In a previous report on the effects of the leukocytosis-and lymphocytosispromoting factor (LPF) 1 ofBordetella pertussis on cyclic adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate (cAMP) metabolism, a method for isolation of highly active LPF was presented briefly (1). In the present communication, the results of further studies on the isolation and chemical, immunochemical, and biological properties of LPF are described. It has been found that a single moiety is responsible for the induction in mice of leukocytosis with both lymphocytosis and granulocytosis, histamine sensitization, and hypoglycemia and unresponsiveness to the hyperglycemic effects of epinephrine. In confirmation of our preliminary report (2), LPF has been found to be clearly distinct from the hemagglutinating pili of B. pertussis, the properties of which are also described.
Materials and MethodsB. pertussis Cultures. Strain NIH 114 (3779B), which has been utilized in continuing studies in this laboratory was also employed in the present investigations. Lyophilizod samples, obtained through the courtesy of Dr. Charles Manclark, Bureau of Biologics, Bethesda, Md., were reconstituted in sterile distilled H~O and plated on Bordet-Gengou medium (Clinical Sciences Inc., Whippany, N. J.). The 2-day growth at 36°C on one Petri dish was harvested in 10 ml of 2% casamino acids (technical grade; Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.), and 1 ml of the suspension was inoculated into 100 ml of liquid medium in i liter Blake bottles. After 2 days of incubation at 36°C, 10 ml of the seed culture (approximately 5 × 10 x° organJma) was inoculated into 1 liter of liquid medium in Povitsky bottles which were then incubated at 35-36°C. In order to provide maximum surface area for aeration, all bottles were placed in the horizontal position during incubation. In the case of the 100 ml cultures, the depth of the medium was 1.0 cm and the surface area 218 cm2; the values for the 1-1iter cultures were 2.5 cm and 580 cm 2, respectively.The liquid medium was that previously described (3) except for the omission of an anion exchange resin which was found to be unnecessary for either optimal growth, maintenance of the Phase I state, or maximal production of LPF. Culture density was assessed with the National Institutes of Health opacity standard, and the criteria utilized to determine whether the organisms were Phase I included: a homogenous population of small, gram-negative coccobacilli and