title: Characterization of O-polysaccharide specific monoclonal antibodies derived from mice infected with the rough Brucella melitensis strain B115.
abstract: Twenty-two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) specific for smooth lipopolysaccharide (S-LPS) were generated by fusion of spleen cells from mice infected with the rough Brucella melitensis strain B115 with the NSO myeloma. According to reactivity in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with O-polysaccharide (O-PS) and absence of reactivity with rough lipopolysaccharide (R-LPS), it was postulated that these mAbs recognized epitopes present on the O-PS. Most of the mAbs reacted equally well in ELISA and immunoblotting with S-LPS types of Brucella A and M dominant strains and were designated as specific for common (C) epitopes. Three mAbs were highly specific for M dominant S-LPS. All these mAbs, in contrast to a mAb specific for the A epitope, showed little or no cross-reactivity with Yersinia enterocolitica O:9 S-LPS. S-LPS of B. melitensis B115 was extracted and analysed by immunoblotting and ELISA with mAbs specific for A, M and C epitopes. Reactivity of the mAbs with this S-LPS was compared to reactivity with S-LPS of A and M dominant smooth Brucella strains. The results suggest that S-LPS of B. melitensis B115 bears mainly C epitopes and a few M epitopes. The very weak reactivity of this S-LPS with the mAb specific for the A epitope and the fact that the mAbs specific for C and M epitopes showed little or no cross-reactivity with Y. enterocolitica O:9 S-LPS suggest that O-PS from this rough strain could be used to distinguish Y. enterocolitica O:9 infection from Brucella infection.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Unit of Experimental Medicine, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cloeckaert
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Zygmunt
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dubray
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Limet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000276:immunology; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000276:immunology*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000276:immunology*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D006825:Hybridomas; D051379:Mice; D019081:O Antigens; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D019081:O Antigens; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial