title: Use of a zwitterionic detergent for the restoration of the antibody binding capacity of immunoblotted Francisella tularensis lipopolysaccharide.
abstract: A method for the partial restoration of the antibody binding capacity of Francisella tularensis lipopolysaccharide (LPS) following denaturation (dissociation) in boiling sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) is described. The method relies on the presence of a zwitterionic detergent in the matrix of an SDS-polyacrylamide gel and in the transfer buffer during an immunoblot. F. tularensis LPS, which had lost its earlier capacity to bind to a particular monoclonal antibody in the normal blot procedure, did bind following the addition of the zwitterionic detergent to the polyacrylamide gel and transfer buffer. A number of detergents were tested but most success in restoring antibody binding was achieved with Zwittergent 3-08. This simple modification to the immunoblot procedure proved helpful in identifying a monoclonal antibody specific to hot phenol-extracted F. tularensis LPS.
authors.affiliation: Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fulop
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Webber
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Manchee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions / Q000187:drug effects; D003902:Detergents; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005604:Francisella tularensis / Q000276:immunology*; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D003902:Detergents; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; C034730:zwittergent 3-12