title: Optimal conditions for the toxoiding of pertussis toxin with 1-ethyl-3(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide.HCl.
abstract: The optimal conditions for toxoiding a pertussis toxin (PT) preparation with 1-ethyl-3(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide.HCl (EDAC) were determined. The prime factor affecting the toxoiding of PT was the EDAC to protein ratio. A ratio of 40-80: 1 EDAC to protein by weight was optimal for abolishing the acute toxicity, histamine-sensitising and leucocytosis-promoting activities associated with PT, whilst maintaining the antigenicity of the vaccine antigens. An EDAC-toxoid also manifested no late histamine-sensitising activity. Duration of exposure to EDAC, temperature and pH value of the reaction were found not to be critical for toxoiding. The data indicated that the use of EDAC for toxoiding PT in a B. pertussis extract is a simple and reproducible procedure and should be considered as a method for the production of acellular pertussis vaccines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Glasgow, Bearsden, U.K.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Christodoulides
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Parton
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Stewart-Tull
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002234:Carbodiimides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005022:Ethyldimethylaminopropyl Carbodiimide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014121:Toxoids; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella
chemical_list: D002234:Carbodiimides; D012709:Serum Albumin; D014121:Toxoids; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; C051093:pertussis toxoid; D006632:Histamine; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D005022:Ethyldimethylaminopropyl Carbodiimide