百日咳毒素和丝状血凝素的纯制和检测现况

介绍了百日咳毒素和丝状血凝素的分离纯化及纯度、活性检定的方法,对影响分离纯化这两种活性物质的因素也作了一些分析     

国产层析填料在百日咳毒素和丝状血凝素纯化中的筛选及应用

目的 筛选适合的国产层析填料以满足对组分百日咳疫苗中百日咳毒素(pertussis toxin, PT)与丝状血凝素(filamentous hemagglutinin, FHA)的分离纯化。方法 筛选对PT与FHA结合能力较好且分离度高的国产层析填料,优化纯化工艺,通过3批纯化试验比较国产填料与进口填料的抗原回收率、目的抗原纯度以及对目的抗原的动态结合载量。结果 通过纯化试验筛选到国产填料SP resin-1与MMC resin-1并优化了纯化工艺。3批纯化试验显示,SP resin-1纯化百日咳抗原工艺稳定,FHA的纯度和回收率与Capto SP ImpRes差异无统计学意义(P>0.05);且与Capto SP ImpRes相比,SP resin-1对抗原的动态结合载量更高。3批PT精纯试验显示,国产填料MMC resin-1精纯PT的工艺稳定,PT的纯度和回收率均与Capto MMC差异无统计学意义(P>0.05),并且MMC resin-1对PT的载量高于Capto MMC。结论 试验筛选出纯化PT与FHA的国产填料SP resin-1与MMC resin-1,纯...     

响应面法建立层析纯化去除百日咳丝状血凝素中内毒素工艺

【背景】无细胞组分百日咳疫苗在人群中接种后不良反应发生率大大降低,是未来百日咳疫苗的发展方向,但是新的抗原纯化方式需要工艺中加入内毒素的去除。【目的】使用响应面法优化层析纯化法去除无细胞百日咳疫苗中百日咳丝状血凝素(Filamentous hemagglutinin,FHA)中内毒素的工艺。【方法】通过单因素试验,确定响应面设计范围;根据响应面法设计原理,使用Mini TAB软件,以FHA的回收率和收获的FHA蛋白浓度,同时兼内毒素合格为考察指标,对上样样品量、样品p H、样品电导Cond进行优化,最终确定去除FHA内毒素的层析纯化工艺。【结果】使用目前的层析纯化条件获得的Capto adhere去除FHA的内毒素的最佳工艺条件:p H 5.3,Cond 9.6,Mass 3.0。【结论】用响应面法优化了去除百日咳丝状血凝素中内毒素的层析纯化工艺,这种方法效率高、耗时少,为后续生物制品工艺扩大再生产提供参考。     

百日咳丝状血凝素酶联免疫检测法的建立

目的建立百日咳组分疫苗丝状血凝素(FHA)抗原含量监控的ELISA检测法。方法制备的多克隆抗血清,经辛酸硫酸铵法纯化抗体,用过碘酸钠氧化法辣根过氧化物酶标记,以棋盘滴定法确定最佳包被抗体及酶标抗体的浓度配伍,建立了双抗体夹心ELISA检测法。结果对双抗体夹心ELISA法的特异性、最佳线性范围、检测限度、精密度、准确度、测定限量、适用性的一系列验证试验表明,该方法与百日咳组分疫苗中PT和Prn无明显交叉反应,特异性较好。在0至20 ng/mL测量区间有最佳线性,相关系数大于0.99;经实验内12次及不同试验间3次测定16、8、4 ng/mL中的FHA含量,变异系数在0.2%～11.4%间,回收率在96.9%～114.5%间,精密度及准确度验证均符合常规质控要求,因此测定限量为4 ng/mL。结论该方法能有效检测出百日咳杆菌培养上清中的FHA含量,可用于百日咳组分疫苗生产过程的中间品质量控制。     

百日咳杆菌丝状血凝素的纯制及其生物学特性的研究

介绍了两种纯制百日咳杆菌丝状血凝素的方法，并对不同方法纯化的丝状血凝素的产量、纯度、生物学活性等方面进行了比较，从中选择出一种纯度高、活性好、可以大批量提纯的方法。     

百日咳杆菌丝状血凝素

本文扼要介绍了百日咳杆菌丝状血凝素这一有效免疫原的发现过程和提纯方法,并在阐述其物理化学及生物学特性的基础上,就其作为人用疫苗的前景进行了探讨。     

溶液环境对百日咳疫苗分离纯化的影响

针对百日咳疫苗在低盐条件下不稳定, 容易聚集而导致层析过程收率低、分离度低的难题, 实验中选择脲作为稳定剂来改善百日咳疫苗所处的溶液环境, 并采用离子交换层析和凝胶过滤层析进行百日咳疫苗的分离纯化, 通过ELISA抗原活性测定和还原性SDS-PAGE等方法研究了脲对百日咳疫苗分离纯化的影响。结果表明, 在流动相中加入 2 mol/L脲作为稳定剂, 能显著提高离子交换层析和凝胶过滤层析中的PT和FHA活性回收率、凝胶过滤层析的分离度、PT和FHA的纯度。这些结果对百日咳疫苗的分离纯化和层析工艺优化提供了重要的依据和参考。     

百日咳杆菌有效免疫原的发酵培养

为扩大生产,采用５００立升发酵罐培养无细胞百日咳菌苗,发现随着培养时间的延续,细胞浓度增高,培养液的ｐＨ值上升,ＰＴ、ＦＨＡ活性、血凝效价逐渐增加、Ｏ２溶压下降、ＣＯ２溶压上升。ｐＨ值达８２时,ＰＴ活性最高为３００ＥＵ／ｍｌ,较现用扁瓶培养方法高５倍。ｐＨ值继续上升时,ＰＴ活性开始下降。ＦＨＡ活性及血凝效价具有相似的变化。通过测定培养液ｐＨ值以确定收获时间,可获得富含ＰＴ、ＦＨＡ、且活性均保持较高水平的培养液     

百日咳杆菌去内毒素及保护性抗原的纯化

内毒素(Endotoxin,简称ET)是百日咳全菌苗(Bordetellapertussis vaccine)产生副作用的主要毒素之一,且不易除去。现有的分离方法,如蔗糖密度梯度离心法,较繁琐,成本高。本文采用Sepha-cryl S-300凝胶层折法可以简便有效的去除大部分内毒素。初步毒素试验结果表明:已达到日本生物制品规格的要求。两种保护性抗原FHA和LPF-HA也得到进一步分离纯化,为今后研制高效的百日咳组分菌苗提供了实验条件。     

Interaction of the Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin with heparin

Heparin, a glycosaminoglycan synthesized in connective tissue-mast cells, appeared to inhibit the hemagglutination of rabbit erythrocytes induced by the filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA), a major adhesin of Bordetella pertussis. This inhibition suggested an interaction of heparin with the FHA region responsible for the hemagglutination activity. FHA-heparin interactions may play a role in bacterial attachment and persistence in the lungs during human pertussis. To confirm a direct FHA-heparin interaction, heparin was used as ligand in an affinity chromatography procedure. This technique allowed to purify FHA directly from the bacterial culture medium in a single-step using heparin-Sepharose CL-6B or Zetaffinity heparin 60 disks. The purified FHA was highly immunoreactive with anti-FHA monoclonal antibodies and showed no signs of degradation after 15 successive cycles of freezing-thawing. The described purification method is simple, and suitable for the rapid preparation of FHA.     

Identification of immunodominant epitopes in the filamentous hemagglutinin of Bordetella pertussis

The filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) of Bordetella pertussis is a principal adhesin, which plays a key role in the colonization of the upper respiratory tract. FHA is also a protective antigen, which has been incorporated in the new generation of acellular vaccines against whooping cough. The protein is synthesized as a large 367-kDa precursor, which is then processed into a 220-kDa secreted polypeptide. To optimize the use of this protein for vaccine purposes it would be helpful to define the regions encompassing immunodominant epitopes. Twelve recombinant plasmids have been generated encoding fusion proteins between fragments of the matured-secreted 220-kDa form of FHA and the vector-encoded phage MS2 polymerase. Protein extracts of the resulting recombinant clones have been tested for reactivity with sera from 20 patients convalescent from whooping cough, and two human standard sera. The results indicate the presence of an immunodominant B cell epitope in the polypeptide coded by a 1-kb DNA fragment encompassing positions 5781-6800 of the published sequence. These results suggest that the identified fragment should be conserved in the formulation of vaccines against pertussis.     

Molecular cloning of a coding sequence of Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin gene

Abstract The halophilic phototrophic bacterium Rhodospirillum salexigens was tested for growth on a variety of organic and inorganic nitrogenous compounds as sole nitrogen sources. In media containing acetate as carbon source, the amino acids glutamate, proline, and aspartate supported good growth of R. salexigens ; several other amino acids or ammonia did not support growth. Attempts to grow R. salexigens on ammonia led to the discovery that this organism excretes a highly basic substance under certain nitrogen nutritional conditions which raises the pH above that supporting growth. Cultures of R. salexigens transferred to media containing both pyruvate and acetate as carbon sources grew on ammonia as sole nitrogen source and the culture pH did not rise. Dual substrate experiments showed that R. salexigens utilized glutamate in preference to ammonia when both were present at equimolar concentrations.     

Hemagglutination activities of purified pertussis toxin and filamentous hemagglutinin against erythrocytes from various animals

The hemagglutinating (HA) activities of purified pertussis toxin (PT) and filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) were evaluated against unfixed and glutaraldehyde-fixed erythrocytes from ox, goose, horse, monkey, sheep, chicken, and rabbit. Both PT and FHA showed HA activities against fixed and unfixed erythrocytes from all the animals studied. The HA titers of FHA were higher than those of PT. The HA activities of FHA and PT were not destroyed completely even after heating these preparations at 56 C for 30 min. A simple test for the assay of PT in culture supernatants of Bordetella pertussis on the basis of HA activity has been described.     

Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin delivered by mucosal routes enhances immunoglobulin levels in serum and mucosal fluids

Free Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) can act as an adjuvant for mucosally administrated antigens. Here, we show that independently of the adjuvant properties of FHA toward an unrelated antigen, total IgG or IgA concentrations in serum and mucosal fluids are enhanced by the administration of FHA. Oral administration of FHA increases both total IgG concentrations in serum and total immunoglobulin concentrations in intestinal lavages. Nasal administration of FHA increases total IgA concentrations in broncho-alveolar lavages. FHA induces Langerhans cell recruitment and MIP-3alpha mRNA expression within hours after administration. These observations shed a new light on the potential molecular mechanisms of FHA-induced adjuvanticity.     

Lack of functional complementation between Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin and Proteus mirabilis HpmA hemolysin secretion machineries.

The gram-negative bacterium Bordetella pertussis has adapted specific secretion machineries for each of its major secretory proteins. In particular, the highly efficient secretion of filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) is mediated by the accessory protein FhaC. FhaC belongs to a family of outer membrane proteins which are involved in the secretion of large adhesins or in the activation and secretion of Ca2+-independent hemolysins by several gram-negative bacteria. FHA shares with these hemolysins a 115-residue-long amino-proximal region essential for its secretion. To compare the secretory pathways of these hemolysins and FHA, we attempted functional transcomplementation between FhaC and the Proteus mirabilis hemolysin accessory protein HpmB. HpmB could not promote the secretion of FHA derivatives. Likewise, FhaC proved to be unable to mediate secretion and activation of HpmA, the cognate secretory partner of HpmB. In contrast, ShlB, the accessory protein of the closely related Serratia marcescens hemolysin, was able to activate and secrete HpmA. Two invariant asparagine residues lying in the region of homology shared by secretory proteins and shown to be essential for the secretion and activation of the hemolysins were replaced in FHA by site-directed mutagenesis. Replacements of these residues indicated that both are involved in, but only the first one is crucial to, FHA secretion. This slight discrepancy together with the lack of functional complementation demonstrates major differences between the hemolysins and FHA secretion machineries.     

Distinct roles of the N-terminal and C-terminal precursor domains in the biogenesis of the Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin.

The 220-kDa Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) is the major exported protein found in culture supernatants. The structural gene of FHA has a coding potential for a 367-kDa protein, and the mature form constitutes the N-terminal 60% of the 367-kDa precursor. The C-terminal domain of the precursor was found to be important for the high-level secretion of full-length FHA but not of truncated analogs (80 kDa or less). The secretion of full-length and truncated FHA polypeptides requires the presence of the approximately 100-amino-acid N-terminal domain and the outer membrane protein FhaC, homologous to the N-terminal domains of the Serratia marcescens and Proteus mirabilis hemolysins and their accessory proteins, respectively. By analogy to these hemolysins, it is likely that the N-terminal domain of the FHA precursor interacts, directly or indirectly, with the accessory protein during FHA biogenesis. However, immunogenicity and antigenicity studies suggest that the N-terminal domain of FHA is masked by its C-terminal domain and therefore should not be available for its interactions with FhaC. These observations suggest a model in which the C-terminal domain of the FHA precursor may play a role as an intramolecular chaperone to prevent premature folding of the protein. Both heparin binding and hemagglutination are expressed by the N-terminal half of FHA, indicating that this domain contains important functional regions of the molecule.