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Qu Y, Baker I, Black J, Fabri L, Gras SL, Lenhoff AM, Kentish SE. Application of mechanistic modelling in membrane and fiber chromatography for purification of biotherapeutics - A review. J Chromatogr A 2024; 1716:464588. [PMID: 38217959 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2023.464588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
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Mechanistic modelling is a simulation tool which has been effectively applied in downstream bioprocessing to model resin chromatography. Membrane and fiber chromatography are newer approaches that offer higher rates of mass transfer and consequently higher flow rates and reduced processing times. This review describes the key considerations in the development of mechanistic models for these unit operations. Mass transfer is less complex than in resin columns, but internal housing volumes can make modelling difficult, particularly for laboratory-scale devices. Flow paths are often non-linear and the dead volume is often a larger fraction of the overall volume, which may require more complex hydrodynamic models to capture residence time distributions accurately. In this respect, the combination of computational fluid dynamics with appropriate protein binding models is emerging as an ideal approach.
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- Yiran Qu
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Cell Culture and Purification Development, CSL Innovation, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
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- Cell Culture and Purification Development, CSL Innovation, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
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- Cell Culture and Purification Development, CSL Innovation, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia; Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology, Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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Osuofa J, Husson SM. Comparative Evaluation of Commercial Protein A Membranes for the Rapid Purification of Antibodies. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:511. [PMID: 37233572 PMCID: PMC10220532 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13050511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Protein A chromatography is ubiquitous to antibody purification. The high specificity of Protein A for binding the Fc-region of antibodies and related products enables unmatched clearance of process impurities like host cell proteins, DNA, and virus particles. A recent development is the commercialization of research-scale Protein A membrane chromatography products that can perform capture step purification with short residence times (RT) on the order of seconds. This study investigates process-relevant performance and physical properties of four Protein A membranes: Purilogics Purexa™ PrA, Gore® Protein Capture Device, Cytiva HiTrap™ Fibro PrismA, and Sartorius Sartobind® Protein A. Performance metrics include dynamic binding capacity, equilibrium binding capacity, regeneration-reuse, impurity clearance, and elution volumes. Physical properties include permeability, pore diameter, specific surface area, and dead volume. Key results indicate that all membranes except the Gore® Protein Capture Device operate with flow rate-independent binding capacities; the Purilogics Purexa™ PrA and Cytiva HiTrap Fibro™ PrismA have binding capacities on par with resins, with orders of magnitude faster throughput; and dead volume and hydrodynamics play major roles in elution behavior. Results from this study will enable bioprocess scientists to understand the ways that Protein A membranes can fit into their antibody process development strategies.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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Roshankhah R, Pelton R, Ghosh R. Optimization of fluid flow in membrane chromatography devices using computational fluid dynamic simulations. J Chromatogr A 2023; 1699:464030. [PMID: 37137192 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2023.464030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 04/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Flow uniformity within the device is critically important in membrane chromatography. Recent studies have shown that the design of the device has a significant impact on flow uniformity, and thereby on separation efficiency. The main premise of this work is that computational fluid dynamics (CFD) could serve as a fast and inexpensive tool for preliminary optimization of the design of a membrane chromatography device. CFD also helps in identifying factors that affect flow uniformity. In this paper, CFD is used to compare the fluidic attributes of conventional membrane chromatography devices such as the stacked disc and radial flow devices with those of more recently developed ones such as the different versions of the laterally-fed membrane chromatography (LFMC) device. These are compared based on pulse tracer solute dispersion, which is a useful metric for measuring flow uniformity, and is thereby a good predictor of chromatographic separation performance. The poor separation performance typically observed with conventional membrane chromatography devices could be attributed to the high degree of solute dispersion within these devices. CFD is then used to analyze the impact of factors such as membrane aspect ratio, and channel dimensions on the performance of z2-laterally-fed membrane chromatography (z2LFMC) devices. The results discussed in the paper demonstrate that CFD could indeed serve as a powerful optimization and performance prediction tool for membrane chromatography.
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- Roxana Roshankhah
- Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L7, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L7, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L7, Canada.
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Labisch JJ, Paul R, Wiese GP, Pflanz K. Scaling Up of Steric Exclusion Membrane Chromatography for Lentiviral Vector Purification. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:149. [PMID: 36837652 PMCID: PMC9958935 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13020149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Lentiviral vectors (LVs) are widely used in clinical trials of gene and cell therapy. Low LV stability incentivizes constant development and the improvement of gentle process steps. Steric exclusion chromatography (SXC) has gained interest in the field of virus purification but scaling up has not yet been addressed. In this study, the scaling up of lentiviral vector purification by SXC with membrane modules was approached. Visualization of the LVs captured on the membrane during SXC showed predominant usage of the upper membrane layer. Furthermore, testing of different housing geometries showed a strong influence on the uniform usage of the membrane. The main use of the first membrane layer places a completely new requirement on the scaling of the process and the membrane modules. When transferring the SXC process to smaller or larger membrane modules, it became apparent that scaling of the flow rate is a critical factor that must be related to the membrane area of the first layer. Performing SXC at different scales demonstrated that a certain critical minimum surface area-dependent flow rate is necessary to achieve reproducible LV recoveries. With the presented scaling approach, we were able to purify 980 mL LVs with a recovery of 68%.
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- Jennifer Julia Labisch
- Lab Essentials Applications Development, Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH, August-Spindler-Straße 11, 37079 Göttingen, Germany
- Institute of Technical Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Callinstraße 5, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Lab Essentials Applications Development, Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH, August-Spindler-Straße 11, 37079 Göttingen, Germany
- Chemical Process Engineering, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen University, Forckenbeckstraße 51, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Lab Essentials Applications Development, Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH, August-Spindler-Straße 11, 37079 Göttingen, Germany
- Chemical Process Engineering, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen University, Forckenbeckstraße 51, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Lab Essentials Applications Development, Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH, August-Spindler-Straße 11, 37079 Göttingen, Germany
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Kurák T, Polakovič M. Adsorption Performance of a Multimodal Anion-Exchange Chromatography Membrane: Effect of Liquid Phase Composition and Separation Mode. MEMBRANES 2022; 12:1173. [PMID: 36557080 PMCID: PMC9788217 DOI: 10.3390/membranes12121173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Membrane chromatography is a modern, high-throughput separation method that finds important applications in therapeutic protein purification. Multimodal, salt-tolerant membranes are the most recent innovation in chromatographic membrane adsorbents. Due to the complex structure of their ligands and the bimodal texture of their carriers, their adsorption properties have not been sufficiently investigated. This work deals with the equilibrium and kinetic properties of a multimodal anion-exchange chromatography membrane, Sartobind STIC. Single- and two-component adsorption experiments were carried out with bovine serum albumin (BSA) and salmon DNA as model target and impurity components. The effect of the Hofmeister series ions and ionic strength on the BSA/DNA adsorption was investigated in micromembrane flow experiments. A significant difference was observed between the effects of monovalent and polyvalent ions when strong kosmotropic salts with polyvalent anions acted as strong displacers of BSA. On the contrary, DNA binding was rather high at elevated ionic strength, independent of the salt type. Two-component micromembrane experiments confirmed very high selectivity of DNA binding at a rather low sodium sulfate feed content and at pH 8. The strength of binding was examined in more than a dozen different desorption experiments. While BSA was desorbed relatively easily using high salt concentrations independent of buffer type and pH, while DNA was desorbed only in a very limited measure under any conditions. Separation experiments in a laboratory membrane module were carried out for the feed containing 1 g/L of BSA, 0.3 g/L of DNA, and 0.15 M of sodium sulfate. The negative flow-through mode was found to be more advantageous than the bind-elute mode, as BSA was obtained with 99% purity and a 97% yield. Membrane reuse was investigated in three adsorption-desorption-regeneration cycles.
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Membrane chromatography (MC) is an emerging bioseparation technology combining the principles of membrane filtration and chromatography. In this process, one type of molecule is adsorbed in the stationary phase, whereas the other type of molecule is passed through the membrane pores without affecting the adsorbed molecule. In subsequent the step, the adsorbed molecule is recovered by an elution buffer with a unique ionic strength and pH. Functionalized microfiltration membranes are usually used in radial flow, axial flow, and lateral flow membrane modules in MC systems. In the MC process, the transport of a solute to a stationary phase is mainly achieved through convection and minimum pore diffusion. Therefore, mass transfer resistance and pressure drop become insignificant. Other characteristics of MC systems are a minimum clogging tendency in the stationary phase, the capability of operating with a high mobile phase flow rate, and the disposable (short term) application of stationary phase. The development and application of MC systems for the fractionation of individual proteins from whey for investigation and industrial-scale production are promising. A significant income from individual whey proteins together with the marketing of dairy foods may provide a new commercial outlook in dairy industry. In this review, information about the development of a MC system and its applications for the fractionation of individual protein from whey are presented in comprehensive manner.
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O'Donnell K, Krishnathu S, Bhatia R, Huang Z, Kelly W. Evaluation of two-species binding model with anion-exchange membrane chromatography to predict pressure buildup during recovery of virus. Chem Eng Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.116535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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An annular-flow, hollow-fiber membrane chromatography device for fast, high-resolution protein separation at low pressure. J Memb Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Pei H, Yan F, Wang Z, Liu C, Hou S, Ma X, Li J, Cui Z, He B, Wickramsinghe SR. Polysulfone-graft-4′- aminobenzo-15-crown-5-ether based tandem membrane chromatography for efficient adsorptive separation of lithium isotopes. J Chromatogr A 2019; 1602:206-216. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2019.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Revised: 05/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Enhancing the efficiency of disc membrane chromatography modules by using a flow directing layer. J Memb Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Madadkar P, Yu Z, Wildfong J, Ghosh R. Comparison of membrane chromatography devices in laboratory-scale preparative flow-through separation of a recombinant protein. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2018.1481090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Pedram Madadkar
- Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Bioprocess Research and Development, Sanofi Pasteur, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Bioprocess Research and Development, Sanofi Pasteur, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Comparison of Membrane Chromatography and Monolith Chromatography for Lactoferrin and Bovine Serum Albumin Separation. Processes (Basel) 2016. [DOI: 10.3390/pr4030031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Teepakorn C, Fiaty K, Charcosset C. Optimization of lactoferrin and bovine serum albumin separation using ion-exchange membrane chromatography. Sep Purif Technol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2015.07.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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