Quality Control of Albumin Solutions by Size-Exclusion High-Performance Liquid Chromatography, Isoelectric Focusing, and Two-Dimensional Immunoelectrophoresis

Quality control of albumin solutions for human use is of utmost importance because the presence of impurities can provoke adverse reactions in treated patients. Three different techniques were used to detect the presence of albumin oligomers and polymers as well as foreign proteins in commercial sol...

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Published in:Journal of pharmaceutical sciences 1991-01, Vol.80 (1), p.11-16
Main Authors: Van Liedekerke, Beatrijs M., Nelis, Hans J., Kint, Jos A., Vanneste, Franck W., De Leenheer, Andre P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Albumins - administration & dosage
Analysis
Biological and medical sciences
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid - methods
General pharmacology
Humans
Immunoelectrophoresis, Two-Dimensional
Isoelectric Focusing
Medical sciences
Molecular Weight
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Quality Control
Solutions - standards
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Summary:Quality control of albumin solutions for human use is of utmost importance because the presence of impurities can provoke adverse reactions in treated patients. Three different techniques were used to detect the presence of albumin oligomers and polymers as well as foreign proteins in commercial solutions. The relative concentrations of the former two were estimated using size-exclusion high-performance liquid chromatography. Isoelectric focusing and two-dimensional Immunoelectrophoresis allowed detection of other contaminants of proteina- ceous nature. The application of this combination of techniques supersedes the traditional approaches (gel filtration on polydextran gels, electrophoresis) in specificity and speed. Analysis of 34 lots of commercial albumin solutions from 22 manufacturers revealed the superior quality of preparations of placental rather than plasmatic origin.
ISSN:0022-3549
1520-6017
DOI:10.1002/jps.2600800104