title: Characterization of anti-Citrobacter 036 specific polysaccharide monoclonal antibodies.
abstract: Monoclonal mouse antibodies specific for the 0 antigen of Citrobacter 036, a homopolymer of beta (1----2)-linked 4-deoxy-D-arabinohexose, were generated by the hybridoma technique. Balb/c mice were immunized with killed whole-cell vaccine and initial selection of active clones was based on enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) employing purified lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Concentrated culture supernatants from selected hybrid cultures were used to identify 10 0-antigen specific monoclonal antibodies using the multiple criteria of immunoprecipitation of 0 chains and LPS, inhibition by acid hydrolyzed 0 chains in the screening ELISA, and antibody class analysis. Four monoclonal antibodies were chosen for further study using dose-dependent 0-chain inhibition of ELISA and passive hemagglutination, passive hemolysis, and bacterial agglutination titres. When screened with Citrobacter serotypes known to contain the sugar 4-deoxy-D-arabinose, passive hemagglutination tests showed that the two monoclonal antibodies examined possessed titres which could be correlated with the reported 4-deoxy-D-arabinohexose content of the respective LPS's. This sugar is an antigenically important unit of several Citrobacter serotypes as defined by these well-characterized monoclonal antibodies.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D002954:Citrobacter / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D000939:Epitopes / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006384:Hemagglutination; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D019081:O Antigens
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000939:Epitopes; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D019081:O Antigens