Pollen allergen purification by three successive preparative electrophoretic steps

Abstract

AbstractWater soluble allergens of grass pollen (Dactylis glomerata) were purified by two successive steps of preparative isoelectric focusing in a flat bed of granulated gel and controlled by analytical isoelectric focusing in agarose gels. In order to separate components cofocusing in the same pH zone but having different electrophoretic mobilities, preparative zone electrophoresis in granulated gels was performed. The homogeneity of the fractions recovered was tested by isoelectric focusing and zone electrophoresis, followed by radioimmunodetection of the allergenic molecules on nitrocellulose prints. The major allergen of Dactylis glomerata pollen was purified with a yield of 7.5 mg from 10 g of pollen grains.