PolysacDB Lipopolysaccharide 2076

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Carbohydrate Name

Lipopolysaccharide

Carbohydrate Class

Lipopolysaccharide

Source Microbe

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Basic Structure

The LPS consists of three regions, namely O-polysaccharide, core oligosaccharide and lipid A. The core region of LPS is divided into the outer core and inner core. The inner core region consists of 2-keto-3-deoxyoctonic acid (KDO), heptose, phosphate, and probably ethanolamine. The outer core region commonly contains D-glucose, L-rhamnose, D-galactosamine, and L-alanine. The O-antigens consist of a trisaccharide repeating unit which consists of two uronic acid derivatives and one N-acetyl fucosamine residue


Proposed functions

N/A

Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

Healthy adult human individual B cells

Carrier Name

nil

Conjugation Method

nil

Antibodies

Mab FKF-lF3

Antibody type and class

IgM

Assay System

ELISA, immunoblotting, animal protection studies

Cross-reactivity

This Mab cross-reacted with N-acetyl-β-glucosamine- conjugated bovine serum albumin, N-acetyl-β-galactosamine-conjugated bovine serum albumin, myosin and actin, but not with other autoantigens such as ss- and ds-DNA, cardiolipin and glycosaminoglycans. This Mab bound to many serotype strains of P. aeruginosa namely, A, F, G and M serotypes, in addition to E. coli Rc type rough mutant, strain J5"

Proposed epitopes

This Mab recognised the outer core regions of some serotype strains and the O-polysaccharide region of serotype A strains. A carbohydrate structure containing N-acetylhexosamine residues, such as GlcNAc and GalNAc, was the most likely epitope for FKF-lF3

Proposed Utility

The mAb conferred protective activity against a mouse pseudomonal infection model. The mAb was a naturally occurring polyspecific antibody that participated in defense against pseudomonal infections

Weblink

PubMed

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