Preparation and Description of High-Molecular-Weight Soluble Surface Antigens from a Group A Streptococcus
AUTOR(ES)
Besdine, Richard W.
RESUMO
High-molecular-weight proteins having M protein reactivity were isolated without acid or alkaline digestion. Treatment of a heat-killed group A Streptococcus with sonic vibration released antigens which reacted strongly and specifically with absorbed type-specific antiserum. This antigen preparation was released without diminishing the total yield of acid-extractable M protein of the original heat-killed cells. Fractionation of the sonic preparation on a sucrose gradient yielded four peaks of M reactivity. When these fractions were placed on Sephadex G-200 columns, the M reactive material of three fractions appeared in the void volumes, suggesting that the active material in each had a molecular weight greater than 300,000. The reactivity of the fourth fraction followed closely the void volume of Sephadex G-100. Chemical analysis revealed heterogeneity of the fractions. Spectral analysis showed virtual absence of nucleic acid in three of the fractions and a moderate amount in the fourth. Bactericidal inhibition tests showed activity of three of the four fractions. Analysis of the fractions by Ouchterlony double-diffusion technique revealed that each of the four fractions had several antigenic constituents. All four contained M antigen. T antigen and a third unnamed antigen were present in some of the fractions. Group reactivity was present in all fractions, but did not reside on the M molecule. The enhanced potential of sonically released antigens to induce high-titer specific precipitating antibodies to M protein is discussed.
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