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Process for recovering microbially produced interleukin-2 and purified recombinant interleukin-2 compositions

US4569790A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 1984
Grant dateFeb 11, 1986
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2004

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K38/00
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for recovering microbially produced IL-2 in a highly pure form from the cellular material of the microorganisms that produced it comprising: disrupting the cell membranes of the microorganisms; extracting the disruptate with a chaotropic agent, such as urea, that selectively extracts microbial proteins from the cellular material; solubilizing the IL-2 in the solid phase of the extraction mixture with an aqueous solution of a solubilizing agent, such as SDS, containing a reducing agent; and separating the IL-2 from the resulting solution by an optional extraction with 2-butanol or 2-methyl-2-butanol followed by gel filtration chromatography, oxidizing the IL-2 and purifying the oxidized IL-2 by RP-HPLC.

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