[Coupling of bovine gamma globulin to carbonochloridate-activated cellulose beads, CNBr-activated Sepharose CL-4B and NaIO4-oxidized Sepharose 6B and use of the coupled products for immunoaffinity chromatography].

For coupling 25 mg of bovine IgG (BGG) were given to 5 ml volumes of packed bead cellulose activated by 5-norbornene-2.3-dicarboximido carbonochloridate and CNBr-activated Sepharose CL-4B, respectively. Thus, BGG-immunosorbents were obtained with 4.6 to 4.9 mg BGG/ml matrix. 5 ml volumes of packed NaIO4-oxidized Sepharose 6B coupled 27% from 25 mg of BGG, only. In this case, immunosorbents with 1.35 mg BGG/ml matrix were produced. All BGG-immunosorbents were chemically relatively stable. The use of these immunosorbents for affinity chromatography results in the isolation of one milligram of pure rabbit anti-BGG antibodies by means of about 4.6 mg of BGG coupled to the cellulose or the Sepharose-CL-4B matrices. On the other side, only 3.4 mg of BGG coupled to the NaIO4-activated Sepharose 6B were necessary in order to isolate one milligram of antibodies in an immunoelectrophoretically pure state.