title: Rational combinatorial chemistry-based selection, synthesis and evaluation of an affinity adsorbent for recombinant human clotting factor VII.
abstract: The selection, synthesis and chromatographic evaluation of a synthetic affinity adsorbent for human recombinant factor VIIa is described. The requirement for a metal ion-dependent immunoadsorbent step in the purification of the recombinant human clotting factor, FVIIa, has been obviated by using the X-ray crystallographic structure of the complex of tissue factor (TF) and Factor VIIa and has directed our combinatorial approach to select, synthesise and evaluate a rationally-selected affinity adsorbent from a limited library of putative ligands. The selected and optimised ligand comprises a triazine scaffold bis-substituted with 3-aminobenzoic acid and has been shown to bind selectively to FVIIa in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner. The adsorbent purifies FVIIa to almost identical purity (>99%), yield (99%), activation/degradation profile and impurity content (approximately 1000 ppm) as the current immunoadsorption process, while displaying a 10-fold higher static capacity and substantially higher reusability and durability.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QT, UK.
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Morrill
authors.forename: Geeta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Kenny
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sproule
authors.forename: Don
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Winzor
authors.forename: Jesper
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: Inger
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mollerup
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Lowe
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005167:Factor VII / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D005167:Factor VII