Table 1.

Data on Plasma Starting Material and Protein C Recovery During Purification of Normal and Patient Protein C by Anion Exchange Chromatography and BaSO4 Adsorption

MaterialPatientNormal
Portion 1Portion 2Portion 1Portion 2
Plasma 
Volume (mL) 230 260 200 400 
Protein C(immunological) concentration (arbitrary U/L) 1.11 1.13 1.10 0.82 
Recovery of protein C(immunological) (%) 
First anion exchange chromatography step, eluate 75 76 53 68 
BaSO4 eluate 56 91 98 65 
Second anion exchange chromatography step, eluate 126 57 76 85 
MaterialPatientNormal
Portion 1Portion 2Portion 1Portion 2
Plasma 
Volume (mL) 230 260 200 400 
Protein C(immunological) concentration (arbitrary U/L) 1.11 1.13 1.10 0.82 
Recovery of protein C(immunological) (%) 
First anion exchange chromatography step, eluate 75 76 53 68 
BaSO4 eluate 56 91 98 65 
Second anion exchange chromatography step, eluate 126 57 76 85 

Protein C was purified as described in Materials and Methods by anion exchange chromatography at pH 7.5 using 0.4 mol/L NaCl for elution followed by adsorption to and elution from BaSO4 by 0.1 mol/L Na citrate, pH 5.8, and a second anion exchange chromatography at pH 6.5 using a linear gradient from 0.18 to 0.50 mol/L NaCl. Each recovery value refers to the total amount of protein C(immunological) obtained from the previous purification step. One arbitrary unit of protein C(immunological) corresponds to the average amount of protein C in 1 L normal plasma.

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