Toxin injection:
Mice were injected intraperitoneally with PTX (20 µg/kg), PTX-A (5.3 µg/kg), PTX-B (14.5 µg/kg), PTXmut (20 µg/kg), … The toxins were purchased from List Biological Laboratories, … In most experiments, mice were given a single injection and killed 3 or 6 h later. In indicated experiments, they were given 2 injections, 2 days apart, and killed 24 h after the last injection.
Bone marrow transplantation:
… Chimeric mice were injected with PTX 2 months after transplantation.
EAE induction by active immunization:
Mice were subcutaneously injected into both flanks with a total of 200 µl of emulsion containing 300 µg of MOG peptide 3555 (Feldan) dissolved in saline and mixed with an equal volume of complete Freund’s adjuvant containing 500 µg of killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37 RA (Difco Laboratories). The mice were also injected intraperitoneally with 20 µg/kg of PTX immediately and 2 days after immunization.
Ex vivo stimulation of leukocytes:
Peritoneal leukocytes were harvested by flushing the peritoneum of naive mice with 5 ml D-PBS. Cells were pooled in DMEM supplemented with 2% FBS, transferred in 24-well plates at a density of 2106 cells per well in 500 µl containing or not 500 ng/ml PTX, PTXmut or heat-inactivated PTX (heated at 80C for 30 min). …
Author did not specify which List Labs Pertussis Toxin was utilized. List Labs provides the following Pertussis Toxin products:
• Product #180 – Pertussis Toxin from B. pertussis, Lyophilized in Buffer
• Product #181 – Pertussis Toxin from B. pertussis, Lyophilized (Salt-Free)
• Product #179A – Pertussis Toxin from B. pertussis (in Glycerol)