Effect of b -Propiolactone treatment on the complement activation mediated by equine antisera
Reduction of complement activation through an alteration of the Fc fragment of immunoglobulins by b -propiolactone treatment was carried out in equine antisera raised against rabies virus, Bothrops venoms and diphtherial toxin. Results were evaluated by means of an anaphylactic test performed on gui...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 1997-03, Vol.39 (2), p.119-122 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Reduction of complement activation through an alteration of the Fc fragment of immunoglobulins by b -propiolactone treatment was carried out in equine antisera raised against rabies virus, Bothrops venoms and diphtherial toxin. Results were evaluated by means of an anaphylactic test performed on guinea-pigs, and compared to the ones obtained with the same sera purified by saline precipitation (ammonium sulfate), followed or not by enzymatic digestion with pepsin. Protein purity levels for antibothropic serum were 184.5 mg/g and 488.5 mg/g in b -propiolactone treated and pepsin-digested sera, respectively. The recovery of specific activity was 100% and 62.5% when using antibothropic serum treated by b -propiolactone and pepsin digestion, respectively. The antidiphtherial and anti-rabies sera treated with b -propiolactone and pepsin presented protein purity levels of 5,698 and 7,179 Lf/g, 16,233 and 6,784 IU/g, respectively. The recovery of specific activity for these antisera were 88.8%, 77.7%, 100% and 36,5%, respectively. b -propiolactone treatment induced a reduction in complement activation, tested "in vivo", without significant loss of biological activity. This treatment can be used in the preparation of heterologous immunoglobulins for human use.
Efeito do tratamento de antissoros equinos pela b -propiolactona na ativação do complemento. A redução da ativação do complemento através de uma alteração do fragmento Fc das imunoglobulinas pela b -propiolactona foi obtida em soros hiperimunes equinos antivirus rábico, venenos Bothrops e toxina diftérica. Os resultados foram avaliados por teste de anafilaxia em cobaias, e comparados com aqueles obtidos com os mesmos soros purificados por precipitação salina (sulfato de amônio), seguidos ou não por digestão enzimática com pepsina. Os níveis de pureza protéica foram para o soro antibotrópico de 184.5 mg/g e 488.5 mg/g tratado pela b -propiolactona e digeridos pela pepsina, respectivamente. A recuperação da atividade específica foi de 100% e 62,5% no soro antibotrópico tratado pela b - propiolactona e por digestão pela pepsina, respectivamente. Os soros antidiftérico e anti-rábico tratados com b- propiolactona e pepsina apresentaram níveis de pureza protéica de 5.698 e 7.179 Lf/g, 16,233 e 6.784 UI/g, respectivamente. As recuperações da atividade específica nestes soros foram 88,8%, 77,7%, 100% e 36,5%, respectivamente. O tratamento pela b -propiolactona induziu redução de ativação do complemento, testada "in v |
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ISSN: | 0036-4665 1678-9946 0036-4665 |
DOI: | 10.1590/S0036-46651997000200010 |