title: On-line post-capillary affinity detection of immunoglobulin G subclasses and monoclonal antibody variants for capillary electrophoresis.
abstract: Human immunoglobulin G (IgG) subclasses each play a unique role in an immune response to foreign antigens. Three of the human IgG subclasses have distinct electrophoretic mobilities and are resolved by capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE). A post-capillary reactor is constructed to allow on-line addition of fragment B (of protein A)-fluorescein to form affinity complexes with separated IgG subclasses. Post-capillary affinity detection provides selective identification of human IgG subclasses and illustrates the effect of affinity binding constant on detection sensitivity. Additionally, post-capillary affinity detection for CZE facilitates rapid and selective heterogeneity analysis of mouse monoclonal anti-(human-alpha 1-antitrypsin) and anti-human follicle stimulating hormone in complex sample matrices. A constant mobility difference is observed between the antibody isoforms, likely the result of charge heterogeneity due to deamination, degradation or variation in sialic acid content.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames 50011, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000032:analysis*; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary; D005452:Fluoresceins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis*; D051379:Mice; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D005452:Fluoresceins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007074:Immunoglobulin G