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Recovering purified antibodies from egg yolk
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Inventors: Polson, Alfred;
Assignee: The South African Inventions Development Corporation (Pretoris, ZA)
Primary Examiner: Fagelson; Anna P.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Millen & White
Immunological preparations are prepared by immunizing hens with an antigen, preferably to a stage of hyperimmunization. The eggs of the immunized hens are collected, the yolk is separated from the eggs, followed by separation of the lipid content of the yolk. The antibodies in the egg yolk are then rendered indispersable with the aid of a water-soluble linear filamentary non-charged polymer precipitant such as PEG and the indispersable antibodies are recovered. This precipitation of antibodies is preferably preceded by a precipitation of caseinaceous proteins at lower polymer concentrations. The immunological preparations are useful for diagnostic purposes and in appropriate cases also for the treatment of pathological conditions. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A process for recovering purified IgY antibodies from fowl egg yolk containing said antibodies, comprising the steps of (a) rendering the lipid content and the caseinous protein of the egg yolk water-indispersable by mixing the yolk with water and a water-soluble linear filamentary non-charged polymer precipitant in a concentration sufficient to substantially suppress the dispersability of lipids and caseinous protein without substantially suppressing the dispersability of IgY antibodies; (b) separating egg yolk substances thus rendered indispersable, including the lipid content, from an aqueous phase which still contains the antibodies dispersed therein; and (c) recovering the antibodies from said aqueous phase.
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A process according to claim 1, wherein the precipitant is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycols, polypropylene glycols, mixed polymers of ethylene glycols and higher homologues thereof and poly-1,4-dihydroxy butaneglycol.
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A process according to claim 1, wherein step (b) comprises separating the precipitated caseinous protein and then filtering the resultant supernatant, on the surface of which floats the lipid layer, through an absorbent filter plug adapted to retain the lipid layer.
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A process according to claim 1, wherein the precipitant is selected from the group consisting of polyalkylene glycols and dextran.
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A process according to claim 4, wherein the molecular weight of the precipitant is within the range 2000 to 30,000.
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A process according to claim 1, wherein the concentration of precipitant in step (a) corresponds to a concentration of more than 3% and less than 4% by weight of polyethylene glycol 6000 based on the volume of aqueous yolk.
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A process according to claim 6, wherein the yolk is diluted with between 1 and 10 parts by volume of water.
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A process according to claim 7, wherein the water is buffered to a pH of between 6 and 8.
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A process according to claim 1, wherein step (c) comprises increasing the concentration of the water-soluble linear filamentary non-charged polymer precipitant to a concentration sufficient to selectively substantially suppress the dispersability of the antibodies, and separating purified substantially homogeneous antibodies thus rendered indispersable from an aqueous phase containing the precipitant
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