title: Immunochemistry of Salmonella O-antigens. Specificity and cross-reactivity of factor O9 serum and of antibodies against tyvelose (Formula: see text) mannose coupled to bovine serum albumin.
abstract: The octasaccharide Galp (Formula: see text) Rhap, the synthesized disaccharides methyl 3-O-a-tyvelopyranosyl-a-D-mannopyranoside, methyl 3-O-a-tyvelopyranosyl-beta-D-mannopyranoside and methyl alpha-tyveloside, in order of decreasing effectiveness, inhibited the precipitation of S. typhi T2 alkali-treated lipopolysaccharide by O-factor 9 serum. On a molar basis the relative inhibiting activities of the glycosides were by O-factor 9 serum. On a molar basis the relative inhibiting activities of the glycosides were 100:22:8:2. With rabbit aniserum raised against 3-O-a-tyvelopyranosyl-D-mannopyranosyl covalently linked to bovine serum albumin the relative inhibitory activities of the four glycosides were 11:100:26:3. These data establish that the 3-O-a-tyvelopyranosyl-a-D-mannopyranosyl structure is immunodominant in the Salmonella O-antigen 9. The specificity of the antigen-antibody interaction was high: glycosides in which the tyvelose (3,6-dideoxy-D-arabino-hexose) residue had been replaced by abequose (3,6-dideoxy-D-xylo-hexose) or paratose (3,6-dideoxy-K-ribo-hexose), had less than one fiftieth of the activity of the most active inhibitor in either of the two precipitation systems used. Moreover, the results show that 3-O-a-tyvelopyranosyl-D-mannopyranosyl coupled to bovine serum albumin elicits O-antibodies of higher specificity than those obtained by absorption of antibacterial immune serum.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D000939:Epitopes; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000494:pharmacology; D008358:Mannose / Q000276:immunology; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011817:Rabbits; D012475:Salmonella / Q000276:immunology*; D012482:Salmonella paratyphi A / Q000276:immunology; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000276:immunology; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000939:Epitopes; D007106:Immune Sera; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D008358:Mannose