Rapid fractionation of human high density apolipoproteins by high performance liquid chromatography

A simple and rapid fractionation procedure (30 min) has been developed for the isolation of the major apoproteins from human serum high density lipoproteins by molecular sieving in a high performance liquid chromatographic column. Apo A-I, apoA-II and the C peptides are quantitatively resolved up to a protein load of 3 mg. The technique has also been successfully applied to the final purification of A apoproteins which had been isolated by conventional chromatographic procedures and as a sensitive analytical tool for assessing apoprotein purity.