Removal of Endotoxin from Culture Supernatant of Bordetella pertussis with Aminated Poly(γ-methyl L-glutamate) Spherical Beads

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Attempts were made to prepare adsorbents having a high affinity for endotoxin in the culture supernatant of Bordetella pertussis. When poly(γ-methyl L-glutamate) (PMLG) was used as a matrix and amino groups as the ligand, the highest affinity for endotoxin was attained even at a high ionic strength (μ=0.2-0.4). PMLG beads containing amino groups of about 3.2 meq/g selectively removed endotoxin from the culture supernatant of B. pertussis without affecting the protective antigens. It was demonstrated that 1 ml of the wet adsorbent adsorbed 4.5 mg of endotoxin. The beads of PMLG derivatives, therefore, are considered to be a useful adsorbent for the removal of endotoxin from the pertussis vaccine, affecting neither filamentous hemagglutinin nor pertussis toxin.