본 실험은 Staphylococcus aureus의 한 균주로부터 A와 C, 두 종류의 toxin이 동시에 생성될 때 이들의 동시분리를 위하여 각종 분리방법을 연구하였다. 혼합된 toxin A와 C는 CM-column chromatography를 이용하여 pH-gradient법으로 용출했을 때 2개의 분획이 나타났으나 서로 완전히 분리되지 않아 다량의 서로 다른 toxin이 함유되어 있었고 Sephadex G-75, Sephacryl S-300, 그리고 ultro gel을 사용한 gel filtration에서는 하나의 분획을 나타내 상호분리가 불가능 하였으며 정제도와 분리도에서 가장 뛰어난 gel column을 이용한 FPLC도 toxin A와 C를 상호분리할 수 없었다. 그러나 CM-column을 이용한 FPLC에서는 enterotoxin A는 pH 6.8에서 그리고 enterotoxin C는 pH 8.6에서 각각 분리되었으며, immunodiffusion test 결과 enterotoxin A의 분획에서는 toxin C가 전혀 검출되지 않았고 enterotoxin C의 분획에서도 toxin A가 검출되지 않았다. 용출방법에 있어서는 CM-column을 이용한 FPLC에서 pH-stepwise법이나 pH-gradient법으로 enterotoxin A와 C type을 쉽게 동시에 분리할 수 있었다.
A new method developed for simultaneous purification of enterotoxin A and C from Staphylococcus aureus strain L 350/1 consisted of chromatography on carboxymethyl (CM)-cellulose using a buffer of variable pH, gel filtration on Ultro gel, and fast protein liquid chromatography(FPLC) using a buffer of variable pH. The enterotoxin A and C were purified by three steps: batchwise adsorption from culture supernatant on Amberlite CG-50; chromatography on CM-cellulose using a buffer of constant pH and molarity; and gel filtration on Sephadex G-75. The purified enterotoxin appeared homogeneous by gel diffusion and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Upon treatment with CM-cellulose using a elution of variable pH, enterotoxin A and C were so close that they were not separated completely. After elution from gels, the enterotoxins appeared as a single peak at the same position. Gel filtration gave a reaction of complete identity to enterotoxin A and C in Ouchterlony immunodiffusion. In FPLC using a CM-cellulose, enterotoxin A and C were simultaneously separated at pH 8.6 and 6.8. When each fraction was performed to gel immunodiffusion, at peak of enterotoxin A and C were not detected each other. In a method of elution by pH-gradient was to be more efficient as a simultaneous separation method in terms of speed, yields and simplicity. The purified toxin A and C were identical to type A and C reference enterotoxin on both disc electrophoresis and Ouchterlony gel diffusion.
