title: Characterization of the Shigella serotype D (S. sonnei) O polysaccharide and the enterobacterial R1 lipopolysaccharide core by use of mouse monoclonal antibodies.
abstract: In the course of developing a live vaccine, we generated three murine monoclonal antibodies (MAb) specific for Shigella sonnei. The specificities of these MAb were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunoblot analyses with whole cells or purified lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) as antigens. Two of them are specific for the Shigella serotype D O-polysaccharide determinant, whereas one specifically binds to the core hexose region of R1-type LPSs. With these MAb, it was possible to analyze clinical isolates and a hybrid Salmonella typhi strain for their expression of the corresponding LPS moieties. In addition to their use in the screening of candidate vaccine strains, the new MAb provide a powerful tool for epidemiological and phylogenetic studies of natural enterobacterial populations.
authors.affiliation: Swiss Serum and Vaccine Institute, Berne.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Viret
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bruderer
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007132:Immunoglobulin Isotypes; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016981:Plesiomonas / Q000276:immunology; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000276:immunology; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000276:immunology; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000276:immunology; D012703:Serotyping; D012764:Shigella sonnei
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007132:Immunoglobulin Isotypes; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial