Purification of polyclonal Immunoglobulin G from human serum using
LigaGuardTM and LigaTrapTM adsorbents
Abstract
This study presents the chromatographic purification of immunoglobulin G
(IgG) from human plasma using a two-column process integrating the
peptide-based adsorbents LigaGuardTM, which captures non-Ig plasma
proteins in flow-through mode, and LigaTrapTM, which isolates IgG in
bind-and-elute. Buffer composition and column loading were optimized for
both adsorbents. Two process configurations were evaluated. In the first
design, plasma was fed to a LigaGuardTM column to capture plasma
proteins, the effluent was loaded on the LigaTrapTM column, and the
bound IgG was eluted with 63.8% global recovery and 99.7% purity; in
comparison, Protein G agarose afforded ~67% recovery
and 97.2% purity. In the alternative design, the LigaGuardTM column was
utilized to polish the LigaTrapTM elution stream, affording 82.3%
global recovery and 98.8% purity. Collectively, these results
demonstrate the potential of a fully chromatographic process for
purifying polyclonal IgG from plasma feedstocks.