CarboDB Lipopolysaccharide 1166

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Carbohydrate Name

Lipopolysaccharide

Carbohydrate Class

Lipopolysaccharide

Source Microbe

Bordetella pertusis 1414

Basic Structure

B. pertusis LPS is resolved electrophoretically into two bands, a slowly migrating band designated LOS A and a fast-migrating band designated LOS B. These two species differ in molecular weight as three N-acetyl amino sugars found on LOS A are not present on LOS B


Proposed functions

The LOS of B. pertussis exhibits biological activities similar to those of endotoxins from other gram-negative bacteria, including pyrogenicity, toxicity, induction of the Shwartzman reaction, induction of tumor necrosis factor production, and adjuvant properties

Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

B. pertusis Whole cells

Carrier Name

nil

Conjugation Method

nil

Antibodies

Mab 60.5

Antibody type and class

IgM

Assay System

ELISA and Immunostaining

Cross-reactivity

This Mab did not cross-react with the B. pertusis variant strain A102 but cross-reacted with a B. bronchiseptica LPS

Proposed epitopes

The epitope was proposed to be terminal region of a distal trisaccharide GlcNAc-->2,3-NAcManA-->FucN(Ac)Me consisting of Nacetylated amino sugars. A next carbohydrate unit (2,3-NAcManA) may be partially involved in the recognized epitope

Proposed Utility

This Mab can be useful for rapid typing of Bordetella in clinical isolates and can be used to detect antigenic modifications in LPSs from variant B. pertassis strains, or from related Bordetella species (B. parapertassis, B. bronchiseptica

Weblink

PubMed

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