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Tian Y, Lu S, Zhou S, Li Z, Guan S, Chen H, Song Y. Screening of Neutralizing Antibodies against FaeG Protein of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. Vet Sci 2024; 11:419. [PMID: 39330798 PMCID: PMC11436151 DOI: 10.3390/vetsci11090419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2024] [Revised: 09/02/2024] [Accepted: 09/05/2024] [Indexed: 09/28/2024] Open
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The misuse of antibiotics in veterinary medicine presents significant challenges, highlighting the need for alternative therapeutic approaches such as antibody drugs. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the application of antibody drugs in veterinary settings to reduce economic losses and health risks. This study focused on targeting the F4ac subtype of the FaeG protein, a key adhesion factor in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infections in piglets. By utilizing formaldehyde-inactivated ETEC and a soluble recombinant FaeG (rFaeG) protein, an antibody library against the FaeG protein was established. The integration of fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) and a eukaryotic expression vector containing murine IgG Fc fragments facilitated the screening of anti-rFaeG IgG monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). The results demonstrate that the variable regions of the screened antibodies could inhibit K88-type ETEC adhesion to IPEC-J2 cells. Furthermore, in vivo neutralization assays in mice showed a significant increase in survival rates and a reduction in intestinal inflammation. This research underscores the potential of antibody-based interventions in veterinary medicine, emphasizing the importance of further exploration in this field to address antibiotic resistance and improve animal health outcomes.
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- Yang Tian
- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Purified natural pig immunoglobulins can substitute dietary zinc in reducing piglet post weaning diarrhoea. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2017; 186:9-14. [PMID: 28413052 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2017.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Revised: 02/01/2017] [Accepted: 02/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Enteric infectious disease in weaner piglets, including postweaning diarrhoea (PWD), are usually treated and/or prevented with antibiotics and/or zinc oxide in the piglet feed. However extensive use of antibiotics and zinc oxide in intensive animal production is unwanted as it may promote microbial antibiotic resistance and pose environmental problems. Recently, in an experimental model of PWD, we observed that oral administration of purified porcine immunoglobulin G (ppIgG) from pooled natural pig plasma could reduce enteric infection. In the present study we were able to reproduce these results as it was observed that oral ppIgG accelerated clearance of faecal haemolytic bacteria in pigs challenged with E. coli in comparison with pigs not receiving ppIgG. This effect was observed upon feeding ppIgG for seven days postweaning suggesting that ppIgG does not have to be used prophylactically for several days preweaning. Furthermore, the effect of oral administration of ppIgG for seven days postweaning was equal to or better than that of dietary zinc oxide in reducing diarrhoea symptoms and in clearing faecal haemolytic bacteria for 14days postweaning. These observations warrant future trials of dietary ppIgG in intensive swine production units to establish its performance as an alternative to dietary antibiotics and zinc oxide for preventing PWD.
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Hedegaard CJ, Heegaard PMH. Passive immunisation, an old idea revisited: Basic principles and application to modern animal production systems. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2016; 174:50-63. [PMID: 27185263 PMCID: PMC7127230 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2016.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Revised: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Immunisation by administration of antibodies (immunoglobulins) has been known for more than one hundred years as a very efficient means of obtaining immediate, short-lived protection against infection and/or against the disease-causing effects of toxins from microbial pathogens and from other sources. Thus, due to its rapid action, passive immunisation is often used to treat disease caused by infection and/or toxin exposure. However immunoglobulins may also be administered prior to exposure to infection and/or toxin, although they will not provide long-lasting protection as is seen with active immunisation (vaccination) in which an immunological memory is established by controlled exposure of the host to the pathogen in question. With multi-factorial infectious diseases in production animals, especially those that have proven hard to control by vaccination, the potential of passive immunisation remains big. This review highlights a number of examples on the use of passive immunisation for the control of infectious disease in the modern production of a range of animals, including pigs, cattle, sheep, goat, poultry and fish. Special emphasis is given on the enablement of passive immunisation strategies in these production systems through low cost and ease of use as well as on the sources, composition and purity of immunoglobulin preparations used and their benefits as compared to current measures, including vaccination (also comprising maternal vaccination), antibiotics and feed additives such as spray-dried plasma. It is concluded that provided highly efficient, relatively low-price immunoglobulin products are available, passive immunisation has a clear role in the modern animal production sector as a means of controlling infectious diseases, importantly with a very low risk of causing development of bacterial resistance, thus constituting a real and widely applicable alternative to antibiotics.
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- Chris J Hedegaard
- National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Section for Immunology and Vaccinology, The innate immunology Group, Denmark.
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- National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Section for Immunology and Vaccinology, The innate immunology Group, Denmark
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Nguyen UV, Coddens A, Melkebeek V, Devriendt B, Goetstouwers T, Poucke MV, Peelman L, Cox E. High susceptibility prevalence for F4 + and F18 +Escherichia coli in Flemish pigs. Vet Microbiol 2016; 202:52-57. [PMID: 26822901 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2016.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Revised: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 01/18/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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F4 and/or F18 enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (F4+/F18+ ETEC) are responsible for diarrhea while F18+ verotoxigenic E. coli (F18+ VTEC) cause edema disease in pigs. Both infections can result in severe economic losses, which are mainly the result of the medication, growth retardation and mortality. The susceptibility of piglets to these pathogens is determined by the presence of F4 and F18 receptors (F4R and F18R). Understanding the composition of the susceptibility phenotypes of pigs is useful for animal health and breeding management. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of the F4 ETEC susceptibility phenotypes and F18+E. coli susceptibility among Flemish pig breeds by using the in vitro villous adhesion assay. In this study, seven F4 ETEC susceptibility phenotypes were found, namely A (F4abR+,acR+,adR+; 59.16%), B (F4abR+,acR+,adR-; 6.28%), C (F4abR+,acR-,adR+; 2.62%), D (F4abR-,acR-,adR+; 6.28%), E (F4abR-,acR-,adR-; 24.08%), F (F4abR+,acR-,adR-; 1.05%) and G (F4abR-,acR+,adR-; 0.52%). F4ab and F4ac E. coli showed a stronger degree of adhesion to the intestinal villi (53.40% and 52.88% strong adhesion, respectively), compared to F4ad E. coli (43.46% strong adhesion). Furthermore, the correlation between F4ac and F4ab adhesion was higher (r=0.78) than between F4ac and F4ad adhesion (r=0.41) and between F4ab and F4ad adhesion (r=0.57). For F18+E. coli susceptibility, seven out of 82 pigs were F18R negative (8.54%), but only two of these seven pigs (2.44%) were also negative for F4R. As such, the chance to identify a pig that is positive for a F4 ETEC variant or F18+E. coli is 97.56%. Therefore, significant economic losses will arise due to F4+ and/or F18+E. coli infections in the Flemish pig population due to the high susceptibility prevalence.
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- Ut V Nguyen
- Laboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, Merelbeke 9820, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, Merelbeke 9820, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, Merelbeke 9820, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, Merelbeke 9820, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Heidestraat 19, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Heidestraat 19, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Heidestraat 19, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, Merelbeke 9820, Belgium.
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Nguyen V, Goetstouwers T, Coddens A, Van Poucke M, Peelman L, Deforce D, Melkebeek V, Cox E. Differentiation of F4 receptor profiles in pigs based on their mucin 4 polymorphism, responsiveness to oral F4 immunization and in vitro binding of F4 to villi. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2013; 152:93-100. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2012.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Blomberg L, Conway PL. AnIn vitroStudy of Ileal Colonisation Resistance toEscherichia coliStrain Bd 1107/75 08 (K88) in Relation to Indigenous Squamous Gastric Colonisation in Piglets of Varying Ages. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 2009. [DOI: 10.3109/08910608909140232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- L. Blomberg
- Department of General and Marine Microbiology, University of Göteborg, Carl Skottsbergs Gata 22, S-413 19, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of General and Marine Microbiology, University of Göteborg, Carl Skottsbergs Gata 22, S-413 19, Göteborg, Sweden
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Characterization of the binding specificity of K88ac and K88ad fimbriae of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli by constructing K88ac/K88ad chimeric FaeG major subunits. Infect Immun 2008; 77:699-706. [PMID: 19015246 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01165-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains expressing K88 (F4) fimbriae are the major cause of diarrhea in young pigs. Three antigenic variants of K88 fimbriae (K88ab, K88ac, and K88ad) have been identified among porcine ETEC strains. Each K88 fimbrial variant shows a unique pattern in binding to different receptors on porcine enterocytes. Such variant specificity in fimbrial binding is believed to be controlled by the major subunit (FaeG) of the K88 fimbriae, because the genes coding for the only other fimbrial subunit are identical among the three variants. Uniqueness in binding to host receptors may be responsible for differences in the virulence levels of porcine diarrhea disease caused by K88 ETEC strains. To better understand the relationships between the structure of FaeG proteins and fimbrial binding function, and perhaps virulence in disease, we constructed and expressed various K88ac/K88ad faeG gene chimeras and characterized the binding activity of each K88 chimeric fimbria. After verifying biosynthesis of the chimeric fimbriae, we examined their binding specificities in bacterial adherence assays by using porcine brush border vesicles that are specific to either the K88ac or K88ad fimbria. Results showed that each fimbria switched binding specificity to that of the reciprocal type when a peptide comprising amino acids 125 to 163 was exchanged with that of its counterpart. Substitutions of a single amino acid within this region negatively affected the binding capacity of each fimbria. These data indicate that the peptide including amino acids 125 to 163 of the FaeG subunit is essential for K88 variant-specific binding.
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Golchin M, Aitken R. Isolation by phage display of recombinant antibodies able to block adherence of Escherichia coli mediated by the K99 colonisation factor. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2007; 121:321-31. [PMID: 18036670 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2007.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2007] [Revised: 09/26/2007] [Accepted: 10/04/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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K99 fimbriae are important for intestinal colonisation by bovine strains of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. The mode of action of this colonisation factor is well understood and specific immune responses are protective. K99 was therefore chosen for this study as a model to test if antibodies with anti-adhesion activity could be isolated from recombinant libraries using phage display techniques. Potentially, this strategy could be used to understand better the action of bacterial colonisation factors and aid the design of therapies (e.g. vaccines, purified protein products or bacteria bearing colonisation-blocking antibodies) to inhibit bacterial adherence. The major fimbrial subunit from K99, FanC, was purified from a clinical E. coli isolate. The protein was coated to plastic immunotubes and used as a target for selection of antibodies from the Tomlinson I and J libraries of single chain (scFv) antibodies. Clones able to recognise K99 were isolated by iterative rounds of binding, elution and amplification. scFv antibodies chosen from the resulting panel were purified and their specificity confirmed by ELISA. Pre-incubation of several scFvs with bacteria expressing K99 fimbriae inhibited the agglutination of erythrocytes. Further investigation by microscopy confirmed that when E. coli expressing K99 were exposed to scFv antibodies, the binding of bacteria to erythrocytes was blocked with high efficiency. The study showed that recombinant antibodies were able to block the action of a bacterial colonisation factor and hence that phage display techniques might be applied to the identification of less well-characterised virulence factors and the analysis of their structure and function.
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- Mehdi Golchin
- Division of Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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Holoda E, Vu-Khac H, Andrasková S, Chomová Z, Wantrubová A, Krajnák M, Pilipcinec E. PCR assay for detection and differentiation of K88ab(1), K88ab(2), K88ac, and K88ad fimbrial adhesins in E. coli strains isolated from diarrheic piglets. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2005; 50:107-12. [PMID: 16110913 DOI: 10.1007/bf02931457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Primers were designed and prepared and conditions were determined for PCR detection and differentiation of enterotoxigenic E. coli bacterial strains isolated from diarrheic pigs. Primers K88/1 and K88/2 are 25 bp oligomers that correspond to a region of genes encoding one of serological variants of the K88 antigen (K88ab(1), K88ab(2), K88ac or K88ad). A positive result of PCR is an amplificate of 792 bp in size for K88ab and K88ad variant or 786 bp for K88ac variant. The individual serological variants of genes of the K88 antigen could be differentiated by cutting the obtained PCR amplificates by restriction endonucleases. The PCR analysis of 674 E. coli strains isolated from diarrheic pigs showed that 184 strains were K88 positive. By using restriction endonucleases the K88-positive strains were in 4 cases classified as K88ab variant, 180 as K88ac variant and none contained gene for the K88ad variant. Ninety-five % coincidence with serological examination using K88ab, K88ac and K88ad specific antibodies was shown.
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- E Holoda
- Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, University of Veterinary Medicine, 041 81 Kosice, Slovakia
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Grange PA, Mouricout MA, Levery SB, Francis DH, Erickson AK. Evaluation of receptor binding specificity of Escherichia coli K88 (F4) fimbrial adhesin variants using porcine serum transferrin and glycosphingolipids as model receptors. Infect Immun 2002; 70:2336-43. [PMID: 11953368 PMCID: PMC127900 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.5.2336-2343.2002] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Diarrheal disease caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli expressing the K88 (F4) fimbrial adhesin (K88 ETEC) is a significant source of mortality and morbidity among newborn and weaned piglets. K88 fimbrial adhesins are filamentous surface appendages whose lectin (carbohydrate-binding) activity allows K88 ETEC to attach to specific glycoconjugates (receptors) on porcine intestinal epithelial cells. There are three variants of K88 adhesin (K88ab, K88ac, and K88ad), which possess different, yet related, carbohydrate-binding specificities. We used porcine serum transferrin (pSTf) and purified glycosphingolipids (GSL) to begin to define the minimal recognition sequence for K88 adhesin variants. We found that K88ab adhesin binds with high affinity to pSTf (dissociation constant, 75 microM), while neither K88ac nor K88ad adhesin recognizes pSTf. Degradation of the N-glycan on pSTf by extensive metaperiodate treatment abolished its interaction with the K88ab adhesin, indicating that the K88ab adhesin binds to the single N-glycan found on pSTf. Using exoglycosidase digestion of the pSTf glycan, we demonstrated that K88ab adhesin recognizes N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) residues in the core of the N-glycan on pSTf. All three K88 variants were found to bind preferentially to GSL containing a beta-linked N-acetylhexosamine (HexNAc), either GlcNAc or N-acetylgalactosamine, in the terminal position or, alternatively, in the penultimate position with galactose in the terminal position. Considering the results from pSTf and GSL binding studies together, we propose that the minimal recognition sequence for the K88 adhesin variants contains a beta-linked HexNAc. In addition, the presence of a terminal galactose beta-linked to this HexNAc residue enhances K88 adhesin binding.
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- Philippe A Grange
- Veterinary Science Department, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota 57007, USA
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Sun R, Anderson TJ, Erickson AK, Nelson EA, Francis DH. Inhibition of adhesion of Escherichia coli k88ac fimbria to its receptor, intestinal mucin-type glycoproteins, by a monoclonal antibody directed against a variable domain of the fimbria. Infect Immun 2000; 68:3509-15. [PMID: 10816505 PMCID: PMC97636 DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.6.3509-3515.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Strains of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli that express K88 fimbriae are among the most common causes of diarrhea in young pigs. Adhesion of bacteria to receptors on intestinal epithelial cells, mediated by K88 fimbriae, is the initial step in the establishment of infection. Three antigenic variants of K88 fimbriae exist in nature: K88ab, K88ac, and K88ad. K88ac is the most prevalent and may be the only variant of significance in swine disease. Each K88 fimbrial variant is composed of multiple antigenic determinants. Some of these determinants are shared among the three variants and may be referred to as conserved epitopes, whereas others are unique to a specific variant and may be referred to as variable epitopes. In this study, monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) specific to either variable or conserved epitopes of K88ac fimbriae were produced. The specificity of each MAb was tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent and immunoblot assays. Fab fragments were prepared from these MAbs and were tested for their ability to block the binding of K88-positive bacteria and purified fimbriae to porcine enterocyte brush border vesicles and purified K88 receptors, respectively. The purified receptors were intestinal mucin-type sialoglycoproteins (IMTGP) isolated from porcine enterocytes (A. K. Erickson, D. R. Baker, B. T. Bosworth, T. A. Casey, D. A. Benfield, and D. H. Francis, Infect. Immun. 62:5404-5410, 1994). Fab fragments prepared from MAbs specific for variable epitopes blocked the binding of bacteria to brush borders and of fimbriae to IMTGP. However, those from MAbs specific for a conserved epitope did not. These observations indicate that the receptor-binding domain of a K88ac fimbria is contained, at least in part, within the antigenically variable epitopes of that fimbria. Epitope mapping for one of the MAbs, which recognizes a linear epitope on K88ac fimbriae, indicated that this MAb binds to the region from amino acid no. 64 to no. 107 on the major subunit of K88ac fimbriae.
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MESH Headings
- Adhesins, Escherichia coli/immunology
- Adhesins, Escherichia coli/metabolism
- Animals
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Antigens, Surface/immunology
- Antigens, Surface/metabolism
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Enterocytes/metabolism
- Epitope Mapping
- Escherichia coli/pathogenicity
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Fimbriae Proteins
- Fimbriae, Bacterial/immunology
- Fimbriae, Bacterial/metabolism
- Intestinal Mucosa/cytology
- Microvilli/metabolism
- Mucins/immunology
- Mucins/metabolism
- Receptors, Cell Surface/immunology
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Swine
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- R Sun
- Department of Veterinary Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota 57007-1396, USA
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Francis DH, Erickson AK, Grange PA. K88 adhesins of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and their porcine enterocyte receptors. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2000; 473:147-54. [PMID: 10659352 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4143-1_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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The three antigenic variants of the K88 fimbrial adhesin (K88ab, K88ac, and K88ad) of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) each exhibit unique specificity with regard to their hemagglutination characteristics. The variants are also unique in the specificity of their binding to the brush borders of enterocytes isolated from pigs with different genetic backgrounds. Diversity in enterocyte binding specificity suggests the existence of several K88 receptors, expressed individually or in various combinations on porcine enterocytes. Three candidate receptors have been identified that may explain the adhesion of K88 fimbrial variants to various porcine enterocytes. These receptors are an intestinal mucin-type sialoglycoprotein (IMTGP), an intestinal transferrin (GP74), and an intestinal neutral glycosphingolipid (IGLad). The IMTGP binds K88ab and K88ac, but not K88ad. The GP74 binds K88ab, but not K88ac or K88ad, and the IGLad binds K88ad, but not K88ab or K88ac. Each of the candidate receptors has been found in brush borders that are adhesive for the fimbriae that bind the respective receptor. They have not been found in brush borders that are not adhesive for those same fimbriae. The presence of IMTGP was highly correlated with susceptibility of neonatal gnotobiotic pigs to ETEC expressing K88ab or K88ac.
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- D H Francis
- Department of Veterinary Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings 57007-1396, USA
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Hung DL, Hultgren SJ. Pilus biogenesis via the chaperone/usher pathway: an integration of structure and function. J Struct Biol 1998; 124:201-20. [PMID: 10049807 DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1998.4049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The molecular basis of how pathogenic bacteria cause disease has been studied by blending a well-developed genetic system with X-ray crystallography, protein chemistry, high resolution electron microscopy, and cell biology. Microbial attachment to host tissues is one of the key events in the early stages of most bacterial infections. Attachment is typically mediated by adhesins that are assembled into hair-like fibers called pili on bacterial surfaces. This article focuses on the structure-function correlates of P pili, which are produced by most pyelonephritic strains of Escherichia coli. P pili are assembled via a chaperone/usher pathway. Similar pathways are responsible for the assembly of over 30 adhesive organelles in various Gram-negative pathogens. P pilus biogenesis has been used as a model system to elucidate common themes in bacterial pathogenesis, namely, the protein folding, secretion, and assembly of virulence factors. The structural basis for pilus biogenesis is discussed as well as the function and consequences of microbial attachment.
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- D L Hung
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, USA
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van Zijderveld FG, van Zijderveld-van Bemmel AM, Bakker D. The F41 adhesin of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: inhibition of adhesion by monoclonal antibodies. Vet Q 1998; 20 Suppl 3:S73-8. [PMID: 9689731 DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1998.9694974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The anti-adhesive properties of 23 specific monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against the F41 adhesive fimbrial antigen of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) were studied in brush border adhesion inhibition tests and haemag-glutination inhibition tests with four F41-positive E. coli strains and purified F41 antigen. These MAbs recognize five epitope clusters, F41-1 to F41-5. It was proven that these epitope clusters were located on the 29 kDa F41 major fimbrial subunits. All nine MAbs against epitope cluster 1 inhibited the adhesion of F41-positive strains to brush border preparations of calf and pig intestines and the haemagglutination of sheep and guinea pig erythrocytes by the F41-positive strains and purified F41 antigen. The fourteen MAbs against the other four epitope clusters showed very little to no blocking of adhesion and haemagglutination. The results indicate that the adhesion of F41 to intestinal epithelial cells is mediated by the same domain of the 29 kDa F41 major fimbrial subunit(s) as the adhesion of F41 to erythrocytes. Irrespective of their epitope specificity F41 MAbs protected infant mice against a challenge with F41-positive ETEC. MAbs against all epitope clusters partly protected piglets against challenge with F41-positive ETEC in a similar way. Therefore, we conclude that direct blocking of the receptor binding site located on the major fimbrial subunit is not the main mechanism how antibodies protect against ETEC infection.
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- F G van Zijderveld
- Department of Bacteriology, Institute for Animal Science and Health (ID-DLO), Lelystad, The Netherlands
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This review provides a limited discussion of antibody-mediated immune responses to bacterial pathogens which cause disease in swine. Serum antibody titers or responses have been used to correlate immunization or convalescence with protection from a given disease or infectious agent. Though much effort has been devoted to the elucidation of the host's antibody response to bacterial antigens, there are limited examples where an antibody response to a singular antigen has induced protection from disease. Antibody responses have been shown to be very effective in neutralizing bacterial exotoxins, e.g. Escherichia, Pasteurella, Actinobacillus, and inhibiting the ability of bacterial pathogens to colonize mucosal surfaces, e.g. Escherichia, Salmonella. The protective role of monospecific antibody responses to other bacterial components are less clear; however, antibody responses are generally polyclonal in nature and are an important component of the host immune response following the onset of disease. Anticapsular antibodies have been shown to enhance phagocytosis of numerous pathogens, e.g. Actinobacillus, Streptococcus, Pasteurella. Humoral immune responses directed against the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of many Gram-negative organisms have been shown to enhance phagocytosis and the activation of complement, e.g. Salmonella. Anti-LPS antibodies have also aided in the identification of the serotypic diversity of Gram-negative organisms, e.g. Serpulina, Salmonella, Pasteurella. Antibody responses to the outer membrane proteins of Gram-negative organisms enhance phagocytosis, activation of complement, or inhibit bacterial adhesion to host cell. Adhesion of Gram-positive microorganisms, e.g. Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Clostridium, to eukaryotic cells can be inhibited by antibody against the peptidoglycan and these peptidoglycan-specific antibodies may also facilitate opsonization of these organisms. Mycoplasma species have been shown to be metabolically inhibited by antibody directed against membrane proteins. In addition to the protective aspects of humoral immunity, the host's antibody response has been used as a diagnostic and epidemiological tool to identify or determine the prevalence of infectious agents.
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- M J Wannemuehler
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames 50011
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Ojeniyi B, Ahrens P, Meyling A. Detection of fimbrial and toxin genes in Escherichia coli and their prevalence in piglets with diarrhoea. The application of colony hybridization assay, polymerase chain reaction and phenotypic assays. ZENTRALBLATT FUR VETERINARMEDIZIN. REIHE B. JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE. SERIES B 1994; 41:49-59. [PMID: 7941847 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1994.tb00205.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Two different genotypic methods, colony hybridization and polymerase chain reaction (PCR), were applied to detect enterotoxin, verotoxin and fimbrial genes in 708 Escherichia coli (E. coli) strains from piglets with diarrhoea. The results were compared with those obtained by phenotypic methods. DNA fragments specific for each of the enterotoxins LT, STa and STb, the verotoxins VT1, VT2 and VT2v, and for each of the fimbrial genes K88 (F4), K99 (F5), 987P (F6), F41 and F107, respectively, were used as probes in a colony hybridization assay of the E. coli strains. A PCR assay was used as genotypic test for the verotoxin gene. An Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using monoclonal antibodies was performed to test for the presence of K88 and K99 fimbriae, and a Vero cell test was performed to test for verotoxin production. Toxin detection kits were applied to detect the E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) and the heat-stable (STa) enterotoxin. The correlation between the results obtained by genotypic and phenotypic methods was 97.7-100%. The prevalence of the different fimbrial and toxin genes in E. coli strains from piglets with neonatal and postweaning diarrhoea were recorded. The verotoxin and the fimbrial F107 genes were found to be more frequent in postweaning E. coli strains than in neonatal E. coli strains.
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- B Ojeniyi
- National Veterinary Laboratory, DK-1790 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Blomberg L, Conway PL. Influence of raffinose on the relative synthesis rate of K88 fimbriae and the adhesive capacity of Escherichia coli K88. Microb Pathog 1991; 11:143-7. [PMID: 1683678 DOI: 10.1016/0882-4010(91)90008-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The synthesis rate of K88 fimbriae relative to the rate of total protein synthesis was estimated during growth of a wild-type Escherichia coli Bd 1107/7508 (K88ac) in M9 minimal medium supplemented with glucose or raffinose as the carbon source. Rates of synthesis of fimbriae and total protein were analysed by immunoprecipitation and TCA precipitation of radioactive pulse labelled K88 fimbriae and E. coli K88 cells, respectively. In addition, the effect of raffinose on the in vitro adhesion of E. coli K88 cells to immobilized piglet ileal mucus was studied. The relative rate of K88 fimbriae synthesis increased gradually during log phase, reached maximum at late log phase, and thereafter decreased continuously. The use of raffinose as the carbon source, did not alter the relative rate of K88 fimbrial synthesis or the adhesive capacity of E. coli K88 cells, as compared to glucose.
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- L Blomberg
- Department of General and Marine Microbiology, University of Göteborg, Sweden
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Biggemann B, Bunse T, Sachsenweger A, Opferkuch W. Isolation and characterization of monoclonal antibodies directed against different epitopes of type-1-like fimbriae from a multifimbriated E. coli strain. ZENTRALBLATT FUR BAKTERIOLOGIE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 1990; 274:155-73. [PMID: 1707625 DOI: 10.1016/s0934-8840(11)80099-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were raised against purified fimbriae isolated from the uropathogenic E. coli strain WF96 (O7:K1:H6:F11rel,F10). This strain expresses at least four different types of fimbriae. 11 MAbs were selected for further characterization. They are directed against epitopes of a fimbrial type which is composed of 19.5 kDa subunits. It resembles type 1 fimbriae with regard to its high resistance to disruption by SDS. The MAbs were tested for crossreactivity to type 1 fimbriae and other fimbriae with known F-serotypes by ELISA. Two of these MAbs, Pili III 2F7 and Pili III 68C5, were directed against an epitope which was also found on MS fimbriae (type 1). Thus type 1 like fimbriae of E. coli WF96 share at least one epitope with MS fimbriae. Nevertheless, the antigenic properties of these two fimbrial types were found not to be completely identical, since all the other 9 MAbs were not crossreactive. The MAbs were not able to inhibit haemagglutination of erythrocytes of different species and thus not directed against adhesive sites of the fimbriae. All the epitopes detected by MAbs were accessible on native fimbriae; some of them were also detectable on denatured fimbrial subunits. Electron micrographs revealed that these epitopes were evenly distributed on the fimbrial organelle.
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- B Biggemann
- Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Immunologie der Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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van Zijderveld FG, Anakotta J, Brouwers RA, van Zijderveld AM, Bakker D, de Graaf FK. Epitope analysis of the F4 (K88) fimbrial antigen complex of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli by using monoclonal antibodies. Infect Immun 1990; 58:1870-8. [PMID: 1692811 PMCID: PMC258737 DOI: 10.1128/iai.58.6.1870-1878.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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So far, three subtypes of the F4 (K88) fimbrial antigen of porcine enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, F4ab, F4ac, and F4ad, have been distinguished by using polyclonal antisera in agglutination and precipitation tests. The a factor represents one or more common epitopes, whereas each of the b, c, and d factors represents one or more subtype-specific epitopes. We further characterized the F4 antigen complex by using a panel of 40 F4-specific monoclonal antibodies (MAbs). The specificity of all MAbs was proven by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, agglutination and radioimmunoprecipitation tests, and immunoelectron microscopy. The MAbs either reacted with all F4 subtypes, reacted with two subtypes, or were subtype specific. Epitope analysis by competition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays revealed at least 11 epitope clusters on the F4 antigen complex, designated a1 to a7, b1, b2, c, and d. The following antigenic formulas were found for the F4 subtypes: F4ab, a1a2a3a4a5a6b1b2; F4ac, a1a2a3(a4)a5a6a7c; and F4ad, a1a2a3a4a7d. All MAbs were directed against conformational epitopes located on the 27,500-dalton major fimbrial subunits. Consequences for the replacement of polyclonal antisera by MAbs in diagnostic tests are discussed.
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- F G van Zijderveld
- Department of Bacteriology, Central Veterinary Institute, Lelystad, The Netherlands
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Thiry G, Clippe A, Scarcez T, Petre J. Cloning of DNA sequences encoding foreign peptides and their expression in the K88 pili. Appl Environ Microbiol 1989; 55:984-93. [PMID: 2471451 PMCID: PMC184235 DOI: 10.1128/aem.55.4.984-993.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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A genetic system that allows the cloning of a peptide-coding sequence in the Escherichia coli K88ac and K88ad pilin genes and their expression as recombinant pili has been constructed. Two insertion vectors were created by subcloning the pilin genes in a pBR322 plasmid and replacing the coding sequence of two nonconserved clusters by a linker. The K88ac helper genes were subcloned in the compatible pACYC184 plasmid, and expression of pili by bacteria carrying both plasmids occurred by complementation. Two peptide-coding sequences of the influenza hemagglutinin were cloned in both insertion vectors, and recombinant pilins were shown to be assembled in pili. One recombinant pilus was shown to elicit antibodies against the synthetic peptide in immunized rats. The somatostatin-coding sequence was cloned in both vectors and led in one case to detectable pilus production. The fused somatostatin was shown to be recognized by specific monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies.
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- G Thiry
- Central Laboratory, Solvay et Cie, Brussels, Belgium
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Applications of Monoclonal Antibodies in Animal Health and Production. Anim Biotechnol 1989. [PMCID: PMC7155687 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-08-034730-1.50008-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Krogfelt KA, Meldal M, Klemm P. K88 fimbrial antigens: identification of antigenic determinants by the use of synthetic peptides. Microb Pathog 1987; 2:465-72. [PMID: 2467165 DOI: 10.1016/0882-4010(87)90053-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Identification of antigenic determinants of K88 fimbriae was approached by immunization of rabbits with BSA conjugated synthetic peptides mimicking either a predicted common determinant or type specific determinants. Anti-peptide sera were assayed by ELISA and sandwich ELISA. It was shown that sera raised against the peptides corresponding to the K88ab and K88ad variants of the 213-219 segment were able to recognize the corresponding antigenic variant of the native fimbriae whereas the rest of the antisera did not to any significant degree react with intact fimbriae. In Western blots all anti-peptide sera were able to recognize the K88 proteins. Similarly in ELISA assays all raised sera showed affinity to denatured K88 proteins.
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- K A Krogfelt
- Department of Microbiology, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby
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Schifferli DM, Abraham SN, Beachey EH. Use of monoclonal antibodies to probe subunit- and polymer-specific epitopes of 987P fimbriae of Escherichia coli. Infect Immun 1987; 55:923-30. [PMID: 2881894 PMCID: PMC260439 DOI: 10.1128/iai.55.4.923-930.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The relationship between the structure and biological function of 987P fimbriae of a strain of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (O9:K103:H-) from piglets was investigated. A set of four monoclonal antibodies was prepared from the spleen cells of mice immunized with isolated 987P fimbriae. Antibodies E11, D5, and C3, but not G10, reacted in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays with 987P fimbriae-bearing E. coli. Electron microscopy showed that E11 and D5 reacted in a discrete periodic pattern forming a spiral motif along the length of the fimbriae. The results of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays were in agreement with these results; antibodies E11 and D5 reacted at a high dilution (1:12,000) with native fimbriae on the surface of E. coli, whereas antibody C3 reacted at an intermediate dilution (1:3,000) and G10 failed to react at all (less than 1:250). In contrast, C3 and G10 reacted at a dilution of 1:3,276,000 with the fimbrial subunits derived by treating the isolated fimbriae with 6 M guanidine hydrochloride, whereas E11 and D5 reacted with the subunits at much lower dilutions of 1:800 and 1:6,400, respectively. Moreover, fimbriae reassembled from the subunits regained reactivity with antibodies D5 and E11, indicating that these antibodies are directed against quaternary conformational epitopes. Only the three antibodies (D5, E11, and C3) that recognized epitopes accessible on intact fimbriae were able to efficiently block the adhesion of 987P fimbriated E. coli to piglet enterocytes. These results indicate that certain epitopes of 987P fimbriae are dependent on quaternary structural conformation, whereas others are present on monomeric subunits; some of the latter appear to remain accessible on fully assembled fimbriae.
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Scopsi L, Larsson LI, Bastholm L, Nielsen MH. Silver-enhanced colloidal gold probes as markers for scanning electron microscopy. HISTOCHEMISTRY 1986; 86:35-41. [PMID: 2432037 DOI: 10.1007/bf00492343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Silver enlargement of small colloidal gold particles has been extensively used for the light microscopical visualization of gold probes. Very recently, a few investigators have employed physical developers in electron microscopy (both pre-embedding and on-grid staining methods). We now demonstrate that physical development of small colloidal gold particles advantageously can be exploited for labelling biological surfaces in scanning electron microscopy. This novel application of silver enhancement of colloidal gold particles is characterized by a high detection efficiency. Thus, specimens are labelled with small gold probes affording high immunocytochemical efficiency but being impossible to detect with the present scanning microscopes. These particles are subsequently scanning electronmicroscopically visualized by silver enhancement.
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