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A rapid FPLC method for purification of the third component of human and guinea pig complement
1Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Abstract:
A method is described for the purification of human and guinea pig C3 from small amounts of serum. This procedure requires only two steps--polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation and fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC) Mono Q HR 10/10 ion exchange chromatography. The protocol takes less than two hours to complete and yields 4-6 mg of purified C3. Similar results, in terms of antigenic and functional recovery, were obtained for both human and guinea pig components. About 67% of C3 antigen was recovered from eluted fractions with fully preserved specific activity. Isolated C3 was over 95% pure as estimated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and autoradiography; this level of purity was confirmed by the absence of any observable contamination as assessed by immunoelectrophoresis using high titer anti-whole human serum. This method allows rapid and reproducible purification of fully active human or guinea pig C3 on a daily basis.
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