Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10852586 | Biologicals | 2015 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC) allows for the efficient protein purification via metal affinity tag such as hexa-histidine (His6) sequence. To develop a new chromatography strategy for the purification and concentration of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) particles, we inserted the His6-tag at the earlier reported site in the VP1 G-H loop of the FMD virus serotype O vaccine strain IND R2/1975. Display of the His6-tag on the capsid surface, endowed the virus with an increased affinity for immobilized nickel ions. We demonstrated that the His6-tagged FMDV could be produced to high titre and purified from the infected BHK-21 cell lysates by IMAC efficiently. Further, a 1150-fold reduction in protein contaminant level and an 8400-fold reduction in DNA contaminant level were achieved in the IMAC purification of His6-tagged FMDV. Through various functional assays it has been found that the tagged virus retains its functionality and infectivity similar to the non-tagged virus. The affinity purification of the His6-tagged FMDV may offer a feasible, alternative approach to the current methods of FMDV antigen purification, concentration and process scalability.
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Authors
Jitendra K. Biswal, Punam Bisht, Saravanan Subramaniam, Rajeev Ranjan, Gaurav K. Sharma, Bramhadev Pattnaik,