The alpha-toxin of Clostridium oedematiens type A was purified from culture filtrate by two steps of column chromatography and repeated gel filtration. The purified alpha-toxin proved homogeneous in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and agar gel double diffusion. The molecular weight of the alpha-toxin was estimated at 280,000 by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and at 260,000 by gel filtration on a Sephadex G-200 column. The isoelectric point determined by isoelectric focusing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was 6.1. No dissociation of the purified alpha-toxin into subunits was demonstrated in sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The 50% lethal and edematizing doses per mg protein of the purified alpha-toxin were 5.9 X 10(4) and 5.9 X 10(5), respectively. The L +/50 doses per mg protein of the toxin was 4.6 X 10(3). The purified alpha-toxin, when injected intradermally into the rabbit skin, induced increased vascular permeability. The toxin contained little or no hemolytic or lecithinase activity. These results attest that the lethal, edematizing and vascular permeability-enhancing activities elicited by C. oedematiens type A culture reside on the same protein molecule.
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