Methods of evaluating quality of a chromatography media which binds anti-A or anti-B antibodies

1. Method of comparing quality of two or more affinity chromatography media samples containing blood group A antigen ligands attached to a solid support, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) for each of the media samples, providing a solution of purified monoclonal IgM-A antibody of known concentration C1 and volume VM and an affinity chromatography media sample of volume VR;

(b) incubating each chromatography media sample with the solution of (a);

(c) obtaining a supernatant and measuring the concentration C2 of the IgM-A antibody in the supernatant, for each chromatography media sample;

(d) determining the static binding capacity of each chromatography media sample for the IgM-A antibody, wherein the static binding capacity is measured using the equation

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 wherein the static binding capacities of the media samples correlates with their ability to remove anti-A antibodies from a sample, thereby providing a comparison of the quality of two or more different affinity chromatography media samples; and

(e) purifying blood or a blood derived product with a media sample determined by step (d) to provide media capable of selectively removing antibodies.

2. Method of comparing quality of two or more affinity chromatography media samples containing blood group B antigen ligands attached to a solid support, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) for each of the media samples, providing a solution of purified monoclonal IgM-B antibody of known concentration C1 and volume VM and an affinity chromatography media sample of volume VR;

(b) incubating each chromatography media sample with the solution of (a);

(c) obtaining a supernatent and measuring the concentration C2 of the IgM-B antibody in the supernatant, for each chromatography media sample;

(d) determining the static binding capacity of each chromatography media sample for the IgM-B antibody, wherein the static binding capacity is measured using the equation:

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 wherein the static binding capacities of the media samples correlates with their ability to remove anti-B antibodies from a sample, thereby providing a comparison of the quality of two or more affinity chromatography media samples; and

(e) purifying blood or a blood derived product with a media sample determined by step (d) to provide media capable of selectively removing antibodies.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the solid support is a porous or non-porous polymeric solid support comprising a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyvinylether, polyvinylalcohol, polymethacrylate, polyacrylate, polystyrene, polyacrylamide, polymethacrylamide and polycarbonate.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the solid support is a porous or non-porous polymeric solid support comprising a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyvinylether, polyvinylalcohol, polymethacrylate, polyacrylate, polystyrene, polyacrylamide, polymethacrylamide and polycarbonate.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the solid support is a polyvinylether based porous solid support.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the solid support is a polyvinylether based porous solid support.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the polyvinylether based porous solid support is in bead form.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the polyvinylether based porous solid support is in bead form.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the binding capacity of the blood group A antigen ligand media for monoclonal IgM-A antibody correlates with its ability to remove anti-A antibodies from a sample.

10. The method of claim 2 , wherein the binding capacity of the blood group B antigen ligand media for monoclonal IgM-B antibody correlates with its ability to remove anti-B antibodies from a sample.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the two or more affinity chromatography media samples constitute different batches of the same media.

12. The method of claim 2 , wherein the two or more affinity chromatography media samples constitute different batches of the same media.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the different affinity chromatography media samples constitute the same media at different stages of use.

14. The method of claim 2 , wherein the different affinity chromatography media samples constitute the same media at different stages of use.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the sample is selected from the group consisting of blood, blood products, plasma, plasma derivatives and IVIG feed.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the sample is selected from the group consisting of blood, blood products, plasma, plasma derivatives and IVIG feed.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement of concentration comprises determining absorbance at 280 nm.

18. The method of claim 2 , wherein the measurement of concentration comprises determining absorbance at 280 nm.

19. A method of assessing quality of a media following exposure to acid or alkaline conditions, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

(a) providing a chromatography media having wither blood group A antigen ligands or blood group B antigen ligands attached to a solid support;

(b) measuring, via absorbance at a particular wavelength, the binding capacity of the media for a purified IgM-A antibody in case of blood group A antigen antibody or for a purified IgM-B antibody in case of blood group B antigen antibody;

(c) exposing the media to acid or alkaline conditions for at least 5 hours; and

(d) measuring the binding capacity of the media for a purified IgM-A antibody in case of blood group A antigen antibody or for a purified IgM-B antibody in case of blood group B antigen antibody;

wherein a reduction in the binding capacity of media in (d) relative to (b) indicates that the quality of media has decreased following exposure to acid of alkaline conditions.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein a decrease in quality of media comprises a reduction in the ability of media to remove anti-A of anti-B antibodies.

21. Method of determining whether a media comprises blood group A antigen ligands or blood group B antigen ligands, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

(a) providing a media, wherein it is unknown whether the media comprises blood group A antigen ligands or blood group B antigen ligands;

(b) measuring, via absorbance at a particular wavelength, the binding capacity of the unknown media for purified monoclonal IgM-A antibody and separately for purified monoclonal IgM-B antibody; and

(c) comparing the capacity of the unknown media for purified monoclonal IgM-A antibody and purified monoclonal IgM-B antibody;

wherein the unknown media is determined to comprise blood group A antigen ligands, if it has a higher binding capacity for monoclonal IgM-A antibody relative to binding capacity for monoclonal IgM-B antibody, and the unknown media is determined to comprise blood group B antigen ligands if it has a higher binding capacity for monoclonal IgM-B antibody relative to binding capacity for monoclonal IgM-A antibody.