Published in

Wiley, ELECTROPHORESIS, 3(37), p. 519-528, 2015

DOI: 10.1002/elps.201500311

Links

Tools

Export citation

Search in Google Scholar

Dielectrophoretic behavior of PEGylated RNase A inside a microchannel with diamond-shaped insulating posts

This paper is available in a repository.
This paper is available in a repository.

Full text: Download

Green circle
Preprint: archiving allowed
Orange circle
Postprint: archiving restricted
Red circle
Published version: archiving forbidden
Data provided by SHERPA/RoMEO

Abstract

Ribonuclease A (RNase A) has proven potential as a therapeutic agent, especially in its PEGylated form. Grafting of PEG molecules to this protein yields mono-PEGylated and di-PEGylated RNase A conjugates, and the unreacted protein. Mono-PEG RNase A is of great interest. The use of electrokinetic forces in microdevices represents a novel alternative to chromatographic methods to separate this specie. This work describes the dielectrophoretic behavior of the main protein products of the RNase A PEGylation inside a microchannel with insulators under DC electric fields. This approach represents the first step in route to design micro-bioprocesses to separate PEGylated RNase A from unreacted native protein. The three proteins exhibited different dielectrophoretic behaviors. All of them experienced a marked streaming pattern at 3000 V consistent with positive DEP. Native protein was not captured at any of the conditions tested, while mono and di-PEGylated RNase A were captured presumably due to positive DEP at 4000 and 2500 V, respectively. Concentration of mono-PEGylated RNase A with a maximal enrichment efficiency of ≈9.6 times the feed concentration was achieved in few seconds. These findings open the possibility of designing novel devices for rapid separation, concentration, and recovery of PEGylated RNase A in a one-step operation. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.