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Infect Immun. 1974 February; 9(2): 304-317
Copyright © 1974 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Development of a Purified Cholera Toxoid II. Preparation of a Stable, Antigenic Toxoid by Reaction of Purified Toxin with Glutaraldehyde

Ruth S. Rappaport, Geraldine Bonde, Thomas McCann, Benjamin A. Rubin and Howard Tint

1 Wyeth Laboratories, P. O. Box 8299, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101

ABSTRACT

Evidence is presented which confirms that cholera toxoids obtained by reaction of purified toxin with Formalin possess the ability to partially reactivate both in vivo and in vitro. At the same time, conditions are presented for the preparation of stable, antigenic cholera toxoids by reaction of purified toxin with glutaraldehyde. Treatment of purified cholera toxin with approximately 200 mol of glutaraldehyde per mol of toxin at pH 7.8 reproducibly resulted in the preparation of toxoids which: (i) possessed less than 20 bluing doses per 100 µg; (ii) did not reactivate in vivo or in vitro; (iii) precipitated with, and neutralized antitoxin; (iv) elevated prolonged serum antitoxin in immunized rabbits; (v) protected immunized guinea pigs against toxin skin challenge; and (vi) lent themselves to enhanced antigenicity by means of an in situ adjuvant system which may be suitable for man. Acrylamide gel electrophoresis and molecular sieve chromatography of a series of glutaraldehyde-derived toxoids suggested that the reaction products consisted of monomeric and polymeric species and that the proportion of higher-molecular-weight species was determined by the relative concentrations of toxin and glutaraldehyde. The results suggested a relationship between complete and irreversible elimination of toxicity and the formation of higher-molecular-weight toxoids.

Infect Immun. 1974 February; 9(2): 304-317
Copyright © 1974 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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