title: Antigenicity and specificity of selected glycolipid fractions from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
abstract: Antigenicity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis glycolipids polyphthienoyl trehalose (PPTR), phenolic glycolipid (PGL-Tb1), tetraacyl trehalose-2'-sulphate (SL-I) and diacyl trehalose-2'-sulphate (SL-IV) was examined in rabbits. PPTR did not induce production of IgG antibodies in rabbits, while PGL-Tb1, SL-I and SL-IV glycolipids were efficient in this respect. Immune sera raised in rabbits immunoreacted exclusively with the corresponding antigens, which indicated that they were remarkably specific. Specificity of the immune sera was further examined using crude extracts of representative strains of 39 mycobacterial species, and the data showed that these immune sera reacted only with extracts of M. tuberculosis and M. africanum. An antiserum raised against whole cells of M. leprae immunoreacted with the purified SL-IV antigen from tubercle bacilli.
authors.affiliation: Unité de la Tuberculose et des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur, Paris.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Papa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cruaud
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: David
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity / Q000187:drug effects; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000276:immunology*; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology*; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000276:immunology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology*; D011817:Rabbits; D014199:Trehalose / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D006017:Glycolipids; D007106:Immune Sera; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D014199:Trehalose; D005947:Glucose