title: Priming immunization against cholera toxin and E. coli heat-labile toxin by a cholera toxin short peptide-beta-galactosidase hybrid synthesized in E. coli.
abstract: A synthetic oligodeoxynucleotide encoding for a small peptide was employed for the expression of this peptide in a form suitable for immunization. The encoded peptide, namely, the region 50-64 of the B subunit of cholera toxin (CTP3), had previously been identified as a relevant epitope of cholera toxin. Thus, multiple immunizations with its conjugate to a protein carrier led to an efficient neutralizing response against native cholera toxin. Immunization with the resulting fusion protein of CTP3 and beta-galactosidase, followed by a booster injection of a sub-immunizing amount (1 microgram) of cholera toxin, led to a substantial level of neutralizing antibodies against both cholera toxin and the heat-labile toxin of Escherichia coli.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D000917:Antibody Formation; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000276:immunology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000276:immunology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000032:analysis; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000276:immunology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005696:Galactosidases / Q000235:genetics*; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007118:Immunoassay; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000235:genetics*; D055503:Protein Multimerization; D011817:Rabbits; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D002772:Cholera Toxin; C027538:heat-labile enterotoxin, E coli; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D005696:Galactosidases; D001616:beta-Galactosidase