Immunization of mice against tetanus with fragments of tetanus toxin synthesized in Escherichia coli.

AUTOR(ES)

Fairweather, N F

RESUMO

Two recombinant plasmids, pTet11 and pTet18, which express nontoxic protein fragments of tetanus toxin in Escherichia coli, were constructed. pTet11 protein (86 kilodaltons) is a fusion between part of the E. coli trpE protein and 441 amino acids of tetanus fragment C, and pTet18 (63 kilodaltons) consists of part of fragment B and all of fragment C of tetanus toxin. The synthesis of these proteins was induced in E. coli cultures, and the proteins were partially purified. Mice were immunized with these proteins, and dose-dependent titers of anti-tetanus toxoid antibodies were obtained. The proteins were able to induce neutralizing antibodies in mice, as demonstrated by the ability of mice immunized with 1 microgram or more of protein to survive challenge with 10 50% lethal doses of tetanus toxin.

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