Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.

Pharmacia & Upjohn Ab

Lena Romander

Hans Ageland

A substantially endotoxin-free ApoA or ApoE is produced by recombinant DNA technique, suitably in . Medicaments and methods for treatment of atherosclerosis or cardiovascular diseases employ ApoA or ApoE purified by a process comprising contacting a first aqueous solution comprising ApoA or ApoE and endotoxins with a matrix comprising an immobilized compound with an end group comprising two or three nitrogen atoms bonded to a carbon atom for attaching the endotoxins to the matrix, and subsequently treating the matrix comprising the immobilized compound with a second aqueous solution comprising a surfactant for releasing the ApoA or ApoE while the endotoxins remain attached to the matrix. Alternatively, the ApoA or ApoE is purified by a process comprising contacting the first aqueous solution comprising ApoA or ApoE and endotoxins with an anion-exchange matrix for attaching the ApoA and ApoE to the matrix, treating the anion-exchange matrix with a second aqueous solution comprising a compound comprising two or three nitrogen atoms bonded to a carbon atom for releasing the endotoxins while the ApoA or ApoE remains attached to th matrix, and then releasing the ApoA or ApoE from the matrix.

Purified Apo A and Apo E compounds and methods for using them

A substantially endotoxin-free ApoA or ApoE is produced by recombinant DNA technique, suitably in E. coli. Medicaments and methods for treatment of atherosclerosis or cardiovascular diseases employ ApoA or ApoE purified by a process comprising contacting a first aqueous solution comprising ApoA or ApoE and endotoxins with a matrix comprising an immobilized compound with an end group comprising two or three nitrogen atoms bonded to a carbon atom for attaching the endotoxins to the matrix, and subsequently treating the matrix comprising the immobilized compound with a second aqueous solution comprising a surfactant for releasing the ApoA or ApoE while the endotoxins remain attached to the matrix. Alternatively, the ApoA or ApoE is purified by a process comprising contacting the first aqueous solution comprising ApoA or ApoE and endotoxins with an anion-exchange matrix for attaching the ApoA and ApoE to the matrix, treating the anion-exchange matrix with a second aqueous solution comprising a compound comprising two or three nitrogen atoms bonded to a carbon atom for releasing the endotoxins while the ApoA or ApoE remains attached to the matrix, and then releasing the ApoA or ApoE from the matrix.

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Lena Romander