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Kaczmarek A, Maciejewska A, Kasperkiewicz K, Noszczyńska M, Łukasiewicz J. Structure of the O-specific polysaccharide of Asaia bogorensis ATCC BAA-21 lipopolysaccharide. Carbohydr Res 2024; 545:109266. [PMID: 39260148 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2024.109266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2024] [Revised: 09/02/2024] [Accepted: 09/03/2024] [Indexed: 09/13/2024]
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Asaia bogorensis is a Gram-negative bacterium isolated from flowers and fruits growing in tropical climate, reproductive system of mosquitoes, and rarely from immunocompromised patients. In Europe, A. bogorensis is responsible for the contamination of flavoured mineral waters. One of the important surface antigen and an element of the bacterial biofilm is lipopolysaccharide (LPS, endotoxin). To date, no data on A. bogorensis LPS structure has been reported. Chemical analysis and 1H,13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy revealed the novel structure of the O-specific polysaccharide of A. bogorensis ATCC BAA-21 LPS. It was concluded that the repeating unit of the O-antigen is a branched trisaccharide with the following structure: →6)-α-d-Glcp-(1→2)-[β-d-Glcp-(1→3)]-α-l-Rhap-(1→ .
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- Anna Kaczmarek
- Laboratory of Microbial Immunochemistry and Vaccines, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Weigla 12, 53-114, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Microbial Immunochemistry and Vaccines, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Weigla 12, 53-114, Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Jagiellonska 28, 40-032, Katowice, Poland
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Jagiellonska 28, 40-032, Katowice, Poland
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- Laboratory of Microbial Immunochemistry and Vaccines, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Weigla 12, 53-114, Wroclaw, Poland
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Christodoulides M. Preparation of Lipooligosaccharide (LOS) from Neisseria gonorrhoeae. METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (CLIFTON, N.J.) 2020; 1997:87-96. [PMID: 31119619 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9496-0_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a gram-negative obligate human pathogen that contains lipooligosaccharide (LOS) as a major constituent within the outer membrane. LOS plays a major role in pathogenesis by inducing host inflammatory responses and also enabling evasion of host innate immunity through sialylation. Epitopes within LOS are also potential vaccine candidates. In this chapter, we describe a general method based on the Westphal hot phenol extraction process to purify whole LOS from N. gonorrhoeae for structural analyses and for use in in vivo and in vitro biological assays.
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- Myron Christodoulides
- Molecular Microbiology Group, Academic Unit of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
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Sizova OV, Shashkov AS, Toukach PV, Knirel YA, Shaikhutdinova RZ, Ivanov SA, Kislichkina AA, Dentovskaya SV. Structure elucidation and gene cluster characterization of the O-antigen of Yersinia kristensenii С-134. Carbohydr Res 2019; 481:9-15. [PMID: 31220629 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2019.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Revised: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide of Yersinia kristensenii C-134 afforded a glycerol teichoic acid-like O-polysaccharide, which was studied by sugar analysis, O-deacetylation and dephosphorylation along with 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. The following structure of the O-polysaccharide was established: This structure is related to those of other Y. kristensenii O-polysaccharides studied earlier. The O-antigen gene cluster of Y. kristensenii С-134 was analyzed and found to be consistent with the O-polysaccharide structure established.
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- Olga V Sizova
- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 142279, Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 142279, Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 142279, Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 142279, Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russian Federation.
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Sizova OV, Shashkov AS, Dmitrenok AS, Toukach PV, Knirel YA, Shaikhutdinova RZ, Ivanov SA, Kislichkina AA, Bogun AG, Dentovskaya SV. Structure and gene cluster of the O-polysaccharide of Yersinia rohdei H274-36/78. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 122:555-561. [PMID: 30385338 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.10.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Revised: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/27/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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A branched O-polysaccharide was obtained by mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide of Yersinia rohdei H274-36/78 and found to contain d-rhamnose, d-mannose, and 3,6-dideoxy-4-C-[(S)-1-hydroxyethyl]-d-xylo-hexose called yersiniose A (Yer). Partial acid hydrolysis of the O-polysaccharide eliminated Yer residues to give a modified linear polysaccharide. Studies by sugar analysis and 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, including computational NMR analysis, enabled structure elucidation of a hexasaccharide repeating unit of the O-polysaccharide having two Yer residues attached as monosaccharide side chains. The O-antigen gene cluster of Y. rohdei H274-36/78 located between JUMPStart and galF genes contained putative genes for synthesis of precursors of two O-antigen constituents, GDP-d-Man and GDP-d-Rha, whereas genes responsible for synthesis of CDP-Yer were within the chromosome outside the O-antigen gene cluster. Glycosyltransferase genes and ABC 2 transporter genes were present in the O-antigen gene cluster, and hence the structure established is consistent with the polysaccharide synthesis gene content of the genome.
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- O V Sizova
- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation.
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 142279 Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 142279 Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 142279 Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 142279 Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 142279 Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russian Federation
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Full structure and insight into the gene cluster of the O-specific polysaccharide of Yersinia intermedia H9-36/83 (O:17). Carbohydr Res 2018. [PMID: 29524727 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2018.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Lipopolysaccharide was isolated from bacteria Yersinia intermedia H9-36/83 (O:17) and degraded with mild acid to give an O-specific polysaccharide, which was isolated by GPC on Sephadex G-50 and studied by sugar analysis and 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. The polysaccharide was found to contain 3-deoxy-3-[(R)-3-hydroxybutanoylamino]-d-fucose (d-Fuc3NR3Hb) and the following structure of the heptasaccharide repeating unit was established: The structure established is consistent with the gene content of the O-antigen gene cluster. The O-polysaccharide structure and gene cluster of Y. intermedia are related to those of Hafnia alvei 1211 and Escherichia coli O:103.
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Sizova OV, Kondakova AN, Shashkov AS, Knirel YA, Shaikhutdinova RZ, Ivanov SA, Platonov ME, Hurst MRH, Dentovskaya SV. Structure and gene cluster of a tyvelose-containing O-polysaccharide of an entomopathogenic bacterium Yersinia entomophaga MH96 T related to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Carbohydr Res 2017; 445:93-97. [PMID: 28460348 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2017.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Revised: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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An O-polysaccharide was isolated from the lipopolysaccharide of an entomopathogenic bacterium Yersinia entomophaga MH96T by mild acid hydrolysis and studied by 2D NMR spectroscopy. The following structure of the branched tetrasaccharide repeating unit of the polysaccharide was established: where Tyv indicates 3,6-dideoxy-d-arabino-hexose (tyvelose). The structure established is consistent with the gene content of the O-antigen gene cluster. The O-polysaccharide structure and gene cluster of Y. entomophaga are related to those of some Y. pseudotuberculosis serotypes.
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- O V Sizova
- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 142279, Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 142279, Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russian Federation
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 142279, Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russian Federation
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- Forage Science, AgResearch, Lincoln Research Centre, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand; Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand
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- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 142279, Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russian Federation.
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Oliver R, Staples KJ, Heckels J, Rossetti C, Molteni M, Christodoulides M. Coadministration of the cyanobacterial lipopolysaccharide antagonist CyP with antibiotic inhibits cytokine production by an in vitro meningitis model infected with Neisseria meningitidis. J Antimicrob Chemother 2012; 67:1145-54. [PMID: 22334603 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES In this study, the objective was to determine the anti-inflammatory properties of CyP, a cyanobacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) antagonist, used in combination with antibiotic chemotherapy during infection of an in vitro meningitis model infected with Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus). METHODS Monocultures of human meningioma cells and meningioma-primary human macrophage co-cultures were infected with meningococci (10(2)-10(8) cfu/monolayer) or treated with isolated outer membranes or purified LPS (0.1-100 ng/monolayer) from N. meningitidis. CyP (1-20 μg/monolayer) was added at intervals from t = 0 to 4 h, with and without benzylpenicillin (1-20 μg/monolayer). The antagonistic effect of CyP and its adjunctive properties to benzylpenicillin administration was determined by measuring cytokine levels in culture supernatants after 24 h. RESULTS CyP significantly inhibited (P < 0.05) the secretion of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 and RANTES ('regulated upon activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted') (overall reduction levels from 50% to >95%) by meningioma cell lines and meningioma-macrophage co-cultures challenged with either live meningococci or bacterial components. Inhibition was effective when CyP was added within 2 h of challenge (P < 0.05) and was still pronounced by 4 h. In the co-culture model, CyP alone partially inhibited IL-1β secretion, but did not prevent tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α secretion, whereas penicillin alone inhibited IL-1β and TNF-α but conversely did not reduce MCP-1 and RANTES secretion. However, coadministration of CyP and penicillin in both models had an additive effect and restored the overall inhibitory profile. CONCLUSIONS CyP inhibits cytokine production in an in vitro meningitis model and augments the anti-inflammatory response when combined with benzylpenicillin. Administration of an LPS antagonist with antibiotic merits consideration in the emergency treatment of patients presenting with meningococcal infection.
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- Rebecca Oliver
- Sir Henry Wellcome Laboratories, University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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Dentovskaya SV, Anisimov AP, Kondakova AN, Lindner B, Bystrova OV, Svetoch TE, Shaikhutdinova RZ, Ivanov SA, Bakhteeva IV, Titareva GM, Knirel AYA. Functional characterization and biological significance of Yersinia pestis lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis genes. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2012; 76:808-22. [PMID: 21999543 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297911070121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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In silico analysis of available bacterial genomes revealed the phylogenetic proximity levels of enzymes responsible for biosynthesis of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Yersinia pestis, the cause of plague, to homologous proteins of closely related Yersinia spp. and some other bacteria (Serratia proteamaculans, Erwinia carotovora, Burkholderia dolosa, Photorhabdus luminescens and others). Isogenic Y. pestis mutants with single or double mutations in 14 genes of LPS biosynthetic pathways were constructed by site-directed mutagenesis on the base of the virulent strain 231 and its attenuated derivative. Using high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, the full LPS structures were elucidated in each mutant, and the sequence of monosaccharide transfers in the assembly of the LPS core was inferred. Truncation of the core decreased significantly the resistance of bacteria to normal human serum and polymyxin B, the latter probably as a result of a less efficient incorporation of 4-amino-4-deoxyarabinose into lipid A. Impairing of LPS biosynthesis resulted also in reduction of LPS-dependent enzymatic activities of plasminogen activator and elevation of LD(50) and average survival time in mice and guinea pigs infected with experimental plague. Unraveling correlations between biological properties of bacteria and particular LPS structures may help a better understanding of pathogenesis of plague and implication of appropriate genes as potential molecular targets for treatment of plague.
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- S V Dentovskaya
- State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russia
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Perepelov AV, Kocharova NA, Knirel YA, Jansson PE, Weintraub A. Structure of the O-polysaccharide of Vibrio cholerae O43 containing a new monosaccharide derivative, 4-(N-acetyl-l-allothreonyl)amino-4,6-dideoxy-d-glucose. Carbohydr Res 2011; 346:430-3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2010.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2010] [Revised: 12/07/2010] [Accepted: 12/09/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A cyanobacterial lipopolysaccharide antagonist inhibits cytokine production induced by Neisseria meningitidis in a human whole-blood model of septicemia. Infect Immun 2008; 76:3156-63. [PMID: 18443097 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00110-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Septicemia caused by Neisseria meningitidis is characterized by increasing levels of meningococcal lipopolysaccharide (Nm-LPS) and cytokine production in the blood. We have used an in vitro human whole-blood model of meningococcal septicemia to investigate the potential of CyP, a selective Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-MD-2 antagonist derived from the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria planktothrix FP1, for reducing LPS-mediated cytokine production. CyP (> or = 1 microg/ml) inhibited the secretion of the proinflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), and IL-6 (by >90%) and chemokines IL-8 and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (by approximately 50%) induced by the treatment of blood with pure Nm-LPS, by isolated outer membranes, and after infection with live meningococci of different serogroups. In vitro studies with human dendritic cells and TLR4-transfected Jurkat cells demonstrated that CyP competitively inhibited Nm-LPS interactions with TLR4 and subsequent NF-kappaB activation. These data demonstrate that CyP is a potent antagonist of meningococcal LPS and could be considered a new adjunctive therapy for treating septicemia.
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Chromek M, Stankowska D, Dadfar E, Kaca W, Rabbani H, Brauner A. Interleukin-8 response in cells from the human urinary tract induced by lipopolysaccharides of Proteus mirabilis O3 and O18. J Urol 2005; 173:1381-4. [PMID: 15758809 DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000149032.20713.ed] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Proteus mirabilis is a common pathogen associated mainly with complicated urinary tract infections and sometimes with septicemia. There is great serological diversity of the microorganism. While P. mirabilis O3 is commonly found in patients with infections, the serotype O18 rarely occurs. The O18 lipopolysaccharide contains a phosphocholine substitute, which makes it unique among Proteus strains. To explain different clinical significance of the strains we evaluated the biological activity of the lipopolysaccharides of P. mirabilis O3 and O18, as measured by interleukin-8 (IL-8) production. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three cell lines were used, namely uroepithelial cells, renal epithelial cells and monocytes. IL-8 production was determined on the protein and mRNA levels using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and real-time polymerase chain reaction, respectively, and CD14 expression on the cell surface was studied using flow cytometry. RESULTS Uroepithelial cells and monocytes reacted to lipopolysaccharides by higher IL-8 production compared with renal epithelial cells. Cell specific IL-8 response corresponded to the cell expression of CD14. Renal epithelial cells produced more IL-8 after stimulation with the phosphocholine rich lipopolysaccharide O18, although adding phosphocholine alone did not induce or increase IL-8 production. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that different cells within the human urinary tract have different roles during urinary tract infection. The biological activity and pathogenicity of P. mirabilis lipopolysaccharides might be determined by their specific chemical structure.
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- Milan Chromek
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Al-Bader T, Christodoulides M, Heckels JE, Holloway J, Semper AE, Friedmann PS. Activation of human dendritic cells is modulated by components of the outer membranes of Neisseria meningitidis. Infect Immun 2003; 71:5590-7. [PMID: 14500478 PMCID: PMC201071 DOI: 10.1128/iai.71.10.5590-5597.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B is a major cause of life-threatening meningitis and septicemia worldwide, and no effective vaccine is available. Initiation of innate and acquired immune responses to N. meningitidis is likely to be dependent on cellular responses of dendritic cells (DC) to antigens present in the outer membrane (OM) of the meningococcus. In this study, the responses of human monocyte-derived DC (mo-DC) to OM isolated from parent (lipopolysaccharide [LPS]-replete) meningococci and from a mutant deficient in LPS were investigated. Parent OM selectively up-regulated Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) mRNA expression and induced mo-DC maturation, as reflected by increased production of chemokines, proinflammatory cytokines, and CD83, CD80, CD86, CD40, and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules. In contrast, LPS-deficient OM selectively up-regulated TLR2 mRNA expression and induced moderate increases in both cytokine production and expression of CD86 and MHC class II molecules. Preexposure to OM, with or without LPS, augmented the allostimulatory properties of mo-DC, which induced proliferation of naive CD4+ CD45RA+ T cells. In addition, LPS-replete OM induced a greater gamma interferon/interleukin-13 ratio in naive T cells, whereas LPS-deficient OM induced the reverse profile. These data demonstrate that components of the OM, other than LPS, are also likely to be involved in determining the levels of DC activation and the nature of the T-helper immune response.
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- Tamara Al-Bader
- Dermatopharmacology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
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Kondakova AN, Fudala R, Senchenkova SN, Shashkov AS, Knirel YA, Kaca W. Structural and serological studies of the O-antigen of Proteus mirabilis O-9. Carbohydr Res 2003; 338:1191-6. [PMID: 12747861 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(03)00081-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The following structure of the O-polysaccharide (O-antigen) of the lipopolysaccharide of Proteus mirabilis O-9 was determined by NMR spectroscopy, including 2D 1H,(1)H COSY, TOCSY, ROESY, and 1H,(13)C HMQC experiments, along with chemical methods: [chemical structure: see text] where the degree of O-acetylation is approximately 70%. Immunochemical studies using rabbit polyclonal anti-Proteus mirabilis O-9 serum showed the importance of the O-acetyl groups in manifesting the serological specificity of the O-9 antigen. Anti-P. mirabilis O-9 cross-reacted with the lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of P. vulgaris O-25 and Proteus penneri 14, which could be accounted for by a structural similarity of their O-polysaccharides.
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- Anna N Kondakova
- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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Perepelov AV, Bartodziejska B, Senchenkova SN, Shashkov AS, Rozalski A, Knirel YA. Structure of the O-specific polysaccharide of Proteus vulgaris O45 containing 3-acetamido-3,6-dideoxy-D-galactose. Carbohydr Res 2003; 338:327-31. [PMID: 12559730 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(02)00361-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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An O-specific polysaccharide was isolated by mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide of Proteus vulgaris O45 and studied by sugar and methylation analyses along with 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, including 2D COSY, TOCSY, ROESY, H-detected 1H,13C HSQC and HMBC experiments. The following structure of the pentasaccharide repeating unit of the polysaccharide was established:-->6)-alpha-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->4)-alpha-D-GalpNAc-(1-->4)-alpha-D-GalpA-(1-->3)-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->2)-beta-D-Fucp3NAc4Ac-(1-->where Fuc3NAc4Ac is 3-acetamido-4-O-acetyl-3,6-dideoxygalactose. A cross-reactivity of anti-P. vulgaris O45 serum was observed with several other Proteus lipopolysaccharides, which contains Fuc3N derivatives.
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- Andrei V Perepelov
- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation.
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Christodoulides M, Makepeace BL, Partridge KA, Kaur D, Fowler MI, Weller RO, Heckels JE. Interaction of Neisseria meningitidis with human meningeal cells induces the secretion of a distinct group of chemotactic, proinflammatory, and growth-factor cytokines. Infect Immun 2002; 70:4035-44. [PMID: 12117909 PMCID: PMC128145 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.8.4035-4044.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The interactions of Neisseria meningitidis with cells of the leptomeninges are pivotal events in the progression of bacterial leptomeningitis. An in vitro model based on the culture of human meningioma cells was used to investigate the role of the leptomeninges in the inflammatory response. Following challenge with meningococci, meningioma cells secreted specifically the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6), the CXC chemokine IL-8, the CC chemokines monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) and regulated-upon-activation, normal-T-cell expressed and secreted protein (RANTES), and the cytokine growth factor granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). A temporal pattern of cytokine production was observed, with early secretion of IL-6, IL-8, and MCP-1 followed by later increases in RANTES and GM-CSF levels. IL-6 was induced equally by the interactions of piliated and nonpiliated meningococci, whereas lipopolysaccharide (LPS) had a minimal effect, suggesting that other, possibly secreted, bacterial components were responsible. Induction of IL-8 and MCP-1 also did not require adherence of bacteria to meningeal cells, but LPS was implicated. In contrast, efficient stimulation of RANTES by intact meningococci required pilus-mediated adherence, which served to deliver increased local concentrations of LPS onto the surface of meningeal cells. Secretion of GM-CSF was induced by pilus-mediated interactions but did not involve LPS. In addition, capsule expression had a specific inhibitory effect on GM-CSF secretion, which was not observed with IL-6, IL-8, MCP-1, or RANTES. Thus, the data demonstrate that cells of the leptomeninges are not inert but are active participants in the innate host response during leptomeningitis and that there is a complex relationship between expression of meningococcal components and cytokine induction.
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- Myron Christodoulides
- Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Division of Infection, Inflammation and Repair, University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, United Kingdom.
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Kocharova NA, Knirel YA, Jansson P, Weintraub A. Structure of the O-specific polysaccharide of Vibrio cholerae O9 containing 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-galacturonic acid. Carbohydr Res 2001; 332:279-84. [PMID: 11376607 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(01)00069-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The O-specific polysaccharide (OPS) was isolated by mild-acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide of Vibrio cholerae O9 and studied by carboxyl reduction, sugar and methylation analyses, Smith degradation, and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy, including COSY, TOCSY, NOESY, and H-detected 1H,(13)C HMQC experiments. The following structure of the pentasaccharide-repeating unit of the OPS was established:
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- N A Kocharova
- Karolinska Institute, Clinical Research Centre, Huddinge University Hospital, Novum, 141 86, Huddinge, Sweden
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Makepeace BL, Watt PJ, Heckels JE, Christodoulides M. Interactions of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with mature human macrophage opacity proteins influence production of proinflammatory cytokines. Infect Immun 2001; 69:1909-13. [PMID: 11179372 PMCID: PMC98101 DOI: 10.1128/iai.69.3.1909-1913.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The pathological features of ascending gonococcal infection suggest that proinflammatory mediators secreted by tissue-resident macrophages are important components of the host response. Challenge of fully differentiated, mature macrophages with variants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain P9 or purified bacterial surface components (pili, lipooligosaccharide, and outer membrane vesicles) induced the secretion of interleukin 6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor alpha, growth-related protein alpha, macrophage inflammatory protein 1alpha (MIP-1alpha), and RANTES cytokines but had no effect on IL-8 production. No secretion of IL-1beta, epithelial-derived neutrophil attractant 78, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, IL-10, or IL-12 cytokines was observed. Notably, the P9-Opa(b) protein, in comparison to P9-Opa(a), increased the association of gonococci with macrophages and elevated the secretion of cytokines. Thus, variation in Opa protein expression by the gonococcus may be a determining factor in the severity of pelvic inflammatory disease.
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- B L Makepeace
- Molecular Microbiology Group, Division of Cell and Molecular Medicine, University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
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Kocharova NA, Perepelov AV, Zatonsky GV, Shashkov AS, Knirel YA, Jansson PE, Weintraub A. Structural studies of the O-specific polysaccharide of Vibrio cholerae O8 using solvolysis with triflic acid. Carbohydr Res 2001; 330:83-92. [PMID: 11217966 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(00)00271-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The O-specific polysaccharide (OPS) of Vibrio cholerae 08 was isolated by mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide and studied by two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy, including NOESY and heteronuclear multiple-bond correlation (HMBC) experiments. The OPS was found to have a tetrasaccharide repeating unit with the following structure: --> 4)-beta-D-Glcp NAc3NAcylAN-(1 --> 4)-beta-D-Manp NAc3NAcAN-(1 --> 4)-alpha-L-Gulp NAc3NAcA-(1 --> 3) -beta-D-QuipNAc4NAc-(1 --> where QuiNAc4NAc is 2,4-diacetamido-2,4,6-trideoxyglucose, GlcNAc3NAcylAN is 2-acetamido-3-(N-formyl-L-alanyl)amino-2,3-dideoxyglucuronamide, ManNAc3NAcAN is 2,3-diacetamido-2,3-dideoxymannuronamide, and GulNAc3NAcA is 2,3-diacetamido-2,3-dideoxyguluronic acid. The OPS was stable towards acid hydrolysis and solvolysis with anhydrous hydrogen fluoride, but could be cleaved selectively with trifluoromethanesulfonic (triflic) acid by the glycosidic linkages of beta-QuiNAc4NAc and alpha-GulNAc3NAcA. The structures of the oligosaccharides obtained that were elucidated by electrospray ionization (ESI) MS and NMR spectroscopy, confirmed the OPS structure.
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- N A Kocharova
- Karolinska Institute, Clinical Research Centre, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden
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Arbatsky NP, Shashkov AS, Literacka E, Widmalm G, Kaca W, Knirel YA. Structure of the O-specific polysaccharide of Proteus mirabilis O11, another Proteus O-antigen containing an amide of D-galacturonic acid with L-threonine. Carbohydr Res 2000; 323:81-6. [PMID: 10782289 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(99)00257-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The O-specific polysaccharide of Proteus mirabilis O11 was studied by sugar analysis, Smith degradation, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, including two-dimensional COSY, TOCSY, NOESY, and 1H-detected 1H, 13C HMQC experiments. The following structure of a pentasaccharide repeating unit of the polysaccharide was established: [formual: see text] where D-GalA6LThr is N-(D-galacturonoyl)-L-threonine. ELISA with anti-P. mirabilis O11 serum showed that D-GalA6LThr is of minor importance for manifesting the O11 immunospecificity.
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- N P Arbatsky
- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Literacka E, Perepelov AV, Senchenkova SN, Zatonsky GV, Shashkov AS, Knirel YA, Kaca W. Structures of the O-specific polysaccharides and a serological cross-reactivity of the lipopolysaccharides of Proteus mirabilis O24 and O29. FEBS Lett 1999; 456:227-31. [PMID: 10456314 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00952-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Strains of Proteus mirabilis belonging to serogroups O24 and O29 are frequent in clinical specimens. Anti-P. mirabilis O24 serum cross-reacted with the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of P. mirabilis O29 and vice versa. The structures of the O-specific polysaccharides (OPSs, O-antigens) of both LPSs were established using sugar analysis and one- and two-dimensional 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopy and found to be different. SDS-PAGE and Western immunoblotting suggested that the serological cross-reactivity of the LPSs is due to a common epitope(s) on the core-lipid A moiety, rather than on the OPS. Therefore, the epitope specificity and the structures of the O-antigens studied are unique among Proteus serogroups.
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- E Literacka
- Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Lodz, Poland
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Shashkov AS, Arbatsky NP, Cedzynski M, Kaca W, Knirel YA. Structure of an acidic O-specific polysaccharide of Proteus mirabilis O5. Carbohydr Res 1999; 319:199-203. [PMID: 10520266 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(99)00132-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The following structure of the O-specific polysaccharide of Proteus mirabilis O5 was established by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy at 500 MHz, including two-dimensional COSY, TOCSY, NOESY, and H-detected 1H, 13C heteronuclear multiple-quantum coherence (HMQC) experiments: [formula: see text] where O-acetylation of alpha-D-GlcNAc at both positions is nonstoichiometric.
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- A S Shashkov
- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Kaca W, Swierzko AS, Ziolkowski A, Amano K, Senchenkova SN, Knirel YA. Serological studies of an acid-labile O-polysaccharide of Proteus vulgaris OX19 lipopolysaccharide using human and rabbit antibodies. Microbiol Immunol 1998; 42:669-75. [PMID: 9858461 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02338.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In a Weil-Felix test, sera from patients infected with Rickettsia sp. agglutinate Proteus OX types of bacteria and Proteus lipopolysaccharide (LPS) are responsible for the cross-reaction. Data on the character of LPS of one of the OX group strains, Proteus vulgaris OX19, are contradictory, and it remained unclear whether it has an O-polysaccharide (OPS) and is thus LPS of the smooth type (S) or not (rough-type LPS). Our studies showed that P. vulgaris OX19 (strain PZH-24) produces a smooth-type LPS that contains a long-chain OPS, but it undergoes depolymerization during mild acid hydrolysis conventionally used for LPS delipidation and loses the serological activity. An elucidation of the complete structure of OPS demonstrated the presence of a glycosyl phosphate linkage responsible for the acid-lability of the polysaccharide chain. In ELISA, both IgM type antibodies in a Weil-Felix test with human anti-Rickettsia typhi sera and rabbit anti-P. vulgaris OX19 antibodies reacted with OPS. Rabbit antibodies did not inhibit the cross-reaction with human antibodies and thus bind to different epitopes.
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- W Kaca
- Centre of Microbiology and Virology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz.
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Muniandy N, Love DN, Mukkur TK. Immunogenicity of purified lipopolysaccharide or protein-oligosaccharide conjugates of Pasteurella multocida type 6:B in mice. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 1998; 21:257-79. [PMID: 9775357 DOI: 10.1016/s0147-9571(98)00015-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Purified lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Pasteurella multocida type 6:B, while toxic at higher doses, was protective at lower dose levels against experimentally-induced pasteurellosis in mice. However, the observed protection was abrogated if such LPS was digested with proteinase K prior to use in immunisation. The O-antigen polysaccharide side-chain (OS) of LPS did not appear to contribute to the observed protection as judged by the fact that immunisation of mice with purified OS or OS-protein conjugates, all of which were nontoxic, failed to confer protection against challenge with homologous virulent organisms. This was despite generation of significant levels of OS-specific antibodies, predominantly either of the IgM or IgG isotypes, in immunised mice.
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- N Muniandy
- Veterinary Research Institute, Ipoh, Malaysia
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Gu XX, Tsai CM. Preparation, characterization, and immunogenicity of meningococcal lipooligosaccharide-derived oligosaccharide-protein conjugates. Infect Immun 1993; 61:1873-80. [PMID: 8478076 PMCID: PMC280778 DOI: 10.1128/iai.61.5.1873-1880.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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A method was developed for coupling carboxylic acid-containing oligosaccharides (OS) to proteins. An OS was isolated from Neisseria meningitidis group A strain A1 lipooligosaccharide (LOS). This LOS has no human glycolipid-like lacto-N-neotetraose structure and contains multiple immunotypes, including L8, found in group B and C strains. The carboxylic acid at 2-keto-3-deoxyoctulosonic acid of the OS was linked through adipic acid dihydrazide to tetanus toxoid. The molar ratio of the OS to tetanus toxoid in three conjugates ranged from 11:1 to 19:1. The antigenicity of the OS was conserved in these conjugates, as measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and an inhibition ELISA with polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies to A1 LOS. These conjugates induced immunoglobulin G antibodies to A1 LOS in mice and rabbits. The immunogenicity of the conjugates in rabbits was enhanced by use of monophosphoryl lipid A plus trehalose dimycolate as an adjuvant. The resulting rabbit antisera cross-reacted with most of 12 prototype LOSs and with LOSs from two group B disease strains, 44/76 and BB431, in an ELISA and in Western blotting (immunoblotting), which revealed a 3.6-kDa reactive band in these LOSs. The rabbit antisera showed bactericidal activity against homologous strain A1 and heterologous strains 44/76 and BB431. These results indicate that conjugates derived from A1 LOS can induce antibodies against many LOS immunotypes from different organism serogroups, including group B. OS-protein conjugates derived from meningococcal LOSs may therefore be candidate vaccines to prevent meningitis caused by meningococci.
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- X X Gu
- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Chu CY, Liu BK, Watson D, Szu SS, Bryla D, Shiloach J, Schneerson R, Robbins JB. Preparation, characterization, and immunogenicity of conjugates composed of the O-specific polysaccharide of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (Shiga's bacillus) bound to tetanus toxoid. Infect Immun 1991; 59:4450-8. [PMID: 1937803 PMCID: PMC259062 DOI: 10.1128/iai.59.12.4450-4458.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The background for developing conjugate vaccines for shigellosis composed of the O-specific polysaccharide (O-SP) bound to a protein is described elsewhere (C. Y. Chu, R. Schneerson, and J. B. Robbins, submitted for publication). Briefly, there is direct evidence for type (lipopolysaccharide [LPS])-specific protection after infection with the wild type or with attenuated strains of shigellae. Prospective studies of Israeli armed forces recruits show a correlation between preexisting serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) LPS antibodies and resistance to shigellosis (D. Cohen, M. S. Green, C. Block, R. Slephon, and I. Ofek, J. Clin. Microbiol. 29:386-389, 1991). In order to elicit IgG LPS-specific antibodies to Shigella dysenteriae type 1, the O-SP of this pathogen was purified and bound to tetanus toxoid (TT) by three schemes. The most immunogenic used a modification of a published method (C. Y. Chu, R. Schneerson, J. B. Robbins, and S. C. Rastogi, Infect. Immun. 40:245-256, 1983). The resultant O-SP-TT conjugates were stable and elicited high levels of IgG O-SP antibodies and booster responses in young mice when injected subcutaneously in saline at 1/10 the proposed human dose. Adsorption onto alum or concurrent administration with monophosphoryl lipid A enhanced both the IgG and IgM antibody responses to the O-SP of the conjugate; both the nonadsorbed and adsorbed conjugates elicited higher rises of IgG than of IgM antibodies. Clinical evaluations of S. dysenteriae type 1 O-SP-TT conjugates are planned.
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- C Y Chu
- Laboratory of Developmental and Molecular Immunity, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Virji M, Weiser JN, Lindberg AA, Moxon ER. Antigenic similarities in lipopolysaccharides of Haemophilus and Neisseria and expression of a digalactoside structure also present on human cells. Microb Pathog 1990; 9:441-50. [PMID: 1711142 DOI: 10.1016/0882-4010(90)90062-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Monoclonal antibodies raised against Haemophilus influenzae and Neisseria gonorrhoeae were used to investigate similarities or differences in the lipopolysaccharide antigens of pathogenic and commensal strains of several Gram-negative bacteria indigenous to mucosal surfaces of humans. In immunoblotting experiments, 20 of 36 monoclonal antibodies showed cross-reactions between species of Neisseria and Haemophilus. The common epitopes were present on N. gonorrhoeae, N. meningitidis, N. lactamica, H. influenzae including biogroup aegyptius, and occasionally H. parainfluenzae. No other commensal Neisseria or Gram-negative organisms tested reacted with the monoclonal antibodies with one exception; a single strain of pathogenic Escherichia coli was recognised by a N. gonorrhoeae-specific monoclonal antibody. One monoclonal antibody, raised against N. gonorrhoeae lipopolysaccharide, reacted with N. gonorrhoeae (32 of 59 strains), N. meningitidis (9 of 26 strains), H. influenzae (6 of 16 strains). An epitope expressed by H. influenzae and implicated in its virulence was also present on 14 of 59 strains of N. gonorrhoeae and was shown to comprise a digalactoside structure, alpha-galactosyl-1,4-beta-galactose (Gal alpha 1,4Gal beta), also found on human cells.
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- M Virji
- Oxford University Department of Paediatrics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, U.K
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Lussier M, Brodeur BR, Winston S. Detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by dot-enzyme immunoassay using monoclonal antibodies. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOASSAY 1989; 10:373-94. [PMID: 2481688 DOI: 10.1080/01971528908053248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A highly sensitive and specific dot-enzyme immunoassay for the detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae was developed using a pool of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs). The MAbs were obtained following immunization of mice with lithium acetate extracted outer membrane (OM) preparations. Western immunoblotting experiments demonstrated that MAbs NG26 and NG38, both IgG2a, reacted with lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and with the major OM protein, P1, respectively, MAb NG28, an IgG3, did not react in Western immunoblotting, MAbs NG28 and NG38 failed to react with OM treated with proteolytic enzymes or with semi-purified preparation of LPS. MAb NG26 reacted with the same LPS preparation. Binding radioimmunoassay with live bacteria showed that all the MAbs adsorbed to cell surface-exposed antigenic determinants. The limit of detection of the dot-enzyme immunoassay was between 1 and 4 x 10(4) cfu per dot. Using a panel of 177 strains of N. gonorrhoeae, MAbs NG28 and NG38 recognized only P1A and P1B strains respectively. MAb NG26 reacted with P1A, P1B and non-typable strains. These MAbs did not react with other Neisseria species or other bacterial species. Using this pool, the dot-enzyme immunoassay had a sensitivity of 93.2% and a specificity of 100%.
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- M Lussier
- National Laboratory for Immunology, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Ottawa, Ontario
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Ryan LK, Karol MH. Production of antibody to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) after immunization with a LPS-polymyxin B-agarose immunogen. THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED BACTERIOLOGY 1988; 64:487-95. [PMID: 3049507 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1988.tb02440.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A method was devised to produce antibodies to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in guinea-pigs following a single immunization. The antigen was prepared by mixing polymyxin B-agarose with LPS from Escherichia coli O55:B5. Use of the agarose support allowed purification of the complex by simple washing procedures. Twenty-nine days after a single injection of the immunogen mixed with Freund complete adjuvant all animals demonstrated antibody to the LPS portion of the complex. No antibodies were detected to the polymyxin B component. Typical titres of LPS as measured by ELISA were 2(11). After, a booster immunization, titres of LPS antibody were further increased and a greater avidity was noted. In contrast to other methods which have been employed for production of antibody to LPS, use of the polymyxin B-agarose complex has the following advantages: ease of antigen preparation, ready purification of the complex, potent immunostimulation, and under the conditions employed here, LPS-specific antibody production, without accompanying antibody to polymyxin B.
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- L K Ryan
- Department of Industrial Environmental Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261
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Hansen EJ, Hart DA, McGehee JL, Toews GB. Immune enhancement of pulmonary clearance of nontypable Haemophilus influenzae. Infect Immun 1988; 56:182-90. [PMID: 3257203 PMCID: PMC259254 DOI: 10.1128/iai.56.1.182-190.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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BALB/c mice systemically immunized by intraperitoneal injection with whole, viable cells of two different strains of nontypable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) exhibited a markedly enhanced ability to clear the homologous strain of NTHI from the lower respiratory tract. Immunization did not influence the number of phagocytic cells recovered by bronchoalveolar lavage from mice before or after intrapulmonary challenge with NTHI. Immunization also induced the synthesis of relatively large quantities of NTHI-directed antibodies which were detectable in both the bloodstream and the alveolar spaces of the lung. Radioimmunoprecipitation and Western blot (immunoblot) analyses indicated that these antibodies were directed against both the proteins and lipooligosaccharide (LOS) in the NTHI outer membrane. Bactericidal and opsonophagocytic assays determined that the NTHI-directed antibodies in the serum were functional and able to kill or opsonize the homologous NTHI strain. Mice immunized with an NTHI major outer membrane protein-LOS complex also had an increased ability to effect pulmonary clearance of NTHI. Serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid collected from these animals immunized with the outer membrane protein-LOS complex contained relatively high levels of antibodies to both of these antigens. The serum from these animals also possessed bactericidal and opsonic activity against the homologous NTHI strain. These results indicate that systemic immunization can enhance the ability of experimental animals to clear NTHI from the lower respiratory tract and suggest that immunoprophylaxis of NTHI pulmonary disease may be feasible.
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- E J Hansen
- Department of Microbiology, Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas 75235
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Gulig PA, Hansen EJ. Coprecipitation of lipopolysaccharide and the 39,000-molecular-weight major outer membrane protein of Haemophilus influenzae type b by lipopolysaccharide-directed monoclonal antibody. Infect Immun 1985; 49:819-27. [PMID: 3875563 PMCID: PMC261287 DOI: 10.1128/iai.49.3.819-827.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The major outer membrane protein of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) with an apparent molecular weight of 39,000 (39K) was purified from three different Hib strains and was shown to be free from detectable contamination with other proteins. However, these purified 39K protein preparations were found to contain Hib lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Immunization of rats with these 39K protein preparations resulted in the production of antisera containing both 39K protein-directed and LPS-directed antibodies, as determined by Western blot analysis. The reactivity pattern of the LPS-directed serum antibodies with different Hib strains was identical to the reactivity of these Hib strains with a set of monoclonal antibodies (mabs) previously shown to immunoprecipitate the 39K protein in a radioimmunoprecipitation (RIP) system. Examination of the antigenic specificities of the 39K protein-immunoprecipitating mabs by using Western blot analysis showed that these mabs were actually directed against Hib LPS. RIP analysis of 125I-labeled Hib cells and 32P-labeled Hib cells revealed that the 39K protein and LPS existed as a complex in a RIP system, which resulted in the coprecipitation of both antigens by LPS-directed mabs. The interaction between LPS and the 39K protein was highly selective for this protein and did not involve other outer membrane proteins. The LPS/39K protein complex could be reconstituted by mixing purified LPS and purified 39K protein; it could also be reconstituted with 39K protein from one Hib strain and LPS from another Hib strain. These findings have necessitated the reinterpretation of previous studies involving the 39K protein-immunoprecipitating mabs. Of primary importance is the fact that the demonstrated immunoprotective ability of a 39K protein-immunoprecipitating mab (E. J. Hansen, S. M. Robertson, P. A. Gulig, C. F. Frisch, and E. J. Haanes, Lancet i:366-368, 1982) must now be regarded as evidence that antibody directed against Hib LPS can be protective against experimental Hib disease.
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Yalpani M. A survey of recent advances in selective chemical and enzymic polysaccharide modifications. Tetrahedron 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(01)96652-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mäkelä O, Péterfy F, Outschoorn IG, Richter AW, Seppälä I. Immunogenic properties of alpha (1----6) dextran, its protein conjugates, and conjugates of its breakdown products in mice. Scand J Immunol 1984; 19:541-50. [PMID: 6204375 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.1984.tb00965.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Mice were immunized with alpha (1-6) dextran, either as such or coupled to protein carriers, and their anti-dextran response was measured by a solid-phase radioimmunoassay and the Farr assay. Like earlier investigators we found that protein-conjugated dextran was more antigenic than plain dextran. Our novel findings were that (1) a standard dose (30 micrograms of dextran per injection) coupled to strongly antigenic protein (chicken serum albumin (CSA) was three times more antigenic than dextran coupled to weakly antigenic bovine serum albumin (BSA); (2) dextrans of low molecular weight (1000-10,000 daltons) coupled to CSA induced at least ten times stronger secondary responses than did a similarly coupled macromolecular dextran (5-40 million daltons); (3) variation of the CHO/protein ratio from 0.3 to 1 had little effect on the antigenicity of the dextran. Increase of the ratio from one appeared to decrease immunogenicity when BSA was the carrier but not when CSA was the carrier.
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Jennings HJ, Lugowski C, Ashton FE. Conjugation of meningococcal lipopolysaccharide R-type oligosaccharides to tetanus toxoid as route to a potential vaccine against group B Neisseria meningitidis. Infect Immun 1984; 43:407-12. [PMID: 6418661 PMCID: PMC263442 DOI: 10.1128/iai.43.1.407-412.1984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Oligosaccharides were obtained by the mild acid hydrolysis of the lipopolysaccharides from a number of different strains of Neisseria meningitidis, serotypes L2, L3, L4, L5, and L10. The dephosphorylated oligosaccharides were conjugated to tetanus toxoid as their 2-(4-isothiocyanatophenyl)-ethylamine derivatives, which resulted in the incorporation of from 18 to 38 oligosaccharides per molecule of tetanus toxoid. When injected in rabbits, the conjugates produced oligosaccharide-specific antibodies which were predominantly serologically specific but which also exhibited some cross-reactivity. These serological results can be attributed to regions of structural dissimilarity and similarity within the oligosaccharides. The oligosaccharide-specific antibodies were also lipopolysaccharide serotype specific, thus indicating that the oligosaccharides are the determinants associated with this serotype specificity. Consistent with the serological results, the conjugate antisera were bactericidal for the homologous serotype meningococcal organisms and in some cases for heterologous serotype organisms.
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