Journal
BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS
Volume 30, Issue 5, Pages 1103-1113Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1947
Keywords
protein phase behavior; phase diagram; monoclonal antibody; crystallization; high-throughput screening
Funding
- BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) [0315338A]
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, Germany
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Protein phase behavior characterization is a multivariate problem due to the high amount of influencing parameters and the diversity of the proteins. Single influences on the protein are not understood and fundamental knowledge remains to be obtained. For this purpose, a systematic screening method was developed to characterize the influence of fluid phase conditions on the phase behavior of proteins in three-dimensional phase diagrams. This approach was applied to three monoclonal antibodies to investigate influences of pH, protein and salt concentrations, with five different salts being tested. Although differences exist between the antibodies, this extensive study confirmed the general applicability of the Hofmeister series over the broad parameter range analyzed. The influence of the different salts on the aggregation (crystallization and precipitation) probability was described qualitatively using this Hofmeister series, with a differentiation between crystallization and precipitation being impossible, however. (C) 2014 American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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