Please read these instructions before you use Nuvia S and
Q High-capacity ion exchange media. If you have any
questions or comments regarding these instructions,
please contact your Bio-Rad Laboratories representative.
Table of Contents
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
Section
.
1:
Introduction 1
2 :
Technical Description 1
3 :
Preparation 2
4 :
Column
5 :
Column Packing Evaluation 3
6 :
Operation
7 :
Regeneration
8 :
Cleaning-in-Place
9 :
Storage 8
10:
Regulatory Support
11: Ordering
Packing
and
Maintenance
and
Sanitation 7
(CIP) and
Information 8
5
Sanitation 8
2
8
Section
Nuvia™ S and Q
Introduction
1:
high-capacity
ion
exchange
binding capacity chromatography media
purification process from capture to
properties,
biomolecule
process scale.
nucleic acids,
high productivity, and
purification
Nuvia
at both
media are
viruses, plasmids,
offer high binding capacity at fast
backpressure. The unique properties
highly effective
If you
have questions
media for biomolecule purification.
about
Nuvia media,
Rad process chromatography
chromatography
Technical
Support department for
final polish. Their
exceptional selectivity
laboratory scale
designed
and other
linear
flow
of
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:
Section
Technical
2
Description
media are new
designed
for any stage in the
robust
meet the needs for
and
for the
biopharmaceutical
separation
macromolecules. Nuvia
rates
while
Nuvia
media position them as
contact
maintaining
either
your local Bio-
or the Bio-Rad
further assistance
ultra high
physical
of
proteins,
media
low
at
Table 1.
Nuvia S Nuvia Q
Type of ion exchanger Strong cation Strong anion
Functional
Total ionic capacity 90–150 µeq/ml100-170 µeq/ml
Dynamic binding capacity* 300
Shipping counterion Na
Median
Recommended linear
Chemical
1.0 N
0.1 N
0.01 N
Gel bed
pH stability** 2–14 short term 2–14 short term
Shipping solution 20%
Regeneration 1–2 M NaCl 1–2 M NaCl
Sanitation 0.5–1.0 N NaOH 0.5–1.0 N NaOH
Storage conditions 20%
* 10%
NaCl,
**Data
NOTE: Recommended elution flow rates are <150 cm/hr to minimize viscosity induced
backpressure.
Characteristics
group –SO
particle
size 85 ± 15 µm 85 ± 15 µm
stability
NaOH
NaOH
NaOH
compression
breakthrough
pH 5.0 for Nuvia S and 5 mg/ml BSA in 20 mM Tris-HCI pH 8.5 for Nuvia Q.
Nuvia™ media can be packed using pressure, volumetric flow, or
vacuum packing methods. To pack
operation,
Packing
This
slurry
media
in a
All buffers
slurry
is
required,
1.
Prepare degassed
referred
2.
Nuvia
suspended
to settle. Decant the shipping
3. Add 50 ml
4.
Seal
the
mix with a
of
slurry
moderate
5. Add 10 ml packing buffer to the column. Pour in 75 ml
6.
Insert
the column flow adaptor and flow pack at a
300–600 cm/hr with packing buffer for at
compressed bed
compress the bed 0.1–1.0
7. Attach the column to your chromatography system, and purge the
column with starting buffer at
bed
compresses,
: Preparation
3
supplied fully hydrated
slurry.
For column packing,
with 4–5
fines
the
sediment
is complete.
4
it is
recommended
Small
packing method was
conventional
should be
to
herein
media are shipped as a 50%
slurry
degassed
cylinder
magnetic
may be mixed with a
speed.
volumes
settling
is recommended.
from
Nuvia
If
fines have
and
:
Column
Columns
column with an
degassed. Because a relatively large volume
it is
recommended
1.0 M
as the packing buffer.
into a 100 ml
and rotate it to
stir bar as damage may occur.
height,
repeat steps 6
of
Nuvia
of packing buffer. For
and
decanting
media is not
been
generated
remove
Repeat several
the opaque supernatant before
Packing
that a 20–50%
designed
that a packing reservoir be used.
NaCl,
20–50 mM buffer salt
graduated cylinder.
solution
packing buffer to the resin.
suspend
low-shear marine impeller
stop the flow, and adjust the flow adaptor to
cm.
linear velocities
and
in 20%
removal
required
columns
internal diameter
slurry. Measure
7.
ethanol + 1 M NaCI
of the
media are
steps using the packing buffer
times.
slurry volume
to pack 25 ml of
away from the
the resin.
least
shipping
easily
large
due to the narrow
during handling,
for highly
50 ml of
Allow the
Caution:
Larger
linear velocity
10 min. Note the
up to 600 cm/hr. If
buffer
washed in a
volumes,
efficient
be used.
Nuvia
of 5–15 mm.
(see Table
resin
bed.
amounts
at low to
resin
as
of
2)
resin
Do not
slurry.
of
the
bed
2
Packing
After
(v/v) with packing buffer
recommendations
slurry
mixing
of
1.20 and 1.10 –1.15 respectively
height.
flow condition the column with fresh packing or
3 column
process flow rate. After flow
column
procedure described in Section 5.
Section
When column packing is complete,
5 CV
inject a
example, acetone or 1 M
a UV
have a
a conductivity
should be 100–200 mM.
column
velocity used to load and/or
To obtain
values
theoretical
velocities
HETP = L/N
N =
L = Bed height (cm)
N = Number of
Ve =
W
Ve and W
Peaks should be
possible
Peak asymmetry factor calculation:
Process-Scale
removing
through the packing pump. Use a low-shear
Nuvia
equilibration
absorbance
among columns, the same conditions must be applied. Minimum
5.54(Ve/W½h)
Peak elution volume
=
½h
the storage buffer
or a plastic paddle for
S and Nuvia Q will be obtained with a compression ratio of 1.15–
After the
efficiency
sample
salt concentration
volume.
Peak
desired compression
volumes
using your standard
:
5
of a low
monitor),
Column testing should be operated using the same
comparable
plate
values
of 50–500
theoretical
width at peak
should
½h
to 1.
symmetrical
Values
Columns
(see Table
with one major
(CV) in upflow followed by 3 CV in downflow at the
(Section
manual mixing.
defined
conditioning,
Column Packing
buffer. To test the
molecular
NaCl).
monitor set at 280
then the
height
should be 1,000–3,000 plates/m for linear
cm/hr
2
always
of 0.8–1.8 are acceptable.
If acetone is used as the test
<100 mM. If 1 M
equilibration
The sample volume
elute
equivalent
.
plates
or time
half
height in
be in the same units
and the
3), prepare a 20–50%
2). Follow the column
exception:
do not
The best
as settled bed height /packed bed
is
achieved,
equilibration
it is
recommended
operating procedures
manufacturer’s
recirculate
impeller
overall performance
it is
recommended
Evaluation
equilibrate
effectiveness
weight, unretained compound
nm),
the sample.
asymmetry
the column with up to
of column packing,
the
equilibration
NaCl
is the test
buffer salt
should be 1–3% of the total
to a
theoretical
volume
or time
factor as close as
buffer must
concentration
plate
slurry
the
for automatic
marker (use
Nuvia
buffer for
to
or the
marker (use
(HETP)
to
evaluate
(for
linear
As =
b/a
a = Front section of peak width at 10% of peak
b = Latter section of peak width at 10% of peak height bisected by line denoting
As = 0.8–1.8 is acceptable.
3
height
bisected by line denoting
V
e
V
e
:
Pressure-Flow Characteristics
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
0.0100.0200.0300.0400.0500.0600.0700.0
Linear flow, cm/hr
Pressure Bar
Water
10% glycerol
30% glycerol
Section
Nuvia™ media are
drug per
be run at the
operational
Operation and
6
designed
hour per
to
achieve
liter
of
highest linear velocities
the
media) possible. Nuvia
and
the column and the chromatography system. A
hr and a 20 cm bed is a
optimized by
buffer,
changing
modifying
recommended
the pH, flow rate,
the
gradient profile,
or
experimenting
Maintenance
highest productivity (grams
loading capacities allowed
linear
starting point.
or
ionic strength of the elution
media should
flow rate of 300 cm/
Purification
with
different
salts.
Note: Due to the high binding capacity of Nuvia media, it
is
recommended to elute the biomolecule at flow rates <150 cm/hr
to minimize
Figure
viscosity
induced backpressure.
1 shows the effect of flow rate on backpressure.
of
by
may be
buffer
Fig. 1. Nuvia S media
bed
height column packed
4
pressure/flow performance
to
compr
ession factor of 1.17
for a 20 cm
.
diameter
x 20 cm
Figure
Effect of Conductivity on Nuvia S Binding Capacity
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
0246810
Conductivity, ms/cm
Binding capacity @ 10% BT, mg/ml
human IgG BC @ 10% BT
Conalbumin BC @ 10% BT
Effect of Conductivity on Nuvia Q Binding Capacity
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
0510152025
Conduct ivity, ms/cm
Binding capacity @ 10% BT, mg/ml
2 shows the effect of conductivity on
Fig 2.
Effect
of
Column:
human
Figure
conductivity
1.1 x 9.3 cm; flow rate: 9.75
IgG or 5
mg/ml
3 shows how the effect of conductivity on Nuvia Q media
on Nuvia S media
conalbumin
ml/min
.
Nuvia
S media binding capacity.
binding capacity at pH 5.0.
(600
cm/hr); sample: 5 mg/ml
binding capacity.
5
Effect of Conductivity on human IgG Binding Capacity