AAV Purification by anion-exchange chromatography

We describe a new optimized, scalable and reproducible method based on anion exchange chromatography to obtain high titers of rAAV vectors without empty capsids contamination. The method takes advantage of Q-sepharose matriz to development a scalable procedure. After the virus harvest from supernatant and lysate cells, virus crude was subjected to anion exchange chromatography with Q-sepharose column. Three different protocols were tested, and the elution peaks were evaluated through qPCR rAAV titration and 260/280 nm ratio determination in order to identified empty capsid-containing fractions. A 150 mM NH4Ac wash step fallowing by 1 M NaCl elution step generate a a high titer eluted fraction of rAAV with 1.334 260/280 nm ratio. The described method makes rAAV vector purification an easily adapted for a large scale GMP production format to produce empty capsid free rAAV for clinics.