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Review

Protein L—More Than Just an Affinity Ligand

by
Stefan Kittler
1,2,
Mihail Besleaga
1,
Julian Ebner
1,2 and
Oliver Spadiut
1,*
1
Research Division Integrated Bioprocess Development, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, TU Wien, Gumpendorfer Strasse 1a, 1060 Vienna, Austria
2
Alfred Gruber GmbH, Nordstrasse 6, 5301 Eugendorf, Austria
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Processes 2021, 9(5), 874; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9050874
Submission received: 26 April 2021 / Revised: 13 May 2021 / Accepted: 14 May 2021 / Published: 17 May 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Bioprocess Technology)
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Abstract

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In the past 30 years, highly specific drugs, known as antibodies, have conquered the biopharmaceutical market. In addition to monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), antibody fragments are successfully applied. However, recombinant production faces challenges. Process analytical tools for monitoring and controlling production processes are scarce and time-intensive. In the downstream process (DSP), affinity ligands are established as the primary and most important step, while the application of other methods is challenging. The use of these affinity ligands as monitoring tools would enable a platform technology to monitor process steps in the USP and DSP. In this review, we highlight the current applications of affinity ligands (proteins A, G, and L) and discuss further applications as process analytical tools.

1. Introduction

In 1986, a new type of drug was approved and introduced to the biopharmaceutical market—the first monoclonal antibody (mAb) with the trade name Orthoclone (OKT3), preventing rejection after kidney transplantation [1]. Ever since, the number of mAbs on the biopharmaceutical market has increased rapidly. Antibodies (Abs) are part of the adaptive immune response and formed by B cells as a response to a specific antigen [2]. They can be divided into five classes (IgG, IgA, IgM, IgD, and IgE), differing in their type and number of heavy chains [3,4,5], specifying their properties and functions. The majority of antibodies consist of at least two identical light and heavy chains, with each chain being subdivided into a constant and variable region (Figure 1) [5,6]. Antibodies bind via noncovalent interaction to antigens and provide a targeted and specific interaction [7,8]. The hypervariable region at the top of the Y structure, called the complementarity-determining region (CDR), is responsible for antigen-specific binding and consists of a light and a heavy chain [4,5,6]. Details about the function of each antibody class and reaction have been extensively discussed previously [2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17].
A wide range of applications for mAbs in therapeutics, biology, biochemistry, and bioanalytics, ranging from drugs against cancer and autoimmune diseases to labeling and detection of virulence factors, has been reported [18,19,20]. They are the largest product class on the biopharmaceutical market today, with a continuous increase in the number of approved products and over 75 currently available mAbs [17,21]. They have an annual market value of around 150 billion dollars, which is approximately 10% of the entire pharmaceutical turnover [21]. Monoclonal antibody production was initially developed by Kohler and Milstein by fusing an antibody-producing B cell and a myeloma cell, leading to the expression of large amounts of identical molecules, so-called monoclonal antibodies [22]. In recent years, mammalian cells lines have emerged as the standard expression host due to their ability to perform posttranslational modifications (PTMs) and extracellular protein production [23,24]. In contrast, microorganisms, such as bacteria and yeast, are not capable of performing human-like glycosylation. However, recent approaches in strain engineering enable human-like glycosylation in microbial hosts [23,25,26]. In contrast to mAbs, microbes are perfectly suited to produce antibody fragments, which do not require glycosylation. Smaller antibody fragments can bind target molecules within the CDR region, which is located in the Fab (fragment antigen binding) region [6,13,17]. However, due to the missing Fc part, these fragments have different pharmacokinetic properties [17,27]. Fragments are no bigger than one-third of a full-length IgG (Fab ~55 kDa), and, as a result, tissues and tumors are penetrated faster, opening a broader field of applications regarding imaging and labeling [28,29,30,31]. On the downside, they show decreased half-life times in the human body [28]. However, this faster clearance can be used as an advantage for the transportation of toxic radioisotopes [28]. Fragments can be subdivided on the basis of the light and heavy chain, namely, Fab (Figure 2a), scFv (Figure 2b), sdAb (Figure 2c), and diabody (Figure 2d), to list the most important ones [32].
The economic success on the biopharmaceutical market is driven by the advances in the production processes. Mammalian cells are used for the production of mAbs, reaching titers above 5 g/L. Non-glycosylated or non-human-like glycosylated mAbs and antibody fragments are produced mainly in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Pichia pastoris, and Escherichia coli [23,24]. All production processes require reliable and sensitive process analytical technological tools. The use of real-time monitoring would be beneficial to increase process efficiency and fulfill high-quality requirements [33,34]. Furthermore, recent advances in the productivity have shifted the focus in process development from upstream (USP) toward downstream processing (DSP) [24]. Efficient purification methods are necessary to reach high purity levels, ensuring drug safety. For both applications, affinity ligands can be used. Protein A is currently the state of the art for the purification of mAbs [35]. However, protein A is not applicable for the purification of fragments lacking the Fc region [35]. In contrast, protein L from Peptostreptococcus magnus binds kappa light chains and is, therefore, a promising tool for binding a multitude of mAbs, as well as antibody fragments. In this review, we focus on three different affinity ligands (proteins A, G, and L) and highlight their application ranges. We believe that these proteins can not only be used for common downstream applications, but also be employed as highly sensitive and accurate process analytical tools.

2. Downstream Processing of mAbs and Fabs

Due to the high market competition and the need to decrease the time to market, it is crucial to determine optimal process conditions leading to high product yields while maintaining the highest quality [13,36]. In Figure 3, an overview of a typical recombinant bioprocess to produce antibody fragments in E. coli is given [24]. In addition to high product yields, strict critical quality attributes (CQAs) have to be reached, which are defined as “a physical, chemical, biological, or microbiological property or characteristic of the product that should be within an appropriate limit, range, or distribution to ensure the desired product quality” [37].
As shown in Figure 3, the intracellular protein production in microbial hosts requires several unit operations during the early DSP (harvest to filtration) [23,38]. In the subsequent capture step, large volumes with a low product concentration have to be processed. Furthermore, due to the presence of proteases, short process times are a necessity for this step. Even though a high purity after the capture step is not required, it can be provided using affinity chromatography during the capture step for mAbs and antibody fragments. Therefore, this technique is currently established as the gold standard, achieving not only high recoveries but also high purities. Nevertheless, several chromatography steps are required after the capture step in order to remove host cell proteins (HCPs), DNA, and product-related impurities to reach desired CQAs [39]. A further important reason for subsequent chromatographic steps is the leaching of affinity ligands due to harsh elution conditions [40,41]. The different chromatographic methods for capture and purification/polishing are listed in Table 1, with a focus on the methods used for mAbs and antibody fragments.
To ensure an efficient capturing in the DSP, affinity resins have been established and are mainly used [13,52]. The capability to selectively capture target peptides, while host cell proteins and other molecules bind very weakly or not at all, outperforms other methods [53,54]. Although affinity chromatography is widely used as an initial step, it is expensive and requires harsh elution conditions (pH~3), leading to decreased column stability, ligand leaching, and possible activity loss of the target product [52,55,56]. However, the acidic conditions are an advantage for the required viral inactivation in mammalian production processes [41]. Other chromatographic methods, such as ion exchange (IEX), are mainly used as additional purification steps to remove leached affinity ligands, HCPs, and DNA [41]. These purification and polishing steps can include up to three or four different chromatographic steps to achieve the required product quality (Figure 3) [24].
Nevertheless, affinity resins have emerged as the gold standard for the first step of purification (capture step) of mAbs and antibody fragments; therefore, we explain the most important ligands below.

2.1. Protein A

Protein A originates from the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus and has a molecular weight of 42 kDa [57,58,59,60]. The protein is anchored to the cell wall and protects the organism by binding IgGs produced by the immune system [59,61]. It contains five homologous binding domains A–E (Figure 4) [40,59,62], and each has the ability to bind IgG subclasses. The S region serves as a signal sequence, and the XM region is used as a cell anchor [56]. The binding domains are composed of three antiparallel alpha helices, and the interaction with the mAbs is primarily based on hydrophobic interaction [55]. In addition to the possibility of binding the Fc region, protein A has shown the ability to bind specific Fab domains [55,59].
Each of the immunoglobulin-binding domains can bind to one Fc domain of an antibody or to the Fab region of VH3 human antibodies [55,57,62,63]. Staphylococcal protein A (SPA) binds strongly to Fc domains of IgG1, IgG2, and IgG4 and has a weaker ability to bind IgG3 [55,56,60]. Protein A is used for labeling and purification of mAbs [62], as well as indirect coating for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and other immunobinding assays. In nature, protein A makes only 1.7% of the total protein content of Staphylococcus aureus [64]. Since the approval of the first immunosorbent adsorption column by the FDA in 1998 for the therapy of autoimmune diseases, recombinant expression hosts, such as E. coli or Pichia pastoris, have been used for production [64]. Protein A affinity resins have emerged as the primary purification step (capturing) in mAb production processes [40,55]. The DSP of, e.g., HerceptinTM, RituxanTM, MabCampathTM, RemicadeTM, and SimulectTM includes a capture step using protein A affinity chromatography, already resulting in a purity of around 90% after this first chromatographic capture step [13].

2.2. Protein G

Protein G originates from the group G streptococci and has a molecular mass of around 65 kDa [65]. It is the second most used capture ligand in the DSP of mAbs and antibody fragments [55]. Protein G consists of a signal peptide, a cell-wall anchoring domain, and two different binding regions: one located at the N terminus, binding serum albumin, and the second one at the C terminus, interacting with immunoglobulins (Figure 5) [55,65]. For the purification of mAbs, recombinant Protein G is expressed lacking the serum albumin-binding region since albumin would be a contaminant in the formulation of mAbs as biopharmaceuticals [55,66].
Protein G interacts with the Fc region of immunoglobulins and binds via hydrogen bonds and salt bridges [55,66,67]. Additionally, protein G shows the capability of binding Fabs through the CH1 domain of IgG1,3,4. Nevertheless, due to the low affinity, purification of fragments is not applicable [55,60,68,69]. Therefore, protein G is mainly used for processes where protein A proves to be unsuitable, e.g., the purification of IgG3. Due to a decreased stability and harsher elution conditions compared to protein A, the number of processes using protein G is considerably lower [55,56,70].

2.3. Protein L

As another alternative to previously mentioned capture ligands, protein L can be used for the binding of mAbs and fragments. Protein L was first isolated in 1985 by Myhre and Erntell as a surface protein of Peptostreptococcus magnus, showing binding activity against IgGs [71,72,73]. The native protein has a size between 76 to 106 kDa, depending on the number of B domains [27,74]. It consists of a signal sequence domain (SS), up to five binding domains (B1–B5), a short spacer region (S), two C repeats with an unknown function, and the wall anchor domain (W) with the transmembrane region (M) (Figure 6) [71]. It was shown that the fifth B domain slightly increases the affinity constant for interaction with kappa light chains (1.5 × 109 M−1 to 2–3 × 109 M−1) [71,75]. Therefore, different versions of recombinant produced protein L consisting of either four or five binding domains are available.
All five binding domains (B1–B5) have a similar structure of an alpha helix and a beta sheet formed by four beta strands [55,76]. Unlike proteins A and G, protein L interacts with the VL domain of kappa light chains [55,71]. It binds to kappa subtypes 1, 3, and 4, enabling the interaction with various types of antibody fragments [77,78]. Furthermore, compared to previously mentioned affinity ligands A and G, protein L binds to a wider range of Ig classes [27,73].

2.4. Comparison of Proteins A, G, and L

Protein A is the most common affinity ligand in the DSP of mAbs and has been investigated in numerous studies in the past years [27]. Protein G is only used in cases where protein A cannot be used, while protein L has only been established for the purification of fragments so far. A low price compared to the other affinity ligands and the suitability for common antibody types make protein A applicable for most capture steps in production processes of mAbs. As depicted in Figure 7, there is a huge price difference between proteins A, G, and L. This is caused by a decreased number of current applications for proteins G and L. Protein L is by far the most expensive ligand. To our knowledge there has been no publication about the large-scale production of protein L to date. Tocaj et al. produced recombinant protein L with four B domains using E. coli on a small scale, obtaining a concentration of 360 mg/L [79]. Nevertheless, recombinant versions produced in E. coli can be purchased from different vendors (Figure 7). The commercial proteins differ in the number of B domains, either four or five, and combinations with affinity tags are available.
However, antibody fragments do not have an Fc domain, reducing the applicability of protein A [83,84]. Due to the rising applications and research regarding therapeutic antibody fragments, a modular capture step applicable for both mAbs and fragments is desirable—something that can be provided by protein L [27]. There is no doubt that protein L, due to its unique interaction with kappa light chains, has a huge market potential in the future. Additionally, it shows a high binding capability for human-derived antibodies and fragments [85]. Further interest in antibody fragments is also caused by the possibility to express these target molecules in microbials, such as E. coli [23]. Production costs are significantly lower, higher cell densities can be reached, and virus inactivation is not necessary [86]. However, applications of protein L are still scarce, and its development and improvement are behind that of other affinity ligands. Furthermore, regulatory challenges addressed for protein A are also applicable for protein L. Ligand leaching and limited lifetime would, thus, also be factors to consider.
However, we believe that, in addition to applications as an affinity ligand for product purification, protein L will also have an important role in analytical applications.

3. Is Protein L the Future?

Recombinant proteins in E. coli are usually located intracellularly [39,87]. However, during cultivation, E. coli cells often get leaky, causing an uncontrolled release and, thus, loss of highly valuable product—such as antibody fragments—into the fermentation broth [39]. Today, there is no online detection method for cell leakiness available. Results are obtained too late, and the product is lost in the fermentation broth. Another important analytical aspect in the recombinant production of antibody fragments in E. coli concerns the DSP. Harvested E. coli cells are disrupted, and the product is released together with proteases and other host-specific proteins, which are then removed by several chromatographic steps [39,87]. Furthermore, during the DSP process train, antibody fragments are usually analyzed offline, leading to great time delay. However, online monitoring and control using process analytical technology (PAT) are requested by Quality-by-design (QbD) principles [34,88]. This is particularly challenging for the production of antibody fragments in E. coli, which need to be analyzed in a complex sample background, limiting the applicability of robust and sensitive analytical methods [89]. Currently, recombinant fragments are quantified and analyzed by time-consuming and expensive offline methods, such as immunoassays (ELISA), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC,) mass spectrometry (MS), or Western blot [89]. Even though LC–MS-based techniques are constantly being improved, automatization of these techniques is difficult, and they lack high reproducibility [33,89]. More detailed information on currently available PAT tools can be found in a recent review by Wasalathanthri et al. [33].
The implementation of lateral flow, surface plasmon resonance (SPR), impedance, or electrochemical-based techniques as at-line or online tools in the USP and DSP of mAbs or antibody fragments would be highly beneficial. These methods are already used for the detection of virus particles and antibodies [90,91,92]. The use of affinity ligands, such as protein L, as biorecognition elements would provide a platform technology in this respect (Figure 8). The analyte (e.g., mAb, Fab) binds to the immobilized affinity ligand, causing a change in the readout signal (visual, refractive index, impedance, or resistance). Commercial sensors with immobilized protein L are already available to determine binding kinetics of mAbs/antibody fragments. These chips are used for a label-free analysis using SPR or biolayer interferometry (BLI) to determine kinetics and to quantify mAbs or antibody fragments containing kappa light chains [93,94].
Protein L is a highly important affinity ligand in these applications due to its interaction with kappa light chains. Antibody fragments and mAbs can be detected with high specificity, which enables universal application in different production processes. Furthermore, protein L shows the highest affinity constants to IgGs derived from human, which is the most important class of mAbs and antibody fragments.

4. Further Applications of Protein L in Biomanufacturing

In addition to the possible application of protein L as a biorecognition element, it can further improve the DSP of E. coli. As extensive clarification of the lysate is required, membranes with immobilized protein L are an alternative to the traditional resin-based chromatography approach. Functionalized membrane adsorbers can be used, providing high flow rates and the great combination of filtration and chromatography [95,96]. With significantly higher flow rates, which are impracticable for packed bed columns due to high backpressure and the need for longer residence times, the space–time yield can be significantly increased [96]. The disadvantages of lower dynamic binding capacities caused by a decreased surface-to-volume ratio is of less concern during the capture step, where high volumes with relatively low product concentrations have to be processed. Here, membrane absorbers with protein L would show highly interesting properties, especially for E. coli as an expression host [96].
A further application of protein L in the DSP is the separation of homodimers from heterodimeric bispecific antibodies (bsAbs). Due to a high similarity of the physiological properties, the separation is quite difficult. However, Chen et al. successfully used protein L-based affinity columns to differentiate between homodimers and target bsAbs [97].

5. Final Remarks

So far, protein A has mainly been used for the purification and as recognition element for antibodies. However, with a shift of the market situation toward antibody fragments and the use of microbials to produce them, protein A will definitely lose its blockbuster status. Antibody fragments have huge potential in the future of drug development, enabling fast tissue penetration due to a smaller size. The number of approved antibody fragments has increased from three to eight approved drugs in the past 7 years. In cancer treatment, the mentioned properties of antibody fragments are considered to be advantageous; however, so far, the number of approved drugs still lags behind mAbs [6,21].
Protein L would be a universal biorecognition element and ligand for both product purification and process analytical technology. Thus, we believe that this molecule will have a bright future in both research and industry.

Author Contributions

S.K., M.B., J.E., and O.S. drafted the manuscript; S.K., M.B., and J.E. performed the literature research; O.S. gave scientific input and finalized the manuscript. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research was funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), project number 874206. The authors acknowledge TU Wien Bibliothek for financial support through its Open Access Funding by TU Wien.

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

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Data Availability Statement

Not applicable.

Acknowledgments

Alfred Gruber GmbH is gratefully thanked for supporting the research and being a project partner.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Structure of an IgG antibody. The Fc binding region consists of four heavy chains (2× CH3, 2× CH2), and the Fab region consists of one constant heavy and one constant light chain, while, at the top, two variable chains of each type are located (Fv region).
Figure 1. Structure of an IgG antibody. The Fc binding region consists of four heavy chains (2× CH3, 2× CH2), and the Fab region consists of one constant heavy and one constant light chain, while, at the top, two variable chains of each type are located (Fv region).
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Figure 2. Antibody fragments: (a) the antigen-binding fragment (Fab) contains a variable and a constant domain of a light and heavy chain (size ~55 kDa); (b) the single-chain variable fragment (scFv) consists only of the variable domains, which form the antigen-binding part, linked together by a polypeptidlinker (size ~28 kDa); (c) the single-domain antibody (sdAb) consists of only one variable heavy chain (size ~15 kDa); (d) the diabody consists of two heavy and two light chains forming a bispecific fragment capable of binding two different antigens (size ~50 kDa).
Figure 2. Antibody fragments: (a) the antigen-binding fragment (Fab) contains a variable and a constant domain of a light and heavy chain (size ~55 kDa); (b) the single-chain variable fragment (scFv) consists only of the variable domains, which form the antigen-binding part, linked together by a polypeptidlinker (size ~28 kDa); (c) the single-domain antibody (sdAb) consists of only one variable heavy chain (size ~15 kDa); (d) the diabody consists of two heavy and two light chains forming a bispecific fragment capable of binding two different antigens (size ~50 kDa).
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Figure 3. Schematic overview of a bioprocess using E. coli to produce antibody fragments.
Figure 3. Schematic overview of a bioprocess using E. coli to produce antibody fragments.
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Figure 4. Schematic sketch of protein A, composed of a signal sequence (S) domain, five homologous immunoglobulin binding domains (E, D, A, B, and C), and a cell-wall anchoring domain (X, M) [56].
Figure 4. Schematic sketch of protein A, composed of a signal sequence (S) domain, five homologous immunoglobulin binding domains (E, D, A, B, and C), and a cell-wall anchoring domain (X, M) [56].
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Figure 5. Schematic structure of protein G. It is composed of a signal peptide (Ss), an alanine-rich region (E), an albumin-binding site, an immunoglobulin-binding site, and a cell-wall anchoring region (W) [65].
Figure 5. Schematic structure of protein G. It is composed of a signal peptide (Ss), an alanine-rich region (E), an albumin-binding site, an immunoglobulin-binding site, and a cell-wall anchoring region (W) [65].
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Figure 6. Schematic structure of protein L. It is composed of a hydrophobic signal sequence (SS), the NH2 terminal domain (A), repeated immunoglobulin-binding domains (B1–B5), a spacer region (S), C1 and C2 with unknown function, and the cell-wall anchoring domain [71].
Figure 6. Schematic structure of protein L. It is composed of a hydrophobic signal sequence (SS), the NH2 terminal domain (A), repeated immunoglobulin-binding domains (B1–B5), a spacer region (S), C1 and C2 with unknown function, and the cell-wall anchoring domain [71].
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Figure 7. Comparison of prices for recombinantly produced proteins A, G, and L, normalized to EUR per mg [80,81,82]. Status: May 2021.
Figure 7. Comparison of prices for recombinantly produced proteins A, G, and L, normalized to EUR per mg [80,81,82]. Status: May 2021.
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Figure 8. Depiction of an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) sensor. An affinity ligand (e.g., protein L) is immobilized to a gold surface. Due to the interaction with an analyte, the charge transfer resistance changes, and the analyte can be detected and quantified.
Figure 8. Depiction of an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) sensor. An affinity ligand (e.g., protein L) is immobilized to a gold surface. Due to the interaction with an analyte, the charge transfer resistance changes, and the analyte can be detected and quantified.
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Table
Table 1. Comparison of chromatographic methods used for the purification of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and antibody fragments. AC (affinity chromatography); AEX (anion exchange chromatography); CEX (cation exchange chromatography); HIC (hydrophobic interaction chromatography); SEC (size-exclusion chromatography); DSP (downstream processing).
Table 1. Comparison of chromatographic methods used for the purification of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and antibody fragments. AC (affinity chromatography); AEX (anion exchange chromatography); CEX (cation exchange chromatography); HIC (hydrophobic interaction chromatography); SEC (size-exclusion chromatography); DSP (downstream processing).
MethodAdvantagesDisadvantagesDSP StepReferences
AC
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most applied method for purification of mAbs and antibody fragments
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high yields and purity are reached in one step (>90%)
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expensive
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leaching of the ligand
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requires low pH elution buffers which can denature mAbs
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no alkaline stability
capture[42,43,44,45]
CEX
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primary capture step for mAb fragments which lack Fc parts
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separation of charge
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removal of leached protein A
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removal of aggregates, host DNA, and cell proteins
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many parameters to consider: mobile phase (pH, salt, composition); stationary phase (matrix type); operating variables (flow, elution gradient, etc.)
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optimization is labor- and time-intensive
capture (Fc lacking mAbs)
purification
polishing		[17,27,44,46,47]
AEX
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separation of biomolecules which have minor differences in their net charge
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higher binding capacity than affinity columns
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cheaper than affinity columns
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removal of host cell DNA and proteins
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many parameters to consider: mobile phase (pH, salt, composition); stationary phase (matrix type); operating variables (flow, elution gradient, etc.)
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optimization is labor- and time-intensive
purification
polishing		[13,44,46,47,48]
HIC
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aggregate removal, good removal of process-related impurities
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binding capacity is limited (compared to IEX)
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use of high salt concentrations, which affects mAbs
polishing[49,50]
SEC
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good for isolation of immunoglobulins based on their classes
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useful for small scale in case of product and process development
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requires minimal process development
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separation of aggregates
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low productivity since it is not adsorption-based and only a small amount of sample can be loaded
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low selectivity
polishing[51]
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