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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1991
Catherine Michalski, Lille, FR;
Thierry Burnouf, Wavrin, FR;
Centre Regional de Transfusion Sanguine de Lille, Lille, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a high purity Factor IX concentrate. The starting material for the process is the supernatant fraction of a cryoprecipitated human plasma. A pre-purification step is performed by DEAE-Sephadex chromatography. The resulting Factor IX fraction has a specific activity of at least 0.5 IU/mg protein. The purification method of the invention comprises two successive chromatography separations. First, ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-sepharose is conducted so that the Factor IX is eluted when the ionic force of the buffer is increased to 0.34-0.38M sodium chloride. Then, affinity chromatography is conducted on heparin-sepharose. The elution buffer is a citrate buffer at a pH of 7.4 adjusted with 0.45M sodium chloride and supplemented with arginine as a stabilizer for Factor IX activity. Lysine is added as a stabilizer before freeze-drying of the purified Factor IX.