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Binding of human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) to the small intestine is a prerequisite for colonization and is mediated by colonization factor (CF) antigens. Coli surface antigen 6 (CS6) is considered a CF but binding to isolated enterocytes has not been established. In this study bacteria expressing CS6 were analysed for binding to enterocytes from human and rabbit small intestine, isolated using either an EDTA-containing buffer or a buffer devoid of EDTA. We found that the bacteria bound to enterocytes from rabbit ileum and human duodenum, but only when the cells had been isolated in the absence of EDTA. Pretreatment of rabbit enterocytes with meta-periodate resulted in a decreased proportion of cells with bound bacteria. Purified CS6, and for comparison other ETEC CFs, were also tested for binding to different human and rabbit mucus fractions. These analyses showed that purified CS6 bound to mucus from rabbit duodenum and ileum as well as from human duodenum, jejunum and ileum and that this binding was abolished by pretreatment of the mucus material with meta-periodate or Proteinase K. CFA/I, CS1 to CS5, CS7, CS17, putative CF (PCF) O159 (CS12), PCFO166 (CS14), and CFA/III (CS8) also bound to the rabbit mucus material although with different patterns; the binding of CS2 and CS5 was abolished by meta-periodate treatment. Thus, ETEC bacteria expressing CS6 might bind to carbohydrate-containing structure(s) in the apical membrane of isolated rabbit ileal and human duodenal enterocytes that could probably be released by EDTA treatment. In addition, CS6 and other ETEC CFs bind to component(s), in some instances protein-associated carbohydrate structures, in mucus fractions from small intestine.
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- A Helander
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Göteborg University, Guldhedsgatan 10A, Göteborg 413 46, Sweden
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Fuchs T, Spitzauer S, Vente C, Hevler J, Kapiotis S, Rumpold H, Kraft D, Valenta R. Natural latex, grass pollen, and weed pollen share IgE epitopes. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1997; 100:356-64. [PMID: 9314348 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(97)70249-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Because of the frequent use of natural latex products, IgE-mediated reactions to latex proteins represent an important health threat in industrialized countries. Although several latex allergens have been characterized and IgE cross-reactivities with allergens present in plant-derived food have been described, limited information is available regarding the presence of common IgE-binding components in latex and plant pollen. METHODS By using serum IgE from 56 individuals with latex allergy, the IgE-binding components in ammoniated latex milk and latex glove extracts were characterized by immunoblotting. The presence of cross-reactive IgE-binding components in the different latex extracts, extracts from mugwort, ragweed, timothy grass pollen, and recombinant birch pollen allergens (Bet v 1 and Bet v 2 [birch profilin]) was studied by immunoblot inhibitions and quantitative competition experiments. The involvement of carbohydrates in the constitution of cross-reactive IgE epitopes was studied by periodate treatment of extracts. RESULTS Although sera from certain individuals with latex allergy showed IgE reactivity with protein bands of different molecular weights in Western-blotted latex milk and glove extracts, both extracts contained common IgE epitopes. Although preincubation with recombinant Bet v 1 and Bet v 2 did not significantly inhibit IgE binding to latex proteins, weed and, in particular, timothy grass pollen extract strongly inhibited IgE binding to latex allergens. The cross-reactive IgE epitopes were sensitive to periodate treatment. CONCLUSIONS Mugwort, ragweed, and timothy grass pollen share IgE epitopes with glycoprotein latex allergens. The presence of common epitopes might in part explain clinical symptoms in patients allergic to pollen on contact with latex.
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- T Fuchs
- Georg-August-University Göttingen, Department of Dermatology, Germany
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Komori S, Kameda K, Sakata K, Hasegawa A, Toji H, Tsuji Y, Shibahara H, Koyama K, Isojima S. Characterization of fertilization-blocking monoclonal antibody 1G12 with human sperm-immobilizing activity. Clin Exp Immunol 1997; 109:547-54. [PMID: 9328135 PMCID: PMC1904779 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1997.4801380.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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A mouse hybridoma (1G12) producing sperm-immobilizing MoAb to human sperm was established and characterized in order to study the antigens relevant to sperm immobilization by antibodies. MoAb 1G12 had strong sperm-immobilizing and agglutinating activities and also showed a fertilization-blocking activity on in vitro fertilization tests. The antibody absorption experiments showed that MoAb 1G12 reacted not only to ejaculated sperm but also human seminal plasma, suggesting that the corresponding antigen might be a sperm coating antigen. The MoAb also reacted with peripheral blood lymphocytes. In histochemical studies, the epithelia of corpus epididymis were most strongly stained. Ejaculated sperm were stained with a granular pattern for their entire surface by immunofluorescence. MoAb 1G12 recognized polymorphic glycoproteins of 15-25 kD in the ejaculated sperm extract in Western blot analysis. After deglycosilation of the sperm extract, only a single staining band of under 15 kD was detected by MoAb 1G12. This suggests that the antigen epitope recognized by MoAb 1G12 might be a peptide of the core portion of the glycoprotein. MoAb 1G12 might be a useful tool for studying the mechanism of egg-sperm interaction, and also be applied to identifying the corresponding antigen by using gene technology.
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- S Komori
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Kakihara T, Fukuda T, Yamada T, Tanaka A, Uchiyama M, Naito M, Emura I. High reactivity of monoclonal antibody (TO73) with human malignant tumor cell line. Pathol Int 1997; 47:608-13. [PMID: 9311011 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1997.tb04549.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The biological characteristics of a new monoclonal antibody (TO73) reacting with a vincristine-resistant human leukemic cell line (KY-VCR) were evaluated. Immunological and electron-immunological studies showed that TO73 reacted with the surface glycoprotein of KY-VCR. TO73 was found to have no effect on cell growth and intracellular uptake of vincristine. In human neoplastic cell lines, TO73 was found to react with 11 of 27 (41%) cell lines. With regard to de novo primary tumor with one exception, TO73 did not react with any of the examined primary tumor cells. The patient with TO73-positive leukemia died of induction failure due to drug resistance. Complete remission was achieved in the other leukemic patients. These results indicate that TO73 antigen may be associated with immortalization of tumor cells and poor prognosis in some cases.
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- T Kakihara
- Department of Pediatrics, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Sciotti MA, Yamodo I, Klein JP, Ogier JA. The N-terminal half part of the oral streptococcal antigen I/IIf contains two distinct binding domains. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1997; 153:439-45. [PMID: 9271873 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb12608.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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In order to investigate the binding properties of the antigen I/IIf from Streptococcus mutans, we analyzed the binding activity of five I/IIf derivatives expressed by I/IIf gene derivatives obtained by insertion of a kanamycin resistance marker. ELISA-derived binding assays showed that the derivatives containing both the N-terminal alanine-rich domain (A-region) and an A-region distal domain extending to amino-acid 766 were the most effective in binding biotinylated (Biot-) human salivary components (SAC) and Biot-epithelial cell membrane components. Sodium metaperiodate treatment of SAC inhibited these interactions, suggesting a binding specificity of the A-region distal domain for carbohydrate residues. All the I/IIf derivatives were found to bind Biot-type I collagen, Biot-laminin, Biot-keratin, and Biot-fibronectin, the derivatives containing the A-region but lacking the A-region distal domain exhibiting the highest binding levels. Sodium metaperiodate treatment of laminin had no effect on its binding to the derivatives, suggesting that carbohydrate residues of the ligand were not involved.
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- M A Sciotti
- INSERM U424, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Strasbourg, France
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Nine strains of oral Fusobacterium were examined for their ability to coaggregate in vitro with four strains of the oral yeast. Candida albicans. All of the Fusobacterium nucleatum strains and Fusobacterium periodontium and Fusobacterium sulci coaggregated to various degrees with all of the Candida strains. Fusobacterium alocis, Fusobacterium mortiferum and Fusobactrium simiae strains did not coaggregate with any of the Candida strains. Exposure of the coaggregating Fusobacterium strains but not the Candida strains to heat, trypsin, and proteinase K eliminated coaggregation. Amphotericin B or trichodermin treatment of the yeast species had no effect. The reactions were inhibited by addition of 0.1 M mannose, glucosamine and alpha-methyl mannoside. All coaggregating pairs were disaggregated by the addition of sodium dodecyl sulfate, but nonionic detergents had no effect. The addition of 2.0 M urea completely reversed coaggregation. Candida strains were sensitive to periodate oxidation, whereas the Fusobacterium strains were stable to this treatment. All coaggregations occurred in the presence of saliva and appeared stronger than in buffer. These data suggest that the coaggregations involve either a protein or glycoprotein on the Fusobacterium surface, which may interact with carbohydrates or carbohydrate-containing molecules on the surface of the Candida. These observations expand the known range of intergeneric coaggregations occurring between human oral microbes and indicate that coaggregation of C. albicans and Fusobacterium species may be an important factor in oral colonization by this yeast. The authors believe this to be the first description of coaggregation concerning a carbohydrate component on the yeast cell and a protein component on the oral bacterial cell.
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- N J Grimaudo
- Department of Dental Biomaterials, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA
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Wadström T, Hirmo S, Novak H, Guzman A, Ringnér-Pantzar M, Utt M, Aleljung P. Sulfatides inhibit binding of Helicobacter pylori to the gastric cancer Kato III cell line. Curr Microbiol 1997; 34:267-72. [PMID: 9099625 DOI: 10.1007/s002849900180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Helicobacter pylori adhere to Kato III and Hela S3 cells in monolayer cultures. To explore whether cell surface glycoconjugates on these two cell lines mediate binding of H. pylori, various carbohydrates, glycoproteins, and glycolipids were tested to inhibit H.pylori cell adhesion. The adhesion was measured (i) with a urease-based assay and (ii) by cells stained with fluorescein. Sodium periodate and sialidase treatment (but not alpha- or beta-galactosidase, heparitinase,lysozyme, or trypsin) inhibited H. pylori binding to both cell lines. Sulfatides and sulfated glycoconjugates (50 microg/ml) but not heparin or a number of simple carbohydrates inhibited binding (1 mg/ml). The two H.pylori strains studied (CCUG 17874 and strain 25) showed high binding of soluble 125I-labeled heparin and other sulfated carbohydrate compounds.
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- T Wadström
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Lund, Sölvegatan 23, Lund S-22362, Sweden
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Poletti LF, Bird KE, Marques D, Harris RB, Suda Y, Sobel M. Structural aspects of heparin responsible for interactions with von Willebrand factor. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1997; 17:925-31. [PMID: 9157957 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.17.5.925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Unfractionated heparin (UFH) binds von Willebrand factor (vWF) and inhibits the vWF-platelet GP Ib interaction. For vWF, a heparin-binding domain has been identified, but for heparin, the structures that confer such activity are unknown. To investigate this, UFH was depolymerized by methods that yield structurally distinct fragments. The glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) produced were separated into five groups of homogeneous molecular weight (MW). Anti-Xa activity, vWF binding affinity, and vWF-dependent platelet agglutination were measured. Periodate oxidation but not heparinase digestion destroyed anti-Xa activity. At all MWs, periodate conferred greater vWF binding affinity and greater ability to inhibit platelet agglutination than heparinase. As an example, at MW 6100, the binding IC50 was 100+/-19 micromol/L for a periodate-derived GAG and 527+/-70 micromol/L for a heparinase-derived GAG. At the same MW, the agglutination IC50 was 17+/-5 micromol/L for periodate and 135+/-18 micromol/L for heparinase. This suggests that the disaccharide GlcNS[6S]-IdoA2S, destroyed by heparinase but not periodate, is crucial to heparin-vWF interactions. An MW dependency was also noted, with a minimum dodecasaccharide required for activity inhibition. To further investigate the heparin/vWF interaction, affinity fractionation of heparins was performed with an immobilized peptide derived from a heparin-binding domain of vWF. Disaccharide analysis of high-affinity heparins revealed an increased ratio of IdoA2S-GlcN[S/Ac]6S to IdoA2S-GlcN[S/Ac]. Affinity fractionation of oligosaccharides (MW 3500) diminished the relative content of all disaccharides except IdoA2S-GlcNS6S, which was increased. These data suggest that the disaccharide structures IdoA2S-GlcNS6S and GlcNS6S-IdoA2S are crucial to heparin/vWF interactions. Understanding the structural aspects that confer such activity may be useful in designing heparin-based antithrombotic drugs.
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- L F Poletti
- Division of Vascular Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, and H.H. McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond 23298, USA
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Tian J, Gong H, Thomsen GH, Lennarz WJ. Gamete interactions in Xenopus laevis: identification of sperm binding glycoproteins in the egg vitelline envelope. J Cell Biol 1997; 136:1099-108. [PMID: 9060474 PMCID: PMC2132474 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.136.5.1099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/1996] [Revised: 12/06/1996] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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A quantitative assay was developed to study the interaction of Xenopus laevis sperm and eggs. Using this assay it was found that sperm bound in approximately equal numbers to the surface of both hemispheres of the unfertilized egg, but not to the surface of the fertilized egg. To understand the molecular basis of sperm binding to the egg vitelline envelope (VE), a competition assay was used and it was found that solubilized total VE proteins inhibited sperm-egg binding in a concentration-dependent manner. Individual VE proteins were then isolated and tested for their ability to inhibit sperm binding. Of the seven proteins in the VE, two related glycoproteins, gp69 and gp64, inhibited sperm-egg binding. Polyclonal antibody was prepared that specifically recognized gp69 and gp64. This gp69/64 specific antibody bound to the VE surface and blocked sperm binding, as well as fertilization. Moreover, agarose beads coated with gp69/64 showed high sperm binding activity, while beads coated with other VE proteins bound few sperm. Treatment of unfertilized eggs with crude collagenase resulted in proteolytic modification of only the gp69/64 components of the VE, and this modification abolished sperm-egg binding. Small glycopeptides generated by Pronase digestion of gp69/64 also inhibited sperm-egg binding and this inhibition was abolished by treatment of the glycopeptides with periodate. Based on these observations, we conclude that the gp69/64 glycoproteins in the egg vitelline envelope mediate sperm-egg binding, an initial step in Xenopus fertilization, and that the oligosaccharide chains of these glycoproteins may play a critical role in this process.
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- J Tian
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and the Institute for Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY at Stony Brook, New York 11794-5215, USA
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Vázquez-Juárez R, Andlid T, Gustafsson L. Adhesion of yeast isolated from fish gut to crude intestinal mucus of rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri. Mol Mar Biol Biotechnol 1997; 6:64-71. [PMID: 9116872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Two yeast strains, Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 7764 and Debaryomyces hansenii Hfl CBS 8339, with a high capacity to colonize fish intestine were used in this study. The ability to adhere to crude mucus obtained from fish intestine was demonstrated for both strains. Scatchard analysis of the binding indicated a positive cooperativity for D. hansenii Hfl and absence of cooperativity for S. cerevisiae CBS 7764. In neither of the strains was adhesion extensively affected by reducing the hydrophobic interaction with p-nitrophenol, or by enhancing the hydrophobic interaction with ammonium sulfate. The adhesion was heat sensitive but resistant to trypsin treatment. We conclude that adhesion is mediated partly by specific mechanisms and partly by cell surface hydrophobicity.
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- R Vázquez-Juárez
- Department of General and Marine Microbiology, University of Göteborg, Sweden
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Cell surface hydrophobicity of Campylobacter jejuni, C. coli, C. lari and C. upsaliensis was tested by hydrophobic interaction chromatography on octylsepharose CL-4B. The hydrophobicity was influenced by cultivation mode, presence or absence of intact lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and outer membrane protein structures. Species-specific differences of hydrophobic characteristics were not detected. Bacteria grown in fluid medium exhibited a high degree of hydrophobicity. Agar-grown bacteria showed hydrophobic interaction to a significant lower extent. By oxidation of LPS with sodium meta-periodate the hydrophobicity of agar-grown bacteria was slightly increased. Bacteria pretreated with proteinase K exhibited a marked decrease of hydrophobic interaction, whereas pretreatment with trypsin did not influence the hydrophobic interaction. Live bacteria were allowed to adhere to INT 407 cell membranes. With exception of one aflagellate strain, bacteria grown in fluid medium adhered better to the cellular substrate than agar-grown bacteria. This difference was not found when adhesion to fibronectin was tested. LPS-oxidized bacteria adhered significantly better to both cell membranes and fibronectin, whereas proteinase K treated bacteria exhibited a significant loss of adhesion capacity for both substrates.
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- I Moser
- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Tierseuchen, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
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Adherence of Aeromonas caviae to HEp-2 and Caco-2 cell monolayers was investigated with 24 clinical isolates. Growth phase, temperature, multiplicity of infection and length of incubation affected adherence. Treatment of the bacteria with trypsin, sodium metaperiodate, mechanical shearing and the addition of cytochalasin B and cycloheximide to the monolayer significantly reduced the adherence capabilities of the strains investigated. The use of chloramphenicol to inhibit protein synthesis reduced the adhesive capabilities of bacteria grown in liquid medium and those subjected to mechanical shearing. Light microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy were employed in the investigation of bacteria-bacteria and bacteria-monolayer interactions and indicated similarities with the aggregative adherence patterns of the Enterobacteriaceae. The presence of extracellular bacterial appendages and their correlation with increased adhesive capacity may indicate a role in the process of adherence.
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- J P Thornley
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Sheffield Medical School
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Pascu C, Hirmo S, Ljungh A, Wadström T. A particle agglutination assay for rapid identification of heparin binding to coagulase-negative staphylococci. J Med Microbiol 1996; 45:263-9. [PMID: 8849700 DOI: 10.1099/00222615-45-4-263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The heparin-binding properties of six different species of coagulase-negative staphylococci were examined by a particle agglutination assay. Heparin (mol. wt 4000-6000), mildly treated with sodium periodate, was covalently coupled to amino-modified latex beads (0.72 micron diameter). The particle agglutination assay was validated by comparing results with the adhesion (percentage binding of adherent cells) of coagulase-negative staphylococcal strains to heparinised microtitration plates. Of 38 different coagulase-negative staphylococcal strains tested, 30 showed agglutination reactivity with heparin-coated latex beads. Strains of different coagulase-negative staphylococcal species agglutinated heparin-coated latex beads to various extents (e.g., cells of Staphylococcus haemolyticus strains reacted more strongly than cells of S. epidermidis strains). The agglutination reaction was significantly inhibited by fucoidan, suramin, lambda-carrageenan and other sulphated compounds, but not by non-sulphated carbohydrate polymers such as hyaluronic acid. Agglutination of staphylococcal cells with heparin-coated latex beads was completely blocked by a cell-surface extract. These results suggest that structures responsible for heparin binding are exposed on the cell surface.
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- C Pascu
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Lund, Sweden
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Pruimboom IM, Rimler RB, Ackermann MR, Brogden KA. Capsular hyaluronic acid-mediated adhesion of Pasteurella multocida to turkey air sac macrophages. Avian Dis 1996; 40:887-93. [PMID: 8980821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Serogroup A strains of Pasteurella multocida, the major cause of fowl cholera, are resistant to phagocytosis in nonimmunized birds. Adherence studies with a capsulated strain of P. multocida (serotype A:3) and turkey air sac macrophages in culture showed that the bacteria were capable of adhering in large numbers to the macrophages but were not internalized. A noncapsulated variant of the bacteria (serotype -:3) showed little or no adherence and was not internalized. These data indicated that the adhesive properties were caused by the presence of a capsule on the bacteria. The role of capsular hyaluronic acid in adherence to macrophages was investigated. Depolymerization of the bacterial capsule with hyaluronidase increased phagocytosis by macrophage cultures, and addition of hyaluronic acid to the macrophages inhibited bacterial adherence. Additionally, exposure of macrophages to chondroitin sulfate B, an anionic polysaccharide similar to hyaluronic acid, did not affect the adhesive properties and resistance to phagocytosis of capsulated organisms. Treatment of macrophages with sodium metaperiodate or trypsin suppressed bacterial binding. Collectively, these data indicate that P. multocida adhesion to air sac macrophages, but not internalization, is mediated by capsular hyaluronic acid and suggest that recognition of this bacterial polysaccharide is a result of a specific glycoprotein receptor.
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- I M Pruimboom
- Avian and Swine Respiratory Disease Research Unit, USDA, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, Iowa 50010, USA
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Brearley CA, Hanke DE. Inositol phosphates in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) aleurone tissue are stereochemically similar to the products of breakdown of InsP6 in vitro by wheat-bran phytase. Biochem J 1996; 318 ( Pt 1):279-86. [PMID: 8761483 PMCID: PMC1217619 DOI: 10.1042/bj3180279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Partisphere SAX HPLC analysis of endogenous inositol phosphates in [3H]inositol-labelled barley aleurone tissue revealed a range of isomers, including D- and/or L-Ins3P, D- and/or L-Ins(1,4)P2, D- and/or L-Ins(1,2)P2, a third unidentified InsP2, Ins(1,2,3)P3, D- and/or L-Ins(1,2,6)P3, D-and/or L-Ins(1,2,3,4)P4, D- and/or L-Ins(1,2,5,6)P4, Ins(1,3,4,5,6)P5, D- and/or L-Ins(1,2,3,4,5)P5, Ins(1,2,3,4,6)P5, InsP6 and a molecule with the chromatographic properties of an inositol pyrophosphate. The striking match between the identities of the stereoisomers, and in some cases enantiomers, detected in vivo and those stereoisomers produced in vitro by the action of wheat-bran phytase on InsP6 [Cosgrove (1980) Inositol Phosphates: Their Chemistry, Bio-chemistry and Physiology. Elsevier, Amsterdam] strongly suggests that most of the inositol phosphates identified are products of the breakdown of InsP4 by endogenous phytase(s) with stereospecificity similar to that of the wheat-bran enzyme(s).
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- C A Brearley
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, U.K
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Leiro J, Ortega M, Estévez J, Ubeira FM, Sanmartín ML. The role of opsonization by antibody and complement in in vitro phagocytosis of microsporidian parasites by turbot spleen cells. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 1996; 51:201-10. [PMID: 8797289 DOI: 10.1016/0165-2427(95)05509-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We investigated the role played by opsonization by antibody and complement in in vitro phagocytosis of microsporidian spores by turbot adherent phagocytes. Most turbot adherent cells displaying phagocytic activity are probably macrophages. Phagocytosis of yeast cells and polystyrene beads was greatly enhanced in the presence of both the Ig and the non-Ig (i.e. complement-containing) fractions of normal turbot serum, but phagocytosis of Glugea caulleryi or Tetramicra brevifilum spores was not affected by either fraction. Neither anti-G. caulleryi immune serum, nor anti-T. brevifilum immune serum (which cross-reacted considerably with G. caulleryi antigens), enhanced phagocytosis of G. caulleryi spores. Finally, spores treated with sodium m-periodate (to modify the structure of surface-borne sugars) were less effectively ingested than untreated spores, suggesting that phagocytosis of microsporidian spores involves recognition of such sugars by the phagocytic cell. The results of this study support the hypothesis that microsporidian parasites of fish in some way modulate the host phagocytic responses.
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- J Leiro
- Instituto de Investigación y Análisis Alimentarios, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Recently van Winkelhoff et al. (1) described 3 novel serotypes in virulent Porphyromonas gingivalis strains, which were based on different polysaccharide antigens. These antigens probably represent capsular structures and have been designated K1, K2 and K3. In the present study we report on 3 novel capsular serotypes, which are represented by P. gingivalis strains ATCC 49417, HG 1690 and HG 1691. The strains, isolated from patients with periodontitis, showed obvious encapsulation in wet India ink preparations. Thermostable antigens could be detected in the supernatant fractions of autoclaved cells. These antigens appeared to be negatively charged, sensitive to periodate degradation, and resistant to proteinase K treatment. On the basis of these characteristics we conclude that the antigens are probably extra-cellular polysaccharides representing a bacterial capsular structure. These K-antigens did not cross-react with K1, K2 or K3 immune-sera of P. gingivalis, with the exception of the K2 antiserum, which partially recognized K5- and K6-antigens. In contrast, K5 and K6 antisera did not react with the K2-antigen. After absorbtion of the K2 antiserum with cells of strains HG 1690 (K5) and HG 1691 (K6) cross-reactivity was no longer present. We propose these novel serotypes to be designated: K4 (ATCC 49417), K5 (HG 1960) and K6 (HG 1691).
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- M L Laine
- Department of Oral Microbiology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Concanavalin A and anti-alpha-D-glucose antibodies form precipitin complexes with antigens having alpha-D-glucose as terminal units. The sedimentation rates, molecular weights, gel electrophoretic mobilities, isoelectric points, and immunoglobulin type of Con A and alpha-Ab have been determined. The interactions of the compounds with antigens in the presence of potential inhibitors have been compared. The data show that the interaction of Con A with glucose units occurs with hydrogen bonding at hydroxyl groups at C1,3,4, and 6 and van der Waals bonding at the pyranose ring oxygen. In the alpha-Ab complex with glucose units, in addition to the above bond types, a hydrogen bond at the hydroxyl at C2 occurs and this bond is essential for interaction.
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- J H Pazur
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Paul M. Althouse Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802, USA
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Imschenetzky M, Morín V, Carvajal N, Montecino M, Puchi M. Decreased heterogeneity of CS histone variants after hydrolysis of the ADP-ribose moiety. J Cell Biochem 1996; 61:109-17. [PMID: 8726360 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Sea urchin CS histone variants are electrophoretically heterogeneous when analyzed in two dimensional polyacrylamide gels (2D-PAGE). Previous results suggested that this heterogeneity is due to the poly (ADP-ribosylation) of these proteins. Consequently, native CS histone variants were subjected to different treatments to remove the ADP-ribose moiety. The incubation in 1 M hydroxylamine was not effective in eliminating the polymers of ADP-ribose from CS variants, and the treatment with sodium hydroxide was deleterious to the proteins. In contrast, the ADP-ribose moiety was successfully removed from the CS variants by incubation with phosphodiesterase (PDE). To eliminate contamination of CS histone variants with PDE extract, the enzyme was covalently bound to Sepharose 4B prior to its utilization. Treatment of native CS histone variants with this immobilized phosphodiesterase removed around 85% of the total ADP-ribose moiety from these proteins. After S-PDE treatment the complex electrophoretic pattern of CS histone variants in 2-D PAGE decreases to five major fractions. From these results we conclude that the electrophoretic heterogeneity of native CS histone variants is mainly due to the extent to which five main CS histone variants are poly(ADP)-ribosylated).
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- M Imschenetzky
- Department of Molecular Biology, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
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Puri KD, Springer TA. A schiff base with mildly oxidized carbohydrate ligands stabilizes L-selectin and not P-selectin or E-selectin rolling adhesions in shear flow. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:5404-13. [PMID: 8621395 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.10.5404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Selectins are a family of lectins, that mediate tethering and rolling of leukocytes on endothelium in vascular shear flow. Mild periodate oxidation of the L-selectin ligand CD34, or L-selectin ligands on leukocytes, enhanced resistance to detachment in shear and decreased rolling velocity equivalent to an 8-fold increase in ligand density, yet had little effect on the rate of tethering. Enhanced interactions were also seen with mildly oxidized sialyl Lewisa and sialyl Lewisx glycolipids. Enhancement was completely reversed by borohydride reduction, yielding a strength of interaction equivalent to that with the native ligands. No effect on the strength of P-selectin and E-selectin interactions was seen after mild oxidation of their ligands. Completeness of modification of sialic acid by mild periodate was verified with monoclonal antibody to sialyl Lewisx-related structures and resistance to neuraminidase. The addition of cyanoborohydride to leukocytes rolling through L-selectin on mildly oxidized but not native CD34 caused arrest of rolling cells and formation of EDTA-resistant bonds to the substrate, suggesting that a Schiff base was reduced. Cyanoborohydride reduction of mildly oxidized cells rolling on P-selectin and E-selectin also caused arrest and formation of EDTA-resistant bonds but with slower kinetics. These data suggest that interactions with a sialic acid aldehyde group on mildly oxidized ligands that include interconversion to a Schiff base can occur with three selectins yet only stabilize binding through the selectin with the fastest koff, L-selectin.
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- K D Puri
- Center for Blood Research, Harvard Medical School, Department of Pathology, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Colominic acid (CA), an alpha-(2-->8) N-acetylneuraminic acid (sialic acid) polymer (average molecular weight of 10 kDa) was activated by periodate oxidation of carbon 7 at the non-reducing end of the saccharide. The oxidized CA was then coupled to catalase by reductive amination in the presence of sodium cyanoborohydride. The extent of sialylation of catalase, estimated by ammonium sulfate precipitation as 3.8+/-0.4 (mean+/-S.D.) moles of CA per mole of catalase, did not improve significantly when depolymerized CA was used in the coupling reaction. At the end of the coupling reaction, sialylated catalase exhibited a two-fold (70%) retention of initial activity compared to enzyme controls (29-35%) subjected to the same conditions. Formation of sialylated catalase was confirmed by ammonium sulfate or trichloroacetic acid precipitation, molecular sieve chromatography and SDS-PAGE electrophoresis. Enzyme kinetics studies revealed an increase in the apparent Km of the enzyme from 70.0 (native) to 122.9 mmol l-1 H2O2 (sialylated catalase) indicating a reduction of enzyme affinity for the substrate (hydrogen peroxide) on sialylation. Compared to native enzyme, sialylated catalase was much more stable in the presence of specific proteinases, completely resisting degradation by chymotrypsin and losing only some of its activity in the presence of trypsin. The increased stability conferred to catalase by sialylation agrees with similar observations on enzymes modified by other hydrophilic molecules (e.g., monomethoxypoly(ethyleneglycol)) and suggests that steric stabilization with the biodegradable polysialic acid may prove an alternative means to render therapeutic proteins more effective in vivo.
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- A I Fernandes
- Centre for Drug Delivery Research, School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK
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Tracey J, Manning J. Modification of the glycosyl groups of collagen: effects on fibril assembly. Biochem Soc Trans 1996; 24:104S. [PMID: 8674583 DOI: 10.1042/bst024104s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- J Tracey
- Department of Biochemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield
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This report describes differences in humoral immune response of acute and chronic phases of human Chagas disease. The reactivities of IgG, IgM, and IgA anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies in serum samples from both groups of patients were compared by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) employing either one of four antigenic fractions: mouse laminin (LAM), which reacts through Gal alpha 1-3Gal epitopes expressed on trypomastigote surface: whole intact trypomastigotes (TCT); trypomastigotes excreted/secreted antigens (TESA); and epimastigote alkaline extract (EAE). The selection of T. cruzi antigen preparations was based on their relative content of surface and internal antigens found in trypomastigote forms. The proportion of IgG reactive to carbohydrate epitopes was assessed through the decay of IgG reactivity from acute and chronic sera after m-periodate oxidation of solid-phase bound antigens. Trypomastigote and TESA antigens recognized by IgG from acute and chronic sera were also compared by immunoblotting. ELISA and immunoblotting data showed that: (1) the proportion of IgG directed to trypomastigote surface antigens was higher in acute than in chronic sera, whereas the opposite was found for internal antigens, (2) acute sera contained a higher percentage of IgG reactive to trypomastigote carbohydrate epitopes than chronic sera, and (3) anti-T. cruzi IgA was found exclusively in acute sera and led to 100% positivity when LAM, TCT, and TESA were employed as antigens. IgA ELISA with these antigens and IgG immunoblotting pattern with TESA could be useful as serological markers for the acute phase of human Chagas disease.
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- E S Umezawa
- Instituto de Medicina, Tropical de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina-Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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Extracts of infective larvae and adults of the trichostrongylid Haemonchus contortus were studied for the presence of carbohydrate moieties. Several different lectin-binding sites were demonstrated in both stages using a panel of nine lectins. The carbohydrate specificity of the lectins used strongly suggests that alpha-D-mannose, alpha-D-glucose, and D-N-acetylglucosamine are the most important carbohydrate epitopes present on H. contortus proteins. Thus, N-linked oligosaccharides form the major part of the carbohydrate moieties on these glycoproteins. Treatment with sodium periodate was performed to investigate the immunoreactivity towards the carbohydrate moieties. This treatment resulted in a reduction in the immunoreactivity of these antigens as demonstrated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunoblotting, suggesting that a substantial part of the host immune response against H. contortus is directed against the carbohydrate epitopes on the parasite antigens.
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- H D Schallig
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Netherlands
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Human choriogonadotropin (hCG) is a glycoprotein hormone that activates adenylyl cyclase. The carbohydrate moieties of hCG are required for biological activity, but not for binding to the gonadotropin receptors. We modified N-acetylneuraminic acid (NeuAc) on the oligosaccharide moieties of hCG, and determined the effect on its biological activity by measuring hormone-stimulated adenylyl cyclase. Treating hCG with sodium periodate to remove two carbon atoms from NeuAc or quantitatively removing NeuAc from hCG reduced its biological activity by 36% and 50%, respectively. The galactose residues of asialo-hCG were reacted with NeuAc-hydrazone or a hydrazone of the oligosaccharide from the ganglioside GM1 (Gal(beta 1-3)GalNAc(beta 1-4) [NeuAc(alpha 2-3)]Gal(beta 1-4)Glc). The gonadotropin receptor had high affinity for both derivatives, but their biological activity was less than that of hCG. These results suggest that several structural aspects of NeuAc including carbon side chain, an intact ring structure, and the position of NeuAc relative to other carbohydrate residues are important for full biological activity of hCG.
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- B V Reddy
- Membrane Biochemistry Section, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Sokoloff AV, Whalley T, Zimmerberg J. Characterization of N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive thiol groups required for the GTP-dependent fusion of endoplasmic reticulum membranes. Biochem J 1995; 312 ( Pt 1):23-30. [PMID: 7492317 PMCID: PMC1136222 DOI: 10.1042/bj3120023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The GTP-dependent fusion activity of endoplasmic reticulum membranes is thought to be required for the structural maintenance and post-mitotic regeneration of the endoplasmic reticulum. This fusion is sensitive to the thiol-alkylating agent N-ethylmaleimide. In many intracellular fusion events N-ethylmaleimide-sensitivity is associated with a homotrimeric ATPase called N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein or NSF. The addition of cytosol containing NSF is known to restore fusion activity to N-ethylmaleimide-treated membranes. We found that the inhibition of fusion of rat liver endoplasmic reticulum membranes (microsomes) by N-ethylmaleimide was not reversed by the addition of untreated cytosol. Fusion was also unaffected by treatment with a buffer known to remove NSF from membranes. Accordingly, no membrane-associated NSF was detected by immunoblot analysis. These data suggest that microsome fusion requires an N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive component distinct from NSF. This component was tightly associated with the membranes, so we used a number of chemical probes to characterize it in situ. Its thiol groups did not appear to be part of a GTP-binding site. They showed relatively low reactivity with sodium periodate, which induces the formation of disulphide bonds between proximate thiol groups. The thiols were not protected against N-ethylmaleimide by Zn2+, a potent inhibitor of fusion which is known to efficiently co-ordinate thiol groups. To characterize the topology of the fusion-related thiol groups we used bulky thiol-specific reagents prepared by conjugating BSA or 10 kDa aminodextran to the bifunctional reagent N-succinimidyl 3-(2-pyridyldithio)propionate. The inhibition of fusion by these reagents indicated that these thiols are highly exposed on the membranes. This exposure might be important for the function of these groups during GTP-triggered fusion.
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- A V Sokoloff
- Laboratory of Theoretical and Physical Biology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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De Graaff M, Thorburn C, Jaspars EM. Interaction between RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of alfalfa mosaic virus and its template: oxidation of vicinal hydroxyl groups blocks in vitro RNA synthesis. Virology 1995; 213:650-4. [PMID: 7491788 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1995.0036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In the life cycle of a (+)-strand RNA plant virus the processes of template RNA recognition and initiation of the synthesis of a complementary strand by the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) are crucial early steps. Using a template-dependent in vitro RNA synthesizing system of alfalfa mosaic virus (AIMV) we were able to study the effect of small chemical modifications of the 3' end of the template RNAs on product formation. After oxidation of the 3'-terminal nucleoside of the template no products could be detected. Presumably, RNA synthesis was blocked at the stage of initiation, since the promoter of the RdRp is internal (A. C. Van der Kuyl et al., Virology 176, 346-354, 1990). Blocking was probably due to an irreversible binding of the enzyme to the 3' end of the modified RNA. Using this system it was shown that in template competition experiments the RdRp of AIMV displays a high specificity for its cognate template, either before or after the oxidation of the 3'-terminal nucleoside. From this it was concluded that periodate modification of the 3'-terminal nucleoside has little or no effect on template recognition. Furthermore, we showed that the viral coat protein, which forms a part of the viral polymerase (R. Quadt et al., Virology 182, 309-315, 1991), was not the main target involved in the inhibition of RNA synthesis.
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- M De Graaff
- Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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Mycoplasma hyorhinis has been shown to induce the secretion of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) from monocytes. To identify the molecules responsible for this activity, we separated sonicated M. hyorhinis lysate material by centrifugation at 100,000 x g into soluble (S) and particulate (P) fractions. The fractions were assayed for TNF-alpha-inducing activity by the L929 bioassay. Both the soluble and particulate fractions were able to induce TNF-alpha in roughly equal amounts. The optimum dose for both fractions was 1 micrograms/ml. Proteinase K treatment of either fraction eliminated the activity, suggesting that a protein component is involved in induction. Phase partitioning into Triton X-114 aqueous (A) and detergent (D) phases showed that the soluble fraction was composed of 80% aqueous-phase proteins, while the particulate fraction was > 75% detergent-phase proteins. All four fractions (SA, SD, PA, and PD) were able to induce TNF-alpha release. Treatment with NaIO4 to remove carbohydrate reduced the inducing activity of the SA phase by 80%, whereas that of the other fractions was unaffected by this treatment. The M(r)S of the inducing activity were determined by the monocyte Western (immunoblot) technique. The SA phase activity was associated with a single periodate-sensitive peak of 69 to 75 kDa. The two detergent phases had similar profiles of inducing activity, containing four peaks of activity. These peaks corresponded to 48 to 52, 43 to 45, 39 to 40, and 31 to 32 kDa. The PA fraction also contained four peaks of activity, 69 to 75, 55 to 57, 48 to 52, and 39 to 40 kDa. Thus, both a protein and glycan moiety from M. hyorhinis are capable of inducing TNF-alpha release from human monocytes.
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- D A Kostyal
- Laboratory of Macrophage Biology, Guthrie Foundation for Medical Research, Sayre, Pennsylvania 18840, USA
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Looney RJ, Hooper M, Pudiak D. Costimulatory activity of human synovial fibroblasts. J Rheumatol 1995; 22:1820-4. [PMID: 8991976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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UNLABELLED T cell activation initiated via the CD3/TCR complex requires signals provided by the interaction between costimulatory receptors on T cells and their corresponding ligands on accessory cells. Human dermal fibroblasts are reported to be deficient in this costimulatory activity and normally cannot serve as accessory cells for activation of resting T cells. We examined the contribution of human synovial fibroblasts to costimulatory activity for resting T cells. METHODS Synovial fibroblast, dermal fibroblast, and umbilical cord endothelial cell cultures were established. These cell lines were co-cultured with purified peripheral T cells; and T cell activation was assayed using 3H-thymidine. RESULTS Culturing resting T cells with synovial fibroblasts resulted in T cell proliferation with either mitogenic (periodate) or alloantigenic stimulation. This activation was dependent on the addition of interleukin 1 and/or gamma interferon. CONCLUSION In contrast to dermal fibroblasts, synovial fibroblasts are able to provide costimulatory activity for activation of resting T cells.
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- R J Looney
- Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, NY 14642, USA
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Moser I, Schröder W. Binding of outer membrane preparations of Campylobacter jejuni to INT 457 cell membranes and extracellular matrix proteins. Med Microbiol Immunol 1995; 184:147-53. [PMID: 8577316 DOI: 10.1007/bf00224352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Binding of outer membrane (OM) preparations of the thermophilic Campylobacter species C. jejuni to epithelial cell membranes and extracellular matrix proteins were studied in an in vitro model system using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The OM preparations exhibited significant binding to INT 407 intestinal cell membranes. The process of adhesion was modulated by enzymatic, chemical or immunological pretreatment of the bacteria. Following oxidation of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) with sodium meta-periodate, the OM preparations essentially retained their binding properties. After pretreatment with proteinase K, the OM preparations lost their binding capacity and the apparent molecular mass of the major OM protein shifted from 42 to 24 kDa. Preincubation of C. jejuni bacteria with C. jejuni-specific antiserum reduced adhesion significantly; preincubation with LPS-specific monoclonal antibodies only to a minimal extent. The OM preparations also bound significantly to the extracellular matrix proteins collagen and fibronectin; however, they bound virtually no bovine serum albumin or horse serum.
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- I Moser
- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Tierseuchen, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
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Gupta N, Sriramarao P, Kori R, Rao PV. Immunochemical characterization of rapid and slowly released allergens from the pollen of Parthenium hysterophorus. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 1995; 107:557-65. [PMID: 7620370 DOI: 10.1159/000237099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Allergens from the pollen of Parthenium hysterophorus (American feverfew), responsible for high incidence of allergic rhinitis, were found by immunoprint analysis to be localized on the surface of the pollen grains. The allergens were released very rapidly when extracted in vitro. The allergenic activity of the rapid (10 s) and slowly (20 h) released pollen proteins was comparable by in vivo skin test and ELISA inhibition assay. The isoelectric focusing patterns of the rapid and slowly released proteins were also identical. SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis revealed that all the major pollen allergens with molecular weight 14, 28, 31, 37 and 45 kDa were eluted within 10 s of extraction. Periodate-Schiff staining showed that the 28, 31 and 45 kDa components of the pollen extract are glycoproteins. The pollen allergens released after different periods of extraction lost 75% of IgE binding activity when subjected to in situ sodium m-periodate oxidation under controlled conditions, while 80% of the allergenic activity was still retained after extensive proteolysis. Our results support the clinical observation of a rapid onset of symptoms of allergic rhinitis in patients sensitive to Parthenium pollen, mediated predominantly by glycoproteins.
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- N Gupta
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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Dalpiaz A, Varani K, Borea PA, Martini C, Chiellini G, Lucacchini A. Biochemical and pharmacological characterization of periodate-oxidized adenosine analogues at adenosine A1 receptors. Biochim Biophys Acta 1995; 1267:145-51. [PMID: 7612668 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(95)00045-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Periodate oxidation of eight N6-substituted adenosine derivatives was performed with the aim of oxidizing the vicinal 2' and 3' hydroxyl groups of the ribose moiety. A thermodynamical and pharmacological characterization of the products of this transformation allowed us to verify that oxidized adenosine analogues act as agonists at adenosine A1 receptors. The dependence of their association constants on temperature indicates that their binding is entropy driven, a feature typical of adenosine A1 receptor agonists; moreover all synthesized compounds were able to fully inhibit the forskolin induced c-AMP accumulation in rat isolated adipocytes. This is the first report suggesting that the presence of an intact ribose moiety is not necessary for agonistic activity at adenosine A1 receptor. In fact periodate oxidation of the ribose moiety yields a dialdehyde and it is recognized that nucleoside dialdehydes are complex equilibrium mixtures of cyclic and acyclic hydrates and hemiacetals.
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- A Dalpiaz
- Istituto di Farmacologia, Università di Ferrara, Italy
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Ross DC, Egan TJ, Purves LR. Periodate modification of human serum transferrin Fe(III)-binding sites. Inhibition of carbonate insertion into Fe(III)- and Cu(II)-chelator-transferrin ternary complexes. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:12404-10. [PMID: 7759481 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.21.12404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Periodate modification of human serum transferrin produces a species that binds Fe(III) weakly at pH 7.4 contrary to previous reports that Fe(III)-binding activity is completely lost. Ternary complexes of periodate-modified transferrin and either Fe(III) with nitrilotriacetate (NTA), oxalate, citrate, or EDTA, or of Cu(II) with oxalate could be formed. Peak wavelength maxima of these spectral bands are identical to those reported for native transferrin in the absence of bicarbonate. No carbonate ternary complexes of periodate-modified transferrin with Fe(III), Al(III), Cu(II), or Zn(II) could be formed. Conditional (Fe(NTA)) binding constants (log K) for C- and N-terminal modified sites are 7.33 and 7.54, respectively. The respective extinction coefficients at 470 nm are decreased 45% compared with the native protein. The electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum of the complex closely resembles that of the Fe(III)-NTA ternary complex formed with native transferrin in the absence of bicarbonate. Anions, including bicarbonate, at high concentrations destabilize formation of this Fe(III)-NTA ternary complex, while Fe(III) chelators readily remove the bound Fe(III). Bicarbonate, sulfate, and pyrophosphate still bind to the modified binding sites in the absence of metal although with slightly lower affinity and with lower molar difference absorptivities. Results are interpreted as an inhibition of a crucial protein conformational change by an intramolecular cross-link, preventing formation of the particularly stable metal-carbonate ternary complex from the less stable metal-chelate ternary complex. The method can be used to produce monosited transferrins.
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- D C Ross
- Department of Chemical Pathology, University of Cape Town, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Rondebosch, South Africa
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Seven chemicals, three buffers, and a salt solution known to affect bacterial attachment were tested to quantify their abilities to enhance the penetration of Alcaligenes paradoxus in porous media. Chemical treatments included Tween 20 (a nonionic surfactant that affects hydrophobic interactions), sodium dodecyl sulfate (an anionic surfactant), EDTA (a cell membrane permeabilizer that removes outer membrane lipopolysaccharides), sodium PPi (a surface charge modifier), sodium periodate (an oxidizer that cleaves surface polysaccharides), lysozyme (an enzyme that cleaves cell wall components), and proteinase K (a nonspecific protease that cleaves peptide bonds). Buffers included MOPS [3-(N-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid], Tris, phosphate, and an unbuffered solution containing only NaCl. Transport characteristics in the porous media were compared by using a sticking coefficient, alpha, defined as the rate at which particles stick to a grain of medium divided by the rate at which they strike the grain. Tween 20 reduced alpha by 2.5 orders of magnitude, to alpha = 0.0016, and was the most effective chemical treatment for decreasing bacterial attachment to glass beads in buffered solutions. Similar reductions in alpha were achieved in unbuffered solutions by reducing the solution ionic strength to 0.01 mM. EDTA, protease, and other treatments designed to alter cell structures did not reduce alpha by more than an order of magnitude. The number of bacteria retained by the porous media was decreased by treatments that made A. paradoxus more hydrophobic and less electrostatically charged, although alpha was poorly correlated with electrophoretic mobility and hydrophobicity index measurements at lower alpha values.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- M J Gross
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
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Ferreira AM, Würzner R, Hobart MJ, Lachmann PJ. Study of the in vitro activation of the complement alternative pathway by Echinococcus granulosus hydatid cyst fluid. Parasite Immunol 1995; 17:245-51. [PMID: 7675511 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1995.tb01022.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In the present study we have investigated the fluid phase activation of the complement (C) alternative pathway by Echinococcus granulosus sheep hydatid cyst fluid (SHCF) and its higher molecular weight fraction (SHCF-I) by quantitating the formation of both the terminal C intermediary C5b6 complex and the terminal C complex (TCC). Our results show that in vitro C activation progresses beyond the C5 step suggesting that potentially lytic complexes may be generated in vivo. In addition, SHCF and SHCF-I glucidic moieties are probably involved in C activation since 80% and 86% of SHCF and SHCF-I activity respectively was destroyed by periodate oxidation. Furthermore, partial deglycosylation with Peptide N-Glycosidase F of SHCF-I which had been digested with Pronase E, released an active fraction (MW < 14 KDa) which bound to Soybean agglutinin, suggesting that N-linked oligosaccharides containing alpha- or beta-linked N-acetyl galactosamine play a role in C activation by SHCF.
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- A M Ferreira
- Molecular Immunopathology Unit, MRC Centre, Cambridge, UK
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Siminovitch KA, Greer WL, Novogrodsky A, Axelsson B, Somani AK, Peacocke M. A diagnostic assay for the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and its variant forms. J Investig Med 1995; 43:159-69. [PMID: 7735919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is an X-linked recessive disease characterized by severe thrombocytopenia, eczema, and impaired immunity. While the diagnosis is usually straightforward, the syndrome may be expressed in an attenuated form, a phenotype which is difficult to distinguish from other types of congenital thrombocytopenia. Although a molecular-based assay for diagnosis of the spectrum of WAS patients has not been available, recent data indicate that WAS is associated with a specific profile of impaired mitogen responsiveness and suggest that detection of this abnormality may provide a diagnostic marker for all forms of the disease. To address this issue, we have studied patients with classical and atypical WAS for their lymphocyte proliferative responses to four T cell mitogenic stimuli and compared their response patterns to those detected in unaffected children. METHODS Clinical histories and informed consent were obtained from 23 patients with either classical or putative (ie, atypical) WAS, 16 subjects with other disorders, and 12 healthy children. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) collected from patients and controls were resuspended in culture medium, stimulated with the T cell mitogens phytohemagglutinin (PHA), concanavalin A (Con A), neuraminidase/galactose oxidase (NAGO), or periodate, and cultured for 60 h in 0.2 mL aliquots. Following a 20 h pulse with 3H-thymidine, cultures were harvested and the 3H-thymidine uptake was evaluated by liquid scintillation counting. RESULTS The most striking observation involved response to periodate. While lymphocytes from all healthy control children proliferated in response to periodate treatment, cells from both classical as well as atypical WAS patients consistently failed to proliferate in response to this mitogen. By contrast, lymphocyte proliferative responses to PHA, Con A, and NAGO were detected in all patients and controls, although responses generally were lower in cells from classical WAS patients compared to other children. In two WAS patients, bone marrow transplantation and clinical improvement were associated with a change from no periodate response (pre-transplant) to periodate responsiveness (post-transplant). In contrast to the WAS patients, cells from patients with other hematologic and primary immune deficiency diseases responded uniformly to all four mitogens, including periodate. CONCLUSIONS The data presented here indicate that T cells from patients with either classical or attenuated WAS fail to undergo proliferation in response to periodate, an agent that induced extensive T cell mitogenesis of cells from all healthy controls as well as patients with diseases other than WAS. As the WAS patients' cells did proliferate in response to treatment with other T cell mitogens, it appears that periodate induced T cell proliferation is selectively impaired in WAS and that detection of this defect may be of value in the distinction of both classical and attenuated WAS from other thrombocytopenic conditions.
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One problem resulting from the therapeutic use of enzymes is the adverse immunological reactions. In order to study the immunoglobulin production elicited into mice by different derivatives of an enzyme, glucose oxidase was chosen as a model. The immunoglobulin productions induced by apoglucose oxidase, prepared by removing flavine adenine dinucleotide from the native enzyme through an acidic treatment and devoid of enzymatic activity, by metaperiodate-oxidized glucose oxidase that lost about 50% of its carbohydrate moiety, and by propyl aliphatic chains-coupled glucose oxidase were as intense as that induced by native glucose oxidase. On the other hand, coupling hexyl aliphatic chains to the enzyme did change its ability to stimulate antibody production. This hydrophobized preparation induced a low titer of antibody after repeated intravenous or subcutaneous injections. This result suggests a simple strategy for reducing the immunogenicity of foreign proteins and for decreasing the risk of immunological complications in enzyme therapy.
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- Q Shi
- Laboratory of Enzymatic Technology (U.R.A. no. 1442 of C.N.R.S.), University of Technology, Compiègne, France
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Chadéneau C, Le Moullac B, Cornu G, Meflah K, Denis MG. Glycosylation of a novel member of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily expressed in rat carcinoma cell lines. Int J Cancer 1995; 61:87-91. [PMID: 7535755 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910610115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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MAb E4 recognizes a 66-kDa glycoprotein, pE4, which is a member of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily. This protein is expressed at the cell surface in rat colon and mammary carcinomas, but only in trace amounts in normal adult rat tissues. Since expression of aberrant carbohydrate structures is often associated with malignant transformation, glycosylation of pE4 was analyzed. Reactivity of lectins with pE4 suggested the absence of N-acetylneuraminic acid, terminal galactose and O-linked glycan, and the presence of N-linked glycans. Tunicamycin treatment reduced the binding of MAb E4 to cancer cells suggesting that the E4 epitope is at least partially glycosylated. Digestions with neuraminidases, O-glycosidase and peptide-N-glycosidase F confirmed these results. Pronase treatment abolished the binding of MAb E4, indicating that E4 epitope involves not only a carbohydrate determinant but also a peptide moiety. Mild periodate oxidation abolished the binding of MAb E4, indicating that non-reducing terminus carbohydrates are part of the E4 epitope. Neutral sugar analysis revealed the absence of galactose and the presence of fucose. Since fucose is sensitive to periodate oxidation, this sugar could be the carbohydrate part of the determinant recognized by MAb E4. Reactivity of lectins specific for fucose indicated the presence of alpha(1-6)-fucose on pE4.
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- C Chadéneau
- INSERM CJF90-11, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France
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Ozaki Y, Aoki K, Aoyama T, Kunimatsu M. Clinical significance of anti-GM3 antibodies in recurrent pregnancy loss with elevated level of antiphospholipid antibodies. Am J Reprod Immunol 1995; 33:234-42. [PMID: 7546240 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1995.tb00890.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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PROBLEM The ganglioside-GM3 neutralizes the reactivity of antiphospholipid antibodies (APLs) to phospholipids in vitro. The question of whether anti-GM3 antibodies might exert influence in APLs-positive recurrent pregnancy loss patients who are undergoing prednisolone and aspirin (PSL/ASA) treatment was investigated. METHOD The anti-GM3 antibody assay of sera was accomplished by ELISA. Sera of 56 patients with recurrent pregnancy loss, including 30 APLs-positive cases given PSL/ASA treatment, were examined. RESULTS Patients positive for IgG or IgM type anti-GM3 antibodies constituted 13/30 (43%) of the APLs-positive group as compared with only 2/26 (8%) of those who were negative (P < 0.01). In pregnant women with APLs-positive treated with PSL/ASA, live births occurred in only 6/13 (46%) patients with detectable anti-GM3 antibodies, while in 16/17 (94%) who tested negative for anti-GM3 antibodies (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS This observation suggests the possibility that presence of anti-GM3 antibodies may be an indicator for determining the prognosis in recurrent pregnancy loss with elevated level of APLs.
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- Y Ozaki
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya City University Medical School, Japan
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A sialic acid-binding lectin, AchatininH (ATNH), having unique specificity towards 9-O-acetylneuraminic acid, has been purified and characterized. The specificity of this lectin for O-acetylsialic acids was studied in detail, using various sialic acid derivatives and sialoglycoproteins. The potent inhibition of hemagglutination by bovine submaxillary mucin (BSM), which contains 9(7,8)-O-acetylsialic acid and by free 9-O-acetylneuraminic acid confirms the preferential affinity towards this sugar. Further support for the role of O-acetylsialic acid was obtained by sialidase treatment of BSM. O-Deacetylation of the sialic acid residue abolished its inhibitory potency. Moreover, when the trihydroxypropyl side chain of the sialic acid molecule was modified by periodate-borohydride treatment, the truncated C7-sialic acid was unable to bind ATNH. This result suggests that the glycerol side chain of Neu5Ac, especially the C-8 and/or C-9 portion is an important determinant for ATNH. The hemagglutination-inhibition results using several mono-, di-, and tri-saccharides containing terminal sialic acid and various sialoglycoproteins reveals that ATNH preferentially binds the alpha-(2-->6)-linked sialic acid. Furthermore, beta-D-GlcNAc-(1-->3)-[alpha-NeuGc-(2-->6)]-GalNAc-ol was found to be the best ligand for ATNH.
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- G Sen
- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta
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Wisniowski P, Martin WJ. Interaction of vitronectin with Pneumocystis carinii: evidence for binding via the heparin binding domain. J Lab Clin Med 1995; 125:38-45. [PMID: 7529816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is a major opportunistic infection in patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. P. carinii attachment to alveolar epithelial cells is considered necessary for growth and replication of the organism. Recent studies have focused on the role of adhesive proteins such as fibronectin and vitronectin in attachment mechanisms of P. carinii in the alveolar space. Whereas the role of fibronectin has been partially characterized, less is known about the mechanism of vitronectin interaction with P. carinii. To better understand the mechanism underlying this interaction, vitronectin-P. carinii binding was characterized with respect to monovalent and divalent cations and pH by using an iodine 125-labeled vitronectin binding assay to P. carinii. As an example, vitronectin-P. carinii binding was abolished in the presence of 1.0 mol/L NaCl and enhanced by Ca2+ and Mn2+. Further, periodate and heparin treatment of P. carinii significantly reduced vitronectin binding to the organism to 10% +/- 1.5% (p < 0.01) and 52% +/- 1.8% (p < 0.05) of control values, respectively. There was no competitive inhibition of vitronectin binding to P. carinii by using the peptide sequence arg-gly-asp-ser of the cell binding domain. The findings suggest that vitronectin, unlike fibronectin, binds to P. carinii by a predominantly electrostatic mechanism that likely involves the heparin binding domain of vitronectin.
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- P Wisniowski
- Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-2879
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Gorny MK, Moore JP, Conley AJ, Karwowska S, Sodroski J, Williams C, Burda S, Boots LJ, Zolla-Pazner S. Human anti-V2 monoclonal antibody that neutralizes primary but not laboratory isolates of human immunodeficiency virus type 1. J Virol 1994; 68:8312-20. [PMID: 7525987 PMCID: PMC237300 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.68.12.8312-8320.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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A human immunoglobulin G1 lambda monoclonal antibody (MAb), 697-D, was developed that recognizes the V2 region of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gp120. Substitutions at amino acid positions 176/177, 179/180, 183/184, and 192 to 194 in the V2 loop of gp120 each completely abolished the binding capacity of 697-D in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay format. Competition analysis with three different neutralizing murine anti-V2 MAbs confirmed the specificity of 697-D. The 697-D epitope is primarily conformation dependent, although there was weak reactivity of the MAb with a V2 peptide spanning residues 161 to 180. Treatment of recombinant gp120 HIVIIIB with sodium metaperiodate, which oxidizes carbohydrates, abolished the binding of the MAb, showing the dependence of the epitope on intact carbohydrates. The broad reactivity of 697-D was displayed by its binding to the gp120 molecules from four of four laboratory isolates and five of five primary isolates. The MAb 697-D neutralized three out of four primary isolates but failed to neutralize any of four laboratory strains of HIV-1. 697-D and a human anti-V3 MAb, 447-52-D, displayed similar potency in neutralizing primary isolates, indicating that the V2 region of gp120, like the V3 region and the CD4-binding domain, can induce potent neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1 in humans.
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- M K Gorny
- New York University Medical Center, New York
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Receptors for the Fc-part of IgG (Fc tau R) in stratum granulosum of normal human skin were examined using cryosections and indirect immunofluorescence staining with 1) soluble immune complexes and 2) monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) against different types of Fc tau R, i.e. 32.2 (anti-Fc tau I-CD64), IV.3 (anti-Fc tau RII-CD32) and Leu 11b (anti-Fc tau RIII-CD16). The immune complexes gave staining corresponding to stratum granulosum in sections from all skin specimens. Inhibition experiments showed that pre-incubation of the sections with monomeric and heat-aggregated human IgG, periodic acid and formaldehyde inhibited the immune complex binding. F(ab')2 containing immune complexes did not bind to the skin sections. The MoAb 32.2 gave granular and Leu 11b linear staining corresponding to stratum granulosum. In addition, both IC, 32.2 and Leu 11b gave weaker staining of keratinocytes in other parts of the epidermis. IV.3 stained epidermal Langerhans' cells and were unreactive with other epidermal cells. Indirect immunofluorescence staining with MoAbs against IgG subclasses showed the presence of all IgG subclasses in stratum granulosum. The results show that granulosum cells express both high- and low-affinity IgG receptors and in vivo bound IgG. The data point to a role for stratum granulosum in cutaneous immunity.
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- J R Bjerke
- Department of Dermatology, Ullevaal Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Styriak I, Galfi P, Kmet V. The adherence of three Streptococcus bovis strains to cells of rumen epithelium primoculture under various conditions. Arch Tierernahr 1994; 46:357-65. [PMID: 7778984 DOI: 10.1080/17450399409381786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Three Streptococcus bovis strains were tested in biotype assay and examined for the adherence to cells of rumen epithelium primoculture. The adherence pattern of ruminal streptococci in phosphate buffered saline at pH values ranging from 4.1 to 8.5 was determined. Our isolates of Streptococcus bovis strains adhered best at pH 7.0-7.3. To characterize the adhesive determinants, the bacterial cells were exposed to various treatments. Protease treatment dramatically decreased the adherence of all Streptococcus bovis strains, thus suggesting that the determinants responsible for the adherence are largely proteinaceous. Carbohydrates could be also significantly involved in the active sites of bacterial surface because metaperiodate-treated cells adhered much more poorly than control, sodium iodate-treated cells. Addition of carbohydrates (lactose, maltose and saccharose) had no significant effect on the adherence of Streptococcus bovis strains although a slight decrease in the adhesion was detected.
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- I Styriak
- Department of Microbiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice
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It is characteristic of myxobacteria to produce large amounts of extracellular material. This report demonstrates that this material in Myxococcus xanthus is fibrillar and describes the structure and chemical composition of the fibrils. The extracellular matrix fibrils are the mediators of cell-cell cohesion in M. xanthus. As such, the fibrils play an important role in the cell-cell interactions that form the basis for the social and developmental lifestyle of this organism. The fibrils are composed of protein and carbohydrate in a 1.0:1.2 ratio. Combined, the two fractions accounted for greater than 85% of the mass of isolated fibrils, and the fibrils were found to compose up to 10% of the dry weight of cells grown at high density on a solid surface. The polysaccharide portion of the fibrils was shown to be composed of five different monosaccharides: galactose, glucosamine, glucose, rhamnose, and xylose. Glucosamine, one of the component monosaccharides of the fibrils and a known morphogen for M. xanthus, inhibited cohesion to a level near that of Congo red (the positive control for cohesion inhibition). Glucose and xylose also inhibited cohesion but less than did glucosamine. Analysis of the morphology of the fibrils, the periodicities within the distribution of fibril diameters observed by field emission scanning electron microscopy, and the observation of fibrils on hydrated cells strongly suggested that the extracellular matrix of M. xanthus was indeed arranged as fibrils. Furthermore, results suggested that the fibrils were constructed as carbohydrate structures with associated proteins.
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- R M Behmlander
- Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455-0312
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Gunji T, Kato N, Hijikata M, Hayashi K, Saitoh S, Shimotohno K. Specific detection of positive and negative stranded hepatitis C viral RNA using chemical RNA modification. Arch Virol 1994; 134:293-302. [PMID: 7510473 DOI: 10.1007/bf01310568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Since hepatitis C virus (HCV), a major causative agent of posttransfusional non-A, non-B hepatitis, is a positive stranded RNA virus, it is supposed to replicate via a negative RNA strand. Although strand specific reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method was recently developed to detect each strand of HCV RNA, the specificity of the strategy has remained to be determined. In this study, using in vitro transcribed positive and negative stranded HCV RNAs mixed with hepatic cellular RNA from normal liver, we found that this strategy did not distinguish between the two RNA strands, but that chemical modification of RNA samples at the 3' end followed by strand specific RT-PCR made specific detection possible. Liver tissues, sera and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from ten patients with chronic HCV infection were analyzed with the novel strategy of RT-PCR combined with RNA modification. Positive and negative strands of HCV RNA were detected in liver tissues of ten (100%) and nine (90%) cases, respectively. Negative RNA strand was detected also in sera of five cases (50%), positive strand being detected in nine cases (90%). In PBMC, positive strand of HCV RNA was detected in eight cases (80%), whereas negative strand in only one case (10%), suggesting that HCV has much less cellular tropism to PBMC than to hepatocytes.
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- T Gunji
- Virology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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Jassim A, Bottazzo GF. The target antigen for GDA-J/F3 monoclonal antibody in the human sperm tail fibrous sheath is a non-collagenous asialo-glycoprotein: implications and significance. Hum Reprod 1994; 9:1452-8. [PMID: 7527422 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a138728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Enzymes and chemicals were used to analyse the biochemical structure of the antigenic epitope recognized by GDA-J/F3 monoclonal antibody (MoAb) in the human sperm tail fibrous sheath. Treatment of sperm dried onto slides with trypsin or dispase enzymes abolished their immunofluorescence staining with GDA-J/F3 MoAb, thus indicating the proteinaceous nature of the antigen. The proteolytic cleavage of GDA-J/F3 protein by trypsin, which also caused sperm decapitation, indicated the presence of peptide bonds involving the carboxyl groups of the basic amino acids, arginine and/or lysine. The epitope was also glycosylated as demonstrated by its sensitivity to sodium metaperiodate treatment which was dose-dependent. The GDA-J/F3 antigenic epitope lacked sialic acid since pre-treatment of spermatozoa with sialidase enzyme (neuraminidase) had no effect on their reactivity with the antibody. The lack of collagenous domains in the GDA-J/F3 antigen was demonstrated by the failure of collagenase to abrogate sperm immunostaining with the MoAb. Furthermore, type VII collagen of the skin basement membrane (BM) was previously thought of as a potential target antigen for GDA-J/F3 MoAb. This was ruled out since several monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies failed to detect the antigen in the spermatozoa using immunofluorescence and Western blotting. These data, therefore, show that the target antigen for GDA-J/F3 MoAb is a non-collagenous asialo-glycoprotein, and by inference provide the first evidence for the glycosylation of the sheath proteins as another step of post-translational modification occurring during sperm tail development.
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- A Jassim
- Department of Immunology, London Hospital Medical College, UK
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AJ-FS1 is one of a new series of monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) raised by immunizing mice with isolated human sperm tail fibrous sheath. Using indirect immunofluorescence (IIF), the AJ-FS1 MoAb did not react with the surface antigens of viable sperm, but did stain the flagellar principal piece of sperm dried onto slides or those demembranated with 1% Triton X-100. The specificity of the antibody for the fibrous sheath was confirmed by immunogold electron microscopy which showed the distribution of gold particles on the outer fibrous sheath surface, and its reaction with the Western blots of purified fibrous sheath preparations where multiple protein bands with mol. wt ranging between 97 and 28 kDa were identified. The same peptides were also detected in urea-dithiothreitol (DTT) fraction of sequentially extracted spermatozoa but not in Triton or Triton--DTT sperm lysates. The failure of sodium metaperiodate to abrogate the antibody reaction in both Western blotting and IIF indicated the non-glycosylated nature of the antigens. IIF screening of human testicular cryostat sections with AJ-FS1 MoAb showed its reactivity with the assembled fibrous sheath of maturing sperm tails only; thus indicating the late appearance of the antigens during spermatogenesis. The antibody did not react with skin, oesophagus, tongue, liver, kidney, placenta, uterus, cervix or their blood vessels. The significance of these results is discussed together with the importance of AJ-FS1 MoAb as a specific probe for the characterization of the fibrous sheath antigens in both normal and abnormal flagella.
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- A Jassim
- Department of Immunology, London Hospital Medical College, UK
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Ossewaarde JM, de Vries A, van den Hoek JA, van Loon AM. Enzyme immunoassay with enhanced specificity for detection of antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis. J Clin Microbiol 1994; 32:1419-26. [PMID: 7521355 PMCID: PMC264012 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.32.6.1419-1426.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Two different methods for preventing the binding of cross-reacting antibodies to the genus-reactive chlamydial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were used to improve the specificity of an enzyme immunoassay for the determination of antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis. Coated elementary bodies were treated with either sodium periodate, to oxidize the antigenic sites of the LPS, or Triton X-100, to extract the LPS. By using these new enzyme immunoassays, the standard enzyme immunoassay, and the whole inclusion fluorescence (WIF) assay, antibodies to C. trachomatis were determined in sera from different groups of patients and controls. Paired serum samples from patients with culture-proven urogenital C. trachomatis infections showed similar responses in all three assays. Paired serum samples from patients with Chlamydia psittaci infections showed similar responses in the WIF assay and the standard enzyme immunoassay, whereas significantly reduced titers were obtained in the enzyme immunoassays with treated antigen, especially in the convalescent-phase serum samples. Serum samples from patients with symptoms suggestive of infection with C. trachomatis, pregnant women, and blood donors were evaluated by all three types of assays. Eighty percent of the significant reductions in immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgA, and IgM titers were observed in sera with WIF assay titers in the lower classes (IgG, 1: < or = 256; IgA, 1: < or = 32; IgM, 1: < or = 16). From these results we conclude that oxidation of the antigen by sodium periodate is a simple and effective method of producing an enzyme immunoassay with enhanced specificity that could be useful for diagnostic purposes and seroepidemiological studies.
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- J M Ossewaarde
- Laboratory of Virology, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Monosaccharides, lectins, periodate, trypsin and neuraminidase were used to analyse the process of adhesion of Giardia duodenalis trophozoites to IEC cells, an intestinal epithelial cell line. Addition of N-acetyl-glucosamine, N-acetyl-galactosamine, galactose and fucose to the interaction medium inhibited attachment of the parasites to the epithelial cells. Experiments in which the parasites or epithelial cells were treated before interaction showed that these monosaccharides interfered with both cell surfaces. Trypsin-sensitive, but not neuraminidase-sensitive, groups exposed on the cell surface are important for the parasite-epithelial cell association. Fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)- or colloidal gold-labeled lectins were used to analyse the distribution of carbohydrates on the surface of G. duodenalis and epithelial cells. It is important to stress here the presence of fucose on the parasite surface. Treatment of the cells with lectins was also used to analyse the role of carbohydrate-containing macromolecules in the parasite-cell interaction.
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- M G Pegado
- Laboratório de Ultraesturura Celular Hertha Meyer, Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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