title: Molecular recognition of a Salmonella trisaccharide epitope by monoclonal antibody Se155-4.
abstract: The binding site of monoclonal antibody Se155-4, which has been the object of successful crystallographic and antibody-engineering studies, is shown by solid-phase immunoassays to be complementary to a branched trisaccharide, alpha-D-Galp(1-->2) [alpha-D-Abep(1-->3)]-alpha-D-Manp(1, rather than to the tetrasaccharide repeating unit alpha-D-Galp(1-->2) [alpha-D-Abep(1-->3)]-alpha-D-Manp(1-->4) alpha-L-Rhap(1- of the bacterial antigen. Specificity for the 3,6-dideoxy-D-xylo-hexose (3,6-dideoxy-D-galactose) epitope present in Salmonella paratyphi B O-antigens was ensured by screening hybridoma experiments with glycoconjugates derived from synthetic oligosaccharides. Detailed epitope mapping of the molecular recognition by modified and monodeoxy oligosaccharide derivatives showed that complementary surfaces and three antibody-saccharide hydrogen bonds are essential for full binding activity. Both hydroxyl groups of the 3,6-dideoxy-D-galactose residue were obligatory for binding and consistent with the directional nature of their involvement in carbohydrate-protein hydrogen bonds; related tetrasaccharides built from the isomeric 3,6-dideoxyhexoses, 3,6-dideoxy-D-glucose, paratose, and 3,6-dideoxy-D-mannose, tyvelose were not bound by the antibody. Titration microcalorimetry measurements were consistent with the hydrogen-bonding map inferred from the crystal structure and suggest that the displacement of water molecules from the binding site accounts for the favorable entropy that accompanies binding of the native trisaccharide determinant. The protein sequences determined for the antibody VL and VH domains reveal somatic mutation of the VL germ line gene, implying that this antibody-binding site results from a mature antibody response.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Bundle
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eichler
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gidney
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meldal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ragauskas
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Sigurskjold
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sinnott
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yaguchi
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000737:chemistry; D001666:Binding Sites, Antibody; D002151:Calorimetry; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D000939:Epitopes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000737:chemistry; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000737:chemistry; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000737:chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012475:Salmonella / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D012482:Salmonella paratyphi A / Q000737:chemistry; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000737:chemistry; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014312:Trisaccharides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D014312:Trisaccharides