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STAPHYLOCOCCAL SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME
Author(s) -
Nishioka Kiyoshi,
Nakano Toshiko,
Hirao Nobuyuki,
Asada Yasuo
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1977.tb01005.x
Subject(s) - sephadex , exotoxin , toxin , antibody , chemistry , size exclusion chromatography , microbiology and biotechnology , hemolysin , polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis , antigen , chromatography , biology , immunology , biochemistry , enzyme , virulence , gene
Exfoliatin, an exotoxin produced by phage group 2 staphylococci, was separated and was analyzed. The toxin was separated in a single peak by Sephadex G‐100 gel filtration and subsequent DEAE Sephadex chromatography. By acrylamide gel disc electrophoresis this single peak was found to contain 2 components both of which posessed exfoliative activity and the same antigenic properties. Their molecular weight, however, differed; the major component had a molecular weight of 30,000 and the minor component had 27,000. The toxin was stable when heated at 60°C for 40 minutes, and labile at 100°C for 20 minutes. The toxin was immunogenic to mice and produced antibody Which could be transmitted to neonatal mice to neutralize exfoliative activity of the toxin. Innoculation of the bacteria caused the production of antibodies against both exfoliatin and α‐hemolysin in mice. The antibodies were also transmitted to neonatal mice to neutralize the exfoliative activity of exfoliatin.