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Marcelo Alarcon1, Eduardo Fuentes1, Ximena Maldonado2
1Thrombosis Research Center, Medical Technology School, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunohaematology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Research Center for Aging, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile.
In this Method Article we are showing the methodology for generation and purification of Anti-Beta 2 Glycoprotein I (β2GPI) antibodies. First β2GPI was purified from human plasma, and recognized by Western Blot and anti-β2GPI antibodies of serum from patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). The C57BL/6 mice were immunized intraperitonealy with 150 μg of protein in adjuvant (β2GPI or bovine serum albumin) on days 1, 8 and 14. Then the anti-β2GPI antibodies were purified by affinity chromatography (Affi-Gel protein A sepharose) and affinity column using human β2GPI coupled to CNBr-activated Sepharose 4B. Titles of anti-β2GPI antibodies were determined by ELISA assays. •We purified β2GPI with great efficacy and that is recognized antigenically by serum from patients with SAP or an anti-β2gpi antibody.•We found that our purified antibody had 13 fold increased activity in ELISA test compared with the control and in Western Blot recognized with β2GPI (reference and purified).
In this Method Article we are showing the methodology for generation and purification of Anti-Beta 2 Glycoprotein I (β2GPI) antibodies. First β2GPI was purified from human plasma, and recognized by Western Blot and anti-β2GPI antibodies of serum from patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). The C57BL/6 mice were immunized intraperitonealy with 150 μg of protein in adjuvant (β2GPI or bovine serum albumin) on days 1, 8 and 14. Then the anti-β2GPI antibodies were purified by affinity chromatography (Affi-Gel protein A sepharose) and affinity column using human β2GPI coupled to CNBr-activated Sepharose 4B. Titles of anti-β2GPI antibodies were determined by ELISA assays. •We purified β2GPI with great efficacy and that is recognized antigenically by serum from patients with SAP or an anti-β2gpi antibody.•We found that our purified antibody had 13 fold increased activity in ELISA test compared with the control and in Western Blot recognized with β2GPI (reference and purified).
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