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Objective To study the process conditions for new gel Capto DEAE ion exchange chromatography to purify prothrombin complexes concentrates.Methods After removal of cryoprecipitate by centrifugation, healthy human plasma was mixed with DEAE-Sephadex A-50 gel.After that, the gel were washed and eluted to obtain eluate; then, the eluate, after being ultrafiltered, was loaded on a column packed with Capto DEAE-gel for chromatography to prepare PCC which was later determined for activities of coagulation factors Ⅱ,Ⅶ,Ⅸ,Ⅹ and anticoagulation protein C, with their yield calculated.Besides, the protein concentration of PCC was determined using the Bradford method, based on which the specific activity of the four coagulation factors and protein C were calculated. According to the results, purification effect of Capto DEAE-gel on the PCC was analyzed. Results Under different experimental conditions, the yield and purity of the coagulation factors FⅡ,FⅨ and FⅩ were high, and the equilibrum degree of the three factors was good;however, the yield and purity of coagulation factor FⅦwere very low.When the three variables ( sodium citrate, NaCl and pH) in balanced solution, washing solution and elution were 0.020-0.028 mol/L, 0.10-0.15 mol/L and 6.9-7.2;0.012-0.020 mol/L, 0.10-0.15 mol/L and 6.9-7.2;0.005-0.012 mol/L, 2.4 mol/L and 7.2-7.5 , respectively,the yield and purity of PCC prepared from Capto DEAE-gel were good. Under this condition, yield of factor Ⅸ was ( 74.40 ±10.89 )% and purity of factor Ⅸ was ( 3.31 ±0.31 ) IU/mL.Under different experimental conditions, yield and specific activity of anticoagulant protein C were higher.Conclusion The purity of four coagulation factors and anticoagulation protein C of PCC prepared by the new method that combined the batch adsorption with DEAE-sephadex A-50 was combined with column chromatography packed with Capto DEAE-gel are higher than those prepared by the routine procedure.Furthermore, the PCC are better than these products obtained by traditional process, whose purity are 2.17-3.31IU/mg.Therefore, these studies will lay the groundwork for exploring novel preparation process of producing PCC.
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Ancient DNA analyses are widely used for evolutionary and phylogenetic study of mankind in anthropology and archeology. However, the DNA extraction from particularly poorly preserved ancient human samples is often unsuccessful in these analyses. In the present study, to improve the success rate of ancient DNA analysis, we introduced a high grade ancient DNA purification method using ion-exchange columns. We compared the success rate of ancient DNA analysis of this new method with that of the two methods that have been used for ancient DNA extraction, GENECLEAN(R) kit (Qbiogene) and Qiaquick column (Qiagen). Twelve ancient bone samples from Korea and Mongolia that are about 500 to 5,000 years old by an archeological estimation were used. As the DNA analysis methods, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods for the amplification of a mitochondrial DNA HV1 segment, a male sex determination marker DNA and M175 marker DNA that is used for the determination of O haplogroup of Y chromosome that is reportedly a common one in modern Korean people. The method developed in this study remarkably increased the success rate of DNA analysis compared with the other two methods. Using the GENECLEAN(R) kit, only two samples were amplifiable for the mitochondrial DNA, no samples for the male sex determination marker and M175 marker DNAs. Using the Qiaquick columns, nine samples were amplifiable for mitochondirial DNA, nine samples for male sex determination marker and six samples for M175 marker. The developed method allowed for the amplification of mitochondrial DNA from all samples, male sex determination marker from eight samples and M175 marker from eight samples. The results demonstrate that ion-exchange columns can be useful for the improved ancient DNA extraction in anthropology and archeology.