐acrylic acid) (P(NIPAM‐co‐AA)) shell cross‐linked with N, N'‐methylenebisacrylamide were prepared by miniemulsion polymerization. The particles were shown to have an average hydrodynamic diameter of 317 nm at 18°C, which decreased to 277 nm at 41°C due to the collapse of the thermo‐responsive shell. The particles were superparamagnetic in behavior and exhibited a saturation magnetization of 12.6 emu/g. Subsequently, we evaluated the potential of these negatively charged stimuli‐responsive magnetic particles in the purification of a monoclonal antibody from a diafiltered CHO cell culture supernatant by cation exchange. The adsorption of antibodies onto P(NIPAM‐co‐AA)‐coated nanoparticles was highly selective and allowed for the recovery of approximately 94% of the mAb. Different elution strategies were employed providing highly pure mAb fractions with host cell protein (HCP) removal greater than 98%. By exploring the stimuli‐responsive properties of the particles, shorter magnetic separation times were possible without significant differences in product yield and purity.

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