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A Sheep Erythrocyte Lysin Found in Guinea Pig Serum¹

From the Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Abstract

A substance in guinea pig serum, lytic for sheep red cells, is composed of two fractions, one heat stable and removed by zymosan, and one heat labile which is destroyed in 9 minutes at 56°C. Untreated serum or the combined fractions cause hemolysis of dilute suspensions of sheep erythrocytes. The lysin is inactive against sheep cells at 4° C but is activated by increased temperatures up to 37° C. The activity of the lysin is enhanced after storage at –24° C for 6 days; it decreases with elevation of pH, becoming negligible at pH 7.8 under the conditions studied. The characteristics of the lytic substance are distinguished from complement, the C'3 component of complement and sensitizing "natural" antibody.

Footnotes

¹ This investigation was supported by grants from the Division of Research Grants and Fellowships of the National Institutes of Health, U. S. Public Health Service, and in part by the Lederle Laboratories Division of the American Cyanamid Company.

² Public Health Service Research Fellow of the National Cancer Institute.