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Assessment of purity and quantification of plasmid DNA in process solutions using high-performance hydrophobic
M M Diogo1, J A Queiroz, D M F Prazeres
1Centro de Engenharia Biológica e Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal.
Abstract:
A hydrophobic interaction HPLC method was developed for the quantification of plasmid DNA and assessment of its purity in crude Escherichia coli lysates and other process streams. A Phenyl Sepharose Source (Amersham Biosciences) column was used to separate the double-stranded plasmid DNA molecules from the more hydrophobic impurities present in the process streams. The method is rapid (each analysis takes 7 min), reproducible, easy to perform and does not require previous digestion of RNA in samples with RNase or other pre-treatment. Furthermore, it is capable of handling heavily contaminated samples, with less than 5% of plasmid DNA thus constituting a good alternative to other less robust analytical techniques currently in use.