US20080154029A1 - Process For Manufacturing a Composite Sorbent Material For Chromatographical Separation of Biopolymers - Google Patents

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US20080154029A1
US20080154029A1 US11/547,011 US54701105A US2008154029A1 US 20080154029 A1 US20080154029 A1 US 20080154029A1 US 54701105 A US54701105 A US 54701105A US 2008154029 A1 US2008154029 A1 US 2008154029A1
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  • the present invention relates to a sorbent material for separation and purification of biopolymers, particularly nucleic acids, having a solid support substantially modified with a copolymer coating comprising aromatic monomers and crosslinking compounds and unsaturated esters or ethers preferably attached to the support via a vinylchlorsilane.
  • hydrophilic support material such as silica gel
  • hydrophobic moieties like alkyl chains of different length.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,045,353 describes a chromatographic material prepared by radiation of polymerisable monomers absorbed on a microporous inorganic substrate.
  • the sorbent material thus obtained is suitable for separation of relatively small molecules, but there is insufficient selectivity for separation of biopolymers like nucleic acids.
  • EP 1 148 945 discloses a material having a solid support of controlled pore glass and a coating of crosslinkable olefinic oligomers. Fluorination of the oligomer coated support is effected with gaseous xenon difluoride (XeF 2 ), optionally under inert gas conditions, or with a mixture of fluorine and an inert carrier gas.
  • XeF 2 gaseous xenon difluoride
  • the composite material thus obtained is suitable for use in the isolation of DNA out of complex mixtures, where apart of DNA also RNA, proteins, low molecular substances and salts are present.
  • DNA also RNA, proteins, low molecular substances and salts are present.
  • HPLC high pressure
  • HIC hydrophobic interaction chromatography
  • sorbents on the basis of macroporous silica gels, modified with vinyl monomers like N-vinyl-pyrrolidone, styrene, ethylene, vinylethyl ether (authors certificate, USSR, No. 687081, 1979).
  • the sorbent materials are manufactured in applying said monomers to ⁇ -aminopropylated or silanised silica gel and subsequent polymerisation.
  • These sorbents possess good mechanical stability, do not swell in solvents and may be used for the separation of proteins and other active biomolecules. No hint is given for using these materials in the separation of nucleic acids.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a sorbent material with improved characteristics in separation and purification capacity and increased selectivity in the specific action of the sorbent material on biopolymers having an advanced surface for biotechnological applications, such as isolation and separation of biopolymers, primarily in aqueous media, with improved access area of the separation surface in a separation medium and improved stability of the coating for the construction of material suitable for chromatographical applications like HPLC and fast sample preparations via solid phase extraction in compact cartridges for PCR-applications.
  • the object is solved by a polymer obtainable by a process of polymerizing at least three components [A], [B], and [M] wherein
  • [A], [B], and [M] have the same meaning as in claim 1 and x, y, and z are independent of each other an integer of 1-100 and p is a number between 2 and 5000.
  • Subject matter of the invention is also a monomer having the structure [A] x —[B] y —[M] z wherein [A], [B], and [M] have the same meaning as in claim 1 and x, y, and z is independent of each other an integer of 1-100
  • a chromatographic material comprising essentially a polymer of the invention is also subject matter of the invention as well as a composite sorbent material having a support which is at least partially covered by a polymer coating of the invention.
  • a sorbent material having a previously dehydrated solid support having a copolymer coating comprising substituted or unsubstituted aromatic vinyl monomers, substituted or unsubstituted aromatic crosslinking compounds and optionally non-saturated carboxylic acids or esters or non-saturated alcohols or ethers, respectively.
  • the coating can be attached to the support via a vinylchlorsilane.
  • Substituents of the compounds of the copolymer coating modify the hydrophobic/hydrophilic properties on the surface of the coating and provide an essentially improved selectivity for selected applications.
  • the functional groups exhibiting hydrophilic properties provide an essentially better wetting of the inner and outer surfaces of the pores of the sorbent material.
  • the support of the sorbent material of the invention is porous inorganic material selected from the group comprising inorganic metal oxides, such as oxides of aluminum, titanium, zirconium, silicon and/or iron.
  • inorganic metal oxides such as oxides of aluminum, titanium, zirconium, silicon and/or iron.
  • silica gel having an average pore size of 100-2000 ⁇ , preferably 300-1000 ⁇ , and a specific surface of 20-300 m 2 /g, more preferably 20-200 m 2 /g or 20-100 m 2 /g.
  • the support containing inorganic materials is in particle-like or monolithic membrane-like form and has a porous structure which shows a bidisperse or oligodisperse distribution of pore sizes.
  • Such structures build, e. g., the basis for sorbent materials according to the present invention, which allow additionally to the separation of biopolymers such as nucleic acids the improved retention of low molecular weight substances having, e. g., molecular weights of less than 500 Da, salts and proteins, whereas nucleic acids are passing without retention.
  • the separation of nucleic acids, e. g. DNA is conducted in one step.
  • Such bidisperse supports may preferentially be obtained by means of gelling (gel building) of silica sols, starting the process with the mixture of two size types of monodisperse colloidal silica particles.
  • the mass proportion of these two types of colloidal particles determines the proportion and distribution of differently sized pores in the final silica support material.
  • the ratio of the mean diameter of the large pore size distribution and the lower pore size distribution is in the range of 2-15 or 3-15 nm, in particular 4-10 nm.
  • the mean diameter of the larger pore size distribution should not be smaller than 25 to 50 nm and should not exceed 200 nm (2000 ⁇ ), preferably 100 nm (1000 ⁇ ).
  • Especially preferred mean diameters of the large pore size distribution are in the range of 20-100, more preferably 25-80 nm.
  • the mass proportion of the smaller to larger pores represents (90-60, preferably 85-70):(10-40, preferably 15-30) (in %).
  • the polymer coating preferably has a thickness of about 10 to 250 Angström, preferably 10 to 100 Angström and micropores of less than 50 ⁇ accessable to water, salts, and low molecular weight substances being non-adsorptive towards nucleic acids and adsorptive towards proteins.
  • the previously dried support material is modified by treating it with a boiling solution of a vinylchlorsilane. Treatment of the surface of the support material is conducted at boiling temperature of the solvent used. This treatment enables the following chemosorption of the copolymer and is the basis for enhanced chemical stability and durability of the final sorbent material. Washing of the silanised support, e. g. silica gel, for removal of unreacted silane is done by multiple extraction with organic solvents (ethanol, acetone, toluene, dioxane).
  • organic solvents ethanol, acetone, toluene, dioxane
  • Polymerisation of the copolymer composition is performed by polymerisation in solution of an organic solvent for a period of 2 to 8 h at the boiling temperature of the solvent or in aqueous solution (emulsion polymerisation) with an emulgator and in the presence of an initiator for radical polymerisation.
  • Suitable initiators comprise benzoyl peroxide, potassium peroxodisulfate as a water soluble initiator, ammonium persulfate, etc.
  • a 5-20% solution of copolymer is used.
  • a mass ratio of silica gel matrix and solution of 1:3-6 is also preferred. Finally unreacted material is removed and the composite material is recovered and dried.
  • the sorbent material according to the invention is useful in separation processes, enhancing the ease of handling and the speed of these processes.
  • the substances to be separated are nucleic acids and/or proteins.
  • a conventionally used chromatographic column or cartridge can be filled, at least partially, with the sorbent material of the invention.
  • the sorbent material of the invention behaves similar to other solid chromatographic supports so that the methods for filling chromatographic columns or cartridges can be used in an analogous manner.
  • the support for carrying out chromatographic separations can also be provided in the form of a membrane-like item comprising the sorbent material of the invention, wherein the sorbent material is embedded in a polymeric matrix such as a nylon membrane. Also other membrane materials which are used in preparation, isolation or separation of biomolecules can be used as matrix for embedding a sorbent material of the present invention.
  • a chromatographic material of the invention it is advantageous to provide the sorbent material according to the invention in bulk or a chromatographic column or cartridge or membrane-like device together with filter materials, reagents and/or buffers or other devices or chemicals for performing fast sample preparations and chromatographic separations.
  • This item can especially be provided in form of a kit or a miniaturized device in form of chips or microreactors.
  • the chromatographic separation is not limited in its scale. It can be used in any chromatographic operation for separation, isolation, identification, purification and/or detection of biomolecules, in particular nucleic acids, in preparative or analytical scale.
  • the present invention provides a product with advanced sorption properties that allows to use this product for chromatography of biopolymers according to the object of the invention.
  • the process of the invention leads to a sorbent material with high binding capacity towards proteins and minimal non-specific sorption of nucleic acids, which is accomplished by using copolymers having complementary functional groups.
  • the inventive process allows manufacturing of a sorbent with adjusted hydrophilic properties having high mechanical stability and very good hydrodynamic characteristics.
  • the sorbent has been obtained similar to example 1, but with a polymer composition without component [M] (2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate).
  • the sorbent has been obtained similar to example 3, but with a polymer composition without component [M] (methacrylic acid).
  • silanized silica 10 g of macroporous silica gel previously dried in vacuo at 200° C. for 3 h having an average pore diameter of 300 A are treated with a boiling solution of dimethylvinylchlorosilane corresponding to example 1.
  • the thus obtained silanized silica will be transferred into a three bottlenecked flask with a stirrer, a thermometer and a reflux condenser.
  • To the flask 40 ml toluene, 3 ml chlorovinyl benzene, 0.4 ml divinylbenzene, 0.4 ml allylic alcohol and 0.30 g benzoil peroxide will be added.
  • the polymerization is conducted for 6 h at 102° C. The further treatment will be achieved corresponding to example 1.
  • the sorbent has been obtained similar to example 5, but with a polymer composition without component [M] (allylic alcohol).
  • the ready obtained silica gel was grinded, fractionated and analysed for pore size distribution both by mercury porometry (according to DIN 66 133 (1993)) and BET-method (according to ISO 9277). These analyses showed a preferential pore size in two classes of 5 nm (appr. 85%) and 28 nm (appr. 15%) and a sorption volume of 0.7 cm 3 /g.
  • silica gel sorbent was prepared as in example 7, with following variations:
  • the porogrammes obtained by testing the sorbents based on the macroporous silica gel show the distribution of the pores in differential and integral manner and allow to determine the medium pore size of the sorbent as well as the effective thickness of the polymeric layer, which is 5-7.5 nm.
  • the kit contains all necessary reagents for lysis of cells or tissue and genomic DNA purification.
  • the resulting DNA is suitable for most enzymatic reactions (restriction digests, PCR, sequencing etc.).
  • DNA flows through the column during a short, one-step purification procedure.
  • kits are stable at room temperature during shipment. After arrival store the kit at +2° C. to +8° C. Columns may be stored at room temperature.
  • Buffer G1 10 vials blue
  • Buffer G2 10 vials blue
  • each for 5 isolations Nexttec clean-columns 50 columns
  • the kit contains all necessary reagents for lysis of bacterial cells and DNA purification. It is approved for many Gram( ⁇ ) as well as Gram(+) bacteria. The resulting DNA is suitable for most enzymatic reactions (restriction digests, PCR, sequencing etc.).
  • DNA flows through the column during a short, one-step purification procedure.
  • kit components are stable at room temperature during shipment. After arrival store RNase solution at ⁇ 20° C. The other kit components must be stored at +2° C. to +8° C. Nexttec clean-columns may be stored at room temperature.
  • Buffer B1 (basis buffer) 5 vials (white), each for 10 isolations Buffer B2 5 vials (white), each for 10 isolations Buffer B3 5 vials (white), each for 10 isolations Nexttec clean-columns 50 columns RNase solution 1 vial (white), for 50 isolations
  • BSA bovine serum albumin
  • Salt retention was measured using copper sulphate (CuSO 4 ) as a model salt.
  • a solution of this salt in water results in a blue coloured liquid.
  • the optical density of the solution is linearly depending on the CuSO 4 concentration.
  • the concentration of CuSO 4 in both solutions was then calculated using a linear regression resulting from a standard curve of different CuSO 4 concentrations in water.
  • the applied amount of CuSO 4 was set at 100% and the eluted amount of CuSO 4 was recalculated in % of the applied amount. The difference between both values gives the salt retention in %.
  • the lysate contains low molecular weight compounds, proteins (peptides), nucleic acids and other compounds.
  • the concentration of DNA before (crude lysate) and after (eluate) passing a sorbent containing column was measured using PicoGreen, a fluorescent dye, which binds only to doublestranded DNA, according to the manufacturer's instructions (Molecular Probes c/o Invitrogen).
  • PicoGreen a fluorescent dye, which binds only to doublestranded DNA, according to the manufacturer's instructions (Molecular Probes c/o Invitrogen).
  • PicoGreen a fluorescent dye, which binds only to doublestranded DNA

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a sorbent material for separation and purification of biopolymers, particularly nucleic acids, having a solid support substantially modified with a copolymer coating comprising aromatic monomers and crosslinking compounds and unsaturated esters or ethers preferably attached to the support via a vinylchlorsilane. The use of these materials for separation of nucleic acids, particularly a one-step isolation of DNA from lysates of different biological sources, is an object of the invention as well as a chromatographic column or cartridge at least partially filled with the sorbent material of the invention, a membrane-like device comprising the sorbent material of the invention, and a kit comprising the sorbent material of the invention in bulk or packed in chromatographic devices as well as other devices necessary for performing sample preparations.

Description

  • The present invention relates to a sorbent material for separation and purification of biopolymers, particularly nucleic acids, having a solid support substantially modified with a copolymer coating comprising aromatic monomers and crosslinking compounds and unsaturated esters or ethers preferably attached to the support via a vinylchlorsilane. The use of these materials for separation of nucleic acids, particularly a one-step isolation of DNA from lysates of different biological sources, is an object of the invention as well as a chromatographic column or cartridge at least partially filled with the sorbent material of the invention, a membrane-like device comprising the sorbent material of the invention, and a kit comprising the sorbent material of the invention in bulk or packed in chromatographic devices as well as other devices necessary for performing sample preparations.
  • The development of composite sorbent materials for stationary phases has led to substances with a wide range of chromatographic properties. These materials with modified surfaces are widely used in separation processes. Mostly, a hydrophilic support material, such as silica gel, is modified with hydrophobic moieties like alkyl chains of different length.
  • Many efforts have been made to improve the properties of the chromatographic material in terms of chemical stability, the field of applications or selectivity. Modification of the surface material moderates the properties of the stationary phases and influences the separation which is based on hydrophilic, hydrophobic or ion-ion interactions.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,045,353 describes a chromatographic material prepared by radiation of polymerisable monomers absorbed on a microporous inorganic substrate. The sorbent material thus obtained is suitable for separation of relatively small molecules, but there is insufficient selectivity for separation of biopolymers like nucleic acids.
  • Efforts have been made to get composite fluorinated materials, in particular sorbents manufactured on the basis of solid porous silica gels. This is to combine in the same material the mechanical strength, determined by the porous nature of the inorganic matrix and the specific sorption properties of the fluorinated polymeric modifying compound. EP 1 148 945 discloses a material having a solid support of controlled pore glass and a coating of crosslinkable olefinic oligomers. Fluorination of the oligomer coated support is effected with gaseous xenon difluoride (XeF2), optionally under inert gas conditions, or with a mixture of fluorine and an inert carrier gas. The composite material thus obtained is suitable for use in the isolation of DNA out of complex mixtures, where apart of DNA also RNA, proteins, low molecular substances and salts are present. But, because of the exclusively hydrophobic nature of these materials, there are certain difficulties in using them with aqueous solutions of biopolymers and they are much more used for chromatographic separations in columns with increased pressure (HPLC) and operations using hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC). Moreover, preparation of these materials is somewhat complicated, laborious and ecologically harmful.
  • Another suggestion was made to prepare sorbents on the basis of macroporous silica gels, modified with vinyl monomers like N-vinyl-pyrrolidone, styrene, ethylene, vinylethyl ether (authors certificate, USSR, No. 687081, 1979). The sorbent materials are manufactured in applying said monomers to γ-aminopropylated or silanised silica gel and subsequent polymerisation. These sorbents possess good mechanical stability, do not swell in solvents and may be used for the separation of proteins and other active biomolecules. No hint is given for using these materials in the separation of nucleic acids.
  • The enormous progress in genetic engineering connected with PCR-technology leads to a growing need for applications which lead to the desired products in a fast and economic way, e.g. isolation and purification of DNA with effective removal of by-products and impurities providing the capacity for the isolation of biopolymers without denaturating conditions, and improving the selectivity by modifying the surface of the coating.
  • Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a sorbent material with improved characteristics in separation and purification capacity and increased selectivity in the specific action of the sorbent material on biopolymers having an advanced surface for biotechnological applications, such as isolation and separation of biopolymers, primarily in aqueous media, with improved access area of the separation surface in a separation medium and improved stability of the coating for the construction of material suitable for chromatographical applications like HPLC and fast sample preparations via solid phase extraction in compact cartridges for PCR-applications.
  • The object is solved by a polymer obtainable by a process of polymerizing at least three components [A], [B], and [M] wherein
      • [A] is at least one aromatic or aliphatic compound having at least one polymerisable unsaturated moiety,
      • [B] is at least one cross-linkable aromatic or aliphatic compound, and
      • [M] is an organic non-saturated polymerisable compound different from [A] having hetero atoms in the C—C chain or in side chains wherein the process comprises the steps of
      • admixing the components [A], [B], and [M] sequentially or non-sequentially,
        • polymerising the resulting mixture composition
        • removing unreacted material and
        • recovering and drying the composite material.
  • In one embodiment the polymer of the invention comprises the following structure

  • {[A]x—[B]y—[M]z}p
  • wherein [A], [B], and [M] have the same meaning as in claim 1 and x, y, and z are independent of each other an integer of 1-100 and p is a number between 2 and 5000.
  • Subject matter of the invention is also a monomer having the structure [A]x—[B]y—[M]z wherein [A], [B], and [M] have the same meaning as in claim 1 and x, y, and z is independent of each other an integer of 1-100
  • A chromatographic material comprising essentially a polymer of the invention is also subject matter of the invention as well as a composite sorbent material having a support which is at least partially covered by a polymer coating of the invention.
  • According to the invention, a sorbent material is provided having a previously dehydrated solid support having a copolymer coating comprising substituted or unsubstituted aromatic vinyl monomers, substituted or unsubstituted aromatic crosslinking compounds and optionally non-saturated carboxylic acids or esters or non-saturated alcohols or ethers, respectively. The coating can be attached to the support via a vinylchlorsilane. Substituents of the compounds of the copolymer coating modify the hydrophobic/hydrophilic properties on the surface of the coating and provide an essentially improved selectivity for selected applications. For example, the functional groups exhibiting hydrophilic properties provide an essentially better wetting of the inner and outer surfaces of the pores of the sorbent material.
  • Preferably the support of the sorbent material of the invention is porous inorganic material selected from the group comprising inorganic metal oxides, such as oxides of aluminum, titanium, zirconium, silicon and/or iron. In particular preferred is silica gel having an average pore size of 100-2000 Å, preferably 300-1000 Å, and a specific surface of 20-300 m2/g, more preferably 20-200 m2/g or 20-100 m2/g.
  • Preferably, the support containing inorganic materials is in particle-like or monolithic membrane-like form and has a porous structure which shows a bidisperse or oligodisperse distribution of pore sizes. Such structures build, e. g., the basis for sorbent materials according to the present invention, which allow additionally to the separation of biopolymers such as nucleic acids the improved retention of low molecular weight substances having, e. g., molecular weights of less than 500 Da, salts and proteins, whereas nucleic acids are passing without retention. In a preferred embodiment, the separation of nucleic acids, e. g. DNA, is conducted in one step. Such bidisperse supports may preferentially be obtained by means of gelling (gel building) of silica sols, starting the process with the mixture of two size types of monodisperse colloidal silica particles. The mass proportion of these two types of colloidal particles determines the proportion and distribution of differently sized pores in the final silica support material.
  • Typically, two types of silica sols are prestructured prior to mixing. Prestructuring occurs, e.g., by temperature treatment or other methods and partially evaporating water. Preferably, the ratio of the mean diameter of the large pore size distribution and the lower pore size distribution is in the range of 2-15 or 3-15 nm, in particular 4-10 nm. Preferably, the mean diameter of the larger pore size distribution should not be smaller than 25 to 50 nm and should not exceed 200 nm (2000 Å), preferably 100 nm (1000 Å). Especially preferred mean diameters of the large pore size distribution are in the range of 20-100, more preferably 25-80 nm. The mass proportion of the smaller to larger pores represents (90-60, preferably 85-70):(10-40, preferably 15-30) (in %).
  • The polymer coating preferably has a thickness of about 10 to 250 Angström, preferably 10 to 100 Angström and micropores of less than 50 Å accessable to water, salts, and low molecular weight substances being non-adsorptive towards nucleic acids and adsorptive towards proteins.
  • The preparation of the composite sorbent material which is at least partially covered by a copolymer coating according to the general formula (with dimethylvinylchlorosilane exemplary chosen as modifying agent)
  • Figure US20080154029A1-20080626-C00001
  • is characterised by the following process.
  • The previously dried support material is modified by treating it with a boiling solution of a vinylchlorsilane. Treatment of the surface of the support material is conducted at boiling temperature of the solvent used. This treatment enables the following chemosorption of the copolymer and is the basis for enhanced chemical stability and durability of the final sorbent material. Washing of the silanised support, e. g. silica gel, for removal of unreacted silane is done by multiple extraction with organic solvents (ethanol, acetone, toluene, dioxane).
  • This is followed by addition of a) at least one unsubstituted or substituted styrene or vinylnaphthalene [A] of general formula
  • Figure US20080154029A1-20080626-C00002
  • which may be substituted by at least one hydroxyl-, carboxy-, nitro-, chloro-, bromo-, fluoro-, alkoxy-, acetoxy-, amino-, mono- or dialkylamino-, acetamino-, alkyl(C1-C15)-group,
  • b) at least one cross-linkable unsubstituted or substituted (1,4 or 1,2)-divinylbenzene [B] of general formula
  • Figure US20080154029A1-20080626-C00003
  • which may be substituted by at least one hydroxyl-, carboxy-, nitro-, chloro-, bromo-, fluoro-, alkoxy-, acetoxy-, amino-, mono- or dialkylamino-, acetamino-, alkyl(C1-C15)-group,
  • c) optionally a non-substituted carboxylic acid or alkyl, aryl, or hydroxylalkyl ester thereof [M] of general formula
  • Figure US20080154029A1-20080626-C00004
  • respectively a non-saturated alcohol or ether of general formula
  • Figure US20080154029A1-20080626-C00005
  • In a preferred embodiment, the mass ratio of copolymer components [A], [B], and [M] complies with the formula [A]:[B]:[M]=1:0.03-0.30:0-0.2.
  • Polymerisation of the copolymer composition is performed by polymerisation in solution of an organic solvent for a period of 2 to 8 h at the boiling temperature of the solvent or in aqueous solution (emulsion polymerisation) with an emulgator and in the presence of an initiator for radical polymerisation. Suitable initiators comprise benzoyl peroxide, potassium peroxodisulfate as a water soluble initiator, ammonium persulfate, etc. Preferably, a 5-20% solution of copolymer is used. A mass ratio of silica gel matrix and solution of 1:3-6 is also preferred. Finally unreacted material is removed and the composite material is recovered and dried.
  • The sorbent material according to the invention is useful in separation processes, enhancing the ease of handling and the speed of these processes. Preferably, the substances to be separated are nucleic acids and/or proteins. A conventionally used chromatographic column or cartridge can be filled, at least partially, with the sorbent material of the invention. The sorbent material of the invention behaves similar to other solid chromatographic supports so that the methods for filling chromatographic columns or cartridges can be used in an analogous manner. The support for carrying out chromatographic separations can also be provided in the form of a membrane-like item comprising the sorbent material of the invention, wherein the sorbent material is embedded in a polymeric matrix such as a nylon membrane. Also other membrane materials which are used in preparation, isolation or separation of biomolecules can be used as matrix for embedding a sorbent material of the present invention.
  • In order to ease the use of a chromatographic material of the invention it is advantageous to provide the sorbent material according to the invention in bulk or a chromatographic column or cartridge or membrane-like device together with filter materials, reagents and/or buffers or other devices or chemicals for performing fast sample preparations and chromatographic separations. This item can especially be provided in form of a kit or a miniaturized device in form of chips or microreactors. The chromatographic separation is not limited in its scale. It can be used in any chromatographic operation for separation, isolation, identification, purification and/or detection of biomolecules, in particular nucleic acids, in preparative or analytical scale.
  • The present invention provides a product with advanced sorption properties that allows to use this product for chromatography of biopolymers according to the object of the invention. The process of the invention leads to a sorbent material with high binding capacity towards proteins and minimal non-specific sorption of nucleic acids, which is accomplished by using copolymers having complementary functional groups. The inventive process allows manufacturing of a sorbent with adjusted hydrophilic properties having high mechanical stability and very good hydrodynamic characteristics.
  • The invention is further explained in the following examples which are understood to be not limiting.
    • EXAMPLE 1
  • 10 g of macroporous silica gel previously dried in vacuo at 200° C. for 3 h having an average pore diameter of 500 Å are treated with a boiling 5% solution of dimethylvinylchlorosilane in dry benzene (3×25 ml) followed by acetone (3×25 ml) and finally with distilled water (5×20 ml), air dried for 1 h at 20° C. and further for 2 h at 120° C. in vacuo. The thus obtained hydrophobic silica gel is suspended in 50 ml of water containing 0.7 g of an emulgator (sodium stearate). Thereafter 2.6 ml styrene, 0.32 ml divinylbenzene, 0.30 ml 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and 0.017 g potassium peroxodisulfate as polymerisation initiator are added. The polymerisation is conducted for 4 h at 95° C. The liquid phase is separated by decanting and the sorbent is washed with dimethylformamide as long as the refractive index of the washing no longer differs from that of the solvent (ca. 60 ml). Subsequently washing is continued with 3×25 ml of ethanol and distilled water, respectively. Finally, the sorbent material is dried in vacuo for 3 h at 80° C.
    • EXAMPLE 2
  • The sorbent has been obtained similar to example 1, but with a polymer composition without component [M] (2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate).
    • EXAMPLE 3
  • 10 g of macroporous silica gel having an average pore diameter of 1000 Å is treated with a 3% solution of dimethylvinylchlorosilane according to example 1. Thereafter the thus obtained silanised silica gel is transferred into a three-necked bulb equipped with a stirrer, a thermometer, and a reflux condenser. The bulb is charged with 30 ml benzene, 2.9 ml vinylphenol, 0.50 ml divinylbenzene, 0.16 ml methacrylic acid, and 0.33 ml benzoyl peroxide. The polymerisation is conducted for 4 h at 80° C. Further treatment is carried out according to example 1.
    • EXAMPLE 4
  • The sorbent has been obtained similar to example 3, but with a polymer composition without component [M] (methacrylic acid).
    • EXAMPLE 5
  • 10 g of macroporous silica gel previously dried in vacuo at 200° C. for 3 h having an average pore diameter of 300 A are treated with a boiling solution of dimethylvinylchlorosilane corresponding to example 1. The thus obtained silanized silica will be transferred into a three bottlenecked flask with a stirrer, a thermometer and a reflux condenser. To the flask 40 ml toluene, 3 ml chlorovinyl benzene, 0.4 ml divinylbenzene, 0.4 ml allylic alcohol and 0.30 g benzoil peroxide will be added. The polymerization is conducted for 6 h at 102° C. The further treatment will be achieved corresponding to example 1.
    • EXAMPLE 6
  • The sorbent has been obtained similar to example 5, but with a polymer composition without component [M] (allylic alcohol).
  • The results of usage the obtained sorbents according to examples 1 to 6 for the separation of DNA from proteins and low molecular weight compounds corresponding to the protocol for lysis and isolation of genomic DNA from bacteria in example 9 and the protocols for the estimation of protein retention, retention of salt and yield estimation for DNA, given in example 9 as well.
  • TABLE
    Comparison of separation efficiencies by using sorbent of Examples
    1 to 6 underlining the importance of introducing component [M]
    into the separation of polymer coating
    Protein Salt
    Chemical retention retention DNA recovery
    composition of (% of 750 (% of 1M (% of applied
    Support polymeric layers BSA) CuSO4) E. coli lysate)
    Silianized 1. Styrene- 99.5 72.7 45.0
    SiO2 divinylbenzene-
    hydroxyethyl-
    methacrylate
    (1:0.12:0.13)
    2. Styrene- 67.0 59.5 29.2
    divinylbenzene
    (1:0,0.12)
    Silianized 3.2-Hydroxyvinyl- 98.9 73.2 43.8
    SiO2 benzene-divinyl-
    benzene-
    methacrylic acid
    (1:0.16:0.06)
    4.2-Hydroxyvinyl- 65.5 51.5 22.2
    benzene-divinyl-
    benzene
    (1:0.16)
    Silianized 5. Chlorovinyl- 99.0 73.0 44.5
    SiO2 benzene-divinyl-
    benzene-
    allylalcohol
    (1:0.10:0.10)
    6. Chlorovinyl- 62.7 49.0 23.8
    benzene-divinyl-
    benzene
    (1:0.1)
    • EXAMPLE 7
  • For the synthesis of sorbents having a silica gel support with controlled bidisperse pore structures preparation is conducted as follows:
  • The two starting types of silica sol in water had following characteristics:
    • A: particle diameter: 6 nm; SiO2 concentration: 22 mass %; Na+-stabilised pH: 9.1
    • B: particle diameter: 40 nm; SiO2 concentration: 40 mass %; Na+-stabilised pH: 9.2
  • Water from the two silica sols was evaporated at pH 5.0 in a water bath at 80° C. by constant stirring until 30 and 60 mass %, respectively. To 100 ml of sol A structured by evaporation were added 50 ml of structured sol B and the evaporation has been continued until the formation of a homogeneous gel. The silica hydrogel obtained after 4 hours sinerethis (partial shrinkage) was dried, first for 4 hours at 80° C. in a water bath, followed by 3 hours at 130° C. in a drying hood. Afterwards the product was treated at 600° C. for 5 hours in a muffel oven. The ready obtained silica gel was grinded, fractionated and analysed for pore size distribution both by mercury porometry (according to DIN 66 133 (1993)) and BET-method (according to ISO 9277). These analyses showed a preferential pore size in two classes of 5 nm (appr. 85%) and 28 nm (appr. 15%) and a sorption volume of 0.7 cm3/g.
    • EXAMPLE 8
  • The two starting types of silica sol in water had following characteristics:
    • A: particle diameter: 10 nm; SiO2 concentration: 30 mass %; Na+-stabilised pH: 9.2
    • B. particle diameter: 80 nm; SiO2 concentration: 50 mass %; Na+-stabilised pH: 9.1
  • The silica gel sorbent was prepared as in example 7, with following variations:
  • Water from the two silica sols was evaporated at pH 4.5 in a water bath at 80° C. by constant stirring until 52 and 60 mass %, respectively. To 100 ml of sol A structured by evaporation were added 130 ml of structured sol B. Analyses showed a preferential pore size in two classes of 7 nm (appr. 75%) and 60 nm (appr. 25%) and a sorption volume of 0.75 cm3/g.
  • The results of usage the obtained sorbents according to examples 1 to 6 for the separation of DNA from proteins and low molecular weight compounds corresponding to the protocol for lysis and isolation of genomic DNA from bacteria in example 9 and the protocols for the estimation of protein retention, retention of salt and yield estimation for DNA, given in example 9 as well.
    • EXAMPLE 9 Testing of the Sorbents Mercury Porometry
  • The porogrammes obtained by testing the sorbents based on the macroporous silica gel show the distribution of the pores in differential and integral manner and allow to determine the medium pore size of the sorbent as well as the effective thickness of the polymeric layer, which is 5-7.5 nm.
  • Protocol for Tissue Lysis and Extraction of Genomic DNA from Tissue Samples in a Kit Comprising the Sorbent of the Invention
  • The kit contains all necessary reagents for lysis of cells or tissue and genomic DNA purification. The resulting DNA is suitable for most enzymatic reactions (restriction digests, PCR, sequencing etc.).
  • Compared to most other protocols not DNA is retained by the column resin, but proteins, detergents and low molecular weight compounds are. DNA flows through the column during a short, one-step purification procedure.
    • Storage Conditions:
  • All kit components are stable at room temperature during shipment. After arrival store the kit at +2° C. to +8° C. Columns may be stored at room temperature.
    • Materials:
  • Buffer G1 10 vials (blue), each for 5 isolations
    Buffer G2 10 vials (blue), each for 5 isolations
    Nexttec clean-columns 50 columns
    • Materials not Provided:
  • Eppendorf tubes (1.5 ml)
  • Tris-HCl, 50 mM, pH 8
    • Preparation of Buffers
    • 1. Immediately before use add 1.6 ml of deionized water to a tube with lyophilised buffer G1. Dissolve the constituents by vortexing the tube.
    • 2. Shortly centrifuge a tube containing buffer G2 to collect the components at the bottom of the tube.
    • 3. Transfer the solution of buffer G1 completely to one aliquot (tube) of buffer G2
    • 4. Mix the buffers to get a homogeneous solution.
    • 5. The mixture contains all components necessary for tissue or cell lysis and is now ready for use. The mixture is sufficient for 5 isolations. (The mixture should be used immediately. Therefore, prepare only as much buffer as needed for the number of samples to be analysed.)
    Cell or Tissue Lysis
    • 1. transfer cells or a tissue sample into an Eppendorf tube (<15 mg fresh weight)
    • 2. add 300 μl of lysis buffer mixture (see preparation of buffers) to each cell or tissue sample
    • 3. incubate the samples at 60° C. overnight with constant shaking at ˜800 rpm in an Eppendorf thermomixer. (If fresh tissue is used, shorter incubation periods may be sufficient for complete lysis).
    • 4. clear the lysate by centrifugation for 3 min at 20,000×g
    • 5. Take 120 μl from the clear supernatant for DNA purification. The remaining lysate can be stored at −20° C.
    Purification of DNA
    • 6. open the spin-columns, add 300 μl Tris-HCl buffer (50 mM, pH 8.0) onto each column. (The buffer enters the resin.)
    • 7. centrifuge the columns at 350×g (corresponds to approx. 2,000 rpm in a 24-place Eppendorf rotor of a microfuge) for 1 min to remove excess of buffer
    • 8. discard the collection tubes with the buffer, place the columns into a new Eppendorf tube and open the columns
    • 9. transfer 120 μl of the cleared supernatant from step 4 onto the columns and close the lids (the lysate enters the resin layer)
    • 10.incubate the columns for 3 min at room temperature
    • 11.spin the tubes with the columns at 700×g (corresponds to approx. 3,000 rpm in a 24-place Eppendorf rotor of a microfuge) for 1 min
    • 12.The flow-through contains the purified DNA. Discard the columns and use the DNA immediately or store it at −20° C.
      Protocol for Lysis and Isolation of Genomic DNA from Bacteria Using a Kit of the Invention
  • The kit contains all necessary reagents for lysis of bacterial cells and DNA purification. It is approved for many Gram(−) as well as Gram(+) bacteria. The resulting DNA is suitable for most enzymatic reactions (restriction digests, PCR, sequencing etc.).
  • Compared to most other protocols not DNA is retained by the column resin, but proteins, detergents and low molecular weight compounds are. DNA flows through the column during a short, one-step purification procedure.
    • Storage Conditions:
  • All kit components are stable at room temperature during shipment. After arrival store RNase solution at −20° C. The other kit components must be stored at +2° C. to +8° C. Nexttec clean-columns may be stored at room temperature.
    • Materials Provided:
  • Buffer B1 (basis buffer) 5 vials (white), each for 10 isolations
    Buffer B2 5 vials (white), each for 10 isolations
    Buffer B3 5 vials (white), each for 10 isolations
    Nexttec clean-columns 50 columns
    RNase solution 1 vial (white), for 50 isolations
    • Materials Not Provided:
  • Lysozyme
  • Eppendorf tubes (1.5 ml)
  • Tris-HCl, 50 mM, pH 8
    • Preparation of Buffers
    • 6. Prepare a 25 mg/ml lysozyme solution in pure water (use lyophilized lysozyme for example from Sigma Kat.-Nr. L-6876 or comparable). The dissolved lysozyme should be stored frozen at −20° C.
    • 7. Each vial with buffer B1 (basis buffer) is sufficient for 10 DNA preparations. Immediately before use complete the buffer by adding 110 μl lysozyme stock solution (20 mg/ml) and 220 μl RNase solution. Mix by vortexing the tube.
    • 8. Shortly centrifuge a vial containing buffer B2 to collect the components at the bottom of the tube, then add 550 μl deionized water and vortex. The prepared buffer B2 can be stored for 2 days at +4° C.
    • 9. Add 550 μl deionized water to one vial with buffer B3 and dissolve the constituents by vortexing. The resuspended buffer should be used immediately.
    Lysis of Bacterial Cells:
    • 1. grow an overnight culture of bacteria in a suitable medium (e.g. LB, CSB)
    • 2. transfer 0.5 ml of the culture to 1.5 ml Eppendorf tubes (1.5 OD600)
    • 3. pellet the cells by centrifugation at 6,000×g for 1 min, remove and discard the supernatant
    • 4. add 120 μl buffer B1 (containing lysozyme and RNase solution) to the bacterial cell pellet
    • 5. gently vortex the tube to resuspend the cells
    • 6. incubate the tube for 10 min at 60° C. constantly shaking (1,200 rpm, Eppendorf thermomixer)
    • 7. add 50 μl of buffer B2 and incubate for 5 min at 60° C. (1,200 rpm, Eppendorf thermomixer)
    • 8. then add 50 μl of buffer B3 and continue the incubation at 60° C. for 25 min (as described in step 7) in the thermomixer
    • 9. In most cases the lysate should be clear after the incubation. If it is not, centrifuge the tube for 3 min at 20,000×g to pellet cell debris.
    Purification of DNA
    • 10. open the spin-columns, add 300 μl Tris-HCl buffer (50 mM, pH 8.0) onto the column. (The buffer enters the resin.)
    • 11. centrifuge the columns at 350×g (corresponds to approx. 2,000 rpm in a 24-place Eppendorf rotor of a microfuge) for 1 min to remove excess of buffer
    • 12. discard the collection tubes with the buffer, place the columns into new Eppendorf tubes and open the columns
    • 13. transfer 120 μl of the clear lysate from step 9 onto the columns and close the lid (the lysate enters the sorbent layer)
    • 14. incubate the columns for 3 min at room temperature
    • 15. centrifuge the tubes with the columns at 700×g (corresponds to approx. 3,000 rpm in a 24-place Eppendorf rotor of a microfuge) for 1 min
    • 16. The flow-through contains the purified DNA. Discard the columns and use the DNA immediately or store it at −20° C.
  • Protein retention was measured using bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a model protein. BSA was dissolved in buffer and the optical density of the resulting solution at a wavelength of 280 nm was measured before and after passing columns containing different sorbents. The concentration of BSA in both solutions was then calculated using a linear regression resulting from a standard curve of different BSA concentrations in buffer. The applied amount of BSA was set at 100% and the eluted amount of BSA was recalculated in % of the applied amount. The difference between both values gives a protein retention in %.
  • Salt retention was measured using copper sulphate (CuSO4) as a model salt. A solution of this salt in water results in a blue coloured liquid. The optical density of the solution is linearly depending on the CuSO4 concentration. CuSO4 was dissolved in water (c=1M) and the optical density of the resulting solution at a wavelength of 650 nm was measured before and after passing columns containing different sorbents. The concentration of CuSO4 in both solutions was then calculated using a linear regression resulting from a standard curve of different CuSO4 concentrations in water. The applied amount of CuSO4 was set at 100% and the eluted amount of CuSO4 was recalculated in % of the applied amount. The difference between both values gives the salt retention in %.
  • To determine the DNA recovery for sorbents during passage of columns filled with corresponding chromatographic materials a crude lysate from Escherichia coli cells was obtained. The lysate contains low molecular weight compounds, proteins (peptides), nucleic acids and other compounds.
  • The concentration of DNA before (crude lysate) and after (eluate) passing a sorbent containing column was measured using PicoGreen, a fluorescent dye, which binds only to doublestranded DNA, according to the manufacturer's instructions (Molecular Probes c/o Invitrogen). For the preparation of a standard curve a serial dilution of DNA from the bacteriophage lambda with known concentration was used. The applied amount of DNA within the lysate was set at 100% and the eluted amount of DNA was recalculated in % of the applied amount. The resulting value gives the DNA recovery in %.

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1. A polymer obtainable by a process of polymerizing at least three components [A],[B], and [M] wherein
A is at least one aromatic or aliphatic compound having at least one polymerizable unsaturated moiety,
B is at least one cross-linkable aromatic or aliphatic compound, and
M is an organic non-saturated polymerizable compound different from [A] having hetero atoms in the C—C chain or in side chains wherein the process comprises the steps of
admixing the components [A], [B], and [M] sequentially or non-sequentially,
polymerizing the resulting mixture composition
removing unreacted material and
recovering and drying the composite material.
2. The polymer of claim 1 having the following structure

{[A]x—[B]y—[M]z}p
wherein and x, y, and z are independent of each other and an integer of 1-100 and p is a number between 2 and 5000.
3. A monomer having the structure [A]x—[B]y—[M]z wherein
A is at least one aromatic or aliphatic compound having at least one polymerizable unsaturated moiety,
B is at least one cross-linkable aromatic or aliphatic compound, and
M is an organic non-saturated polymerizable compound different from [A] having hetero atoms in the C—C chain or in side chains
and x, y, and z are independent of each other an integer of 1-100.
4. A chromatographic material comprising essentially a polymer of claim 1.
5. A composite sorbent material having a support which is at least partially covered by a polymer coating according to claim 1.
6. A composite sorbent material having a support which is at least partially covered by the polymer coating according to claim 1 having the general formula
Figure US20080154029A1-20080626-C00006
obtainable by a process comprising the steps of
modifying the support with a vinylchlorsilane
followed by addition of
a) at least one unsubstituted or substituted styrene or vinylnaphthalene [A] of general formula
Figure US20080154029A1-20080626-C00007
b) at least one cross-linkable unsubstituted or substituted (1,4 or 1,2)-divinylbenzene [B] of general formula
Figure US20080154029A1-20080626-C00008
c) optionally a non-saturated carboxylic acid or alkyl, aryl or hydroxylalkyl ester thereof (M) of general formula
Figure US20080154029A1-20080626-C00009
 respectively a non-saturated alcohol or ether of general formula
Figure US20080154029A1-20080626-C00010
polymerizing the copolymer composition
removing unreacted material and
recovering and drying the composite material.
7. The sorbent material according to claim 5 wherein the support is a porous inorganic material selected from the group comprising inorganic metal oxides, such as oxides of aluminum, titanium, zirconium, silicon oxides, iron oxides, controlled pore glass (CPG), diatomaceous earth and combinations thereof.
8. The sorbent material according to claim 7, wherein the porous inorganic metal oxides show a bidisperse distribution of the pore sizes, with mean pore diameters in the range of 2-15 nm for the smaller pore size and 20-100 nm for the larger pore size.
9. The sorbent material of claim 5, wherein the support has an average pore size of 100-2000 Å, and a specific surface of 20-300m2/g.
10. The sorbent material of claim 5, wherein the polymer coating has a thickness of about 10 to 250 Angström and micropores of less than 50 Å accessable to water, salts, and low molecular weight substances, the polymer coating being non-adsorptive towards nucleic acids and adsorptive towards proteins.
11. The sorbent material of claim 5, wherein the mass ratio of copolymer components [A], [B], and [M] complies with the formula [A]:[B]:[M]=1:0.03-0.30:0.01-0.2.
12. A chromatographic column, capillary or cartridge at least partially filled with the composite sorbent material according to claim 5.
13. A membrane-like article comprising the composite sorbent according to claim 5, wherein the composite sorbent is embedded in a porous organic or inorganic matrix.
14. A kit comprising a composite sorbent according to claim 5, the composite sorbent being in bulk or packed in chromatographic columns or cartridges or a membrane-like article.
15. The sorbent material of claim 5, for performing fast sample preparations or chromatographic separations of nucleic acids.
16. The sorbent material of claim 5, for separation of nucleic acids and/or proteins, wherein nucleic acids are passing said material without retention while proteins, salts and other low molecular weight substances are retained.
17. The sorbent material of claim 16, for separation of DNA in one step.
18. A process for manufacturing a composite sorbent material for chromatographic separation of biopolymers according to general formula
Figure US20080154029A1-20080626-C00011
comprising the steps of:
modifying the support with a dialkylchlorsilane having an ethylenically unsaturated moiety such as vinylchlorsilane
followed by addition of
a) at least one unsubstituted or substituted styrene or vinylnaphthalene [A] of general formula
Figure US20080154029A1-20080626-C00012
b) at least one cross-linkable unsubstituted or substituted (1,4 or 1,2)-divinyl benzene [B] of general formula
Figure US20080154029A1-20080626-C00013
c) optionally a non-saturated carboxylic acid or alkyl, aryl or hydroxylalkyl ester thereof (M) of general formula
Figure US20080154029A1-20080626-C00014
 respectively a non-saturated alcohol or ether of general formula
Figure US20080154029A1-20080626-C00015
polymerizing the copolymer composition
removing unreacted material and
recovering and drying the composite material.
19. The process according to claim 18, wherein the mass ratio of copolymer components [A], [B], and [M] complies with

A:[B]:[M]=1:0.03-0.30:0.01-0.2.
20. The process according to claim 18, characterized in that the step of polymerizing the copolymer composition is conducted by polymerization in organic solvents or by emulsion polymerization in water with an emulgator and a polymerization initiator.
21. The process according to claim 20, wherein the mass ratio of water or organic solvent copolymer is 5/1-20/1.
22. A method for purifying and/or isolating nucleic acids using the sorbent material of claim 5.
23. The sorbent material of claim 9, wherein the support has an average pore size of 300-1000 Å.
24. The sorbent material of claim 9, wherein the support has a specific surface of 20-100 m2/g.
25. The sorbent material of claim 10, wherein the polymer coating has a thickness of about 10 to 100 Å.
26. The kit of claim 14, further comprising filter materials, reagents and/or buffers or other devices or chemicals for performing sample preparations or chromatographic separations of biopolymers.
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