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  • Title: A protective antigen for turkeys purified froma type 1 strain of Pasteurella multocida.
    Author: Kajikawa O, Matsumoto M.
    Journal: Vet Microbiol; 1984 Dec; 10(1):43-55. PubMed ID: 6442029.
    Abstract:
    A protective antigen was purified from a saline extract of a Type 1 strain of Pasteurella multocida by chromatographic methods, and its chemical and immunological characteristics were studied. Three proteins peaks were obtained from crude extract by gel filtration with Sephadex G-200. A bacteria-specific antigen was detected only in the first peak fraction, which, after passing through an immunoabsorbent column to remove any components originating from the growth medium, was absorbed onto DEAE-cellulose followed by elution with a gradient of NaCl. From the first peak fraction of the gel filtration, 4 protein peaks were obtained, the second and third peaks being the major ones. Carbohydrate/protein ratios of the peak fractions varied from 0.06 to 1.0. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that 2 proteins of molecular weights 44 000 and 25 000 were present in all the fractions. The 4 DEAE-cellulose fractions (DP-1 to DP-4) contained a single antigenically identical material, and induced protective immunity in turkeys against challenge exposure. The second peak fraction from DEAE-cellulose (DP-2) protected turkeys when subcutaneously injected as 2 doses of 10 micrograms protein with a 14-day interval between doses. The DP-2 fraction induced antibodies in rabbits which formed a single precipitin line against the crude extract. The purified antigen (DP-2) from a Type 1 strain was antigenically distinct from a similar antigen purified from a Type 3 strain; there was no significant cross protection in turkeys between the 2 antigens. These results indicate that protective antigens purified from soluble extracts of a Type 1 or Type 3 strain possess similar physicochemical properties, but that they are immunologically distinct from each other.
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