title: Characterization of the O-polysaccharide structure of lipopolysaccharide from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans serotype b.
abstract: We previously reported that the serotype b antigen of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is a constituent of the polysaccharide region of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and contains significant amount of the neutral sugars rhamnose and fucose (M. Wilson and R. Schifferle, Infect. Immun. 59:1544-1551, 1991). In the present study, we determined the structure of the O antigen of A. actinomycetemcomitans Y4 (serotype b) LPS. Aqueous phase LPS was obtained from a phenol-water extract of A. actinomycetemcomitans Y4. This material was found to react with rabbit polyclonal antiserum to serotype b but not with antisera specific for other A. actinomycetemcomitans serotypes. Analyses revealed that the O polysaccharide of Y4 LPS consists of a polymer of trisaccharide repeating units composed of D-Fuc, AL-Rha, and D-GalNAc residues. An identical structure was obtained for the O polysaccharide of LPS from A. actinomycetemcomitans JP2, another serotype b strain. These results indicate that the serotype b antigen of A. actinomycetemcomitans is defined by a trisaccharide repeating unit present in the O polysaccharide of LPS.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: MacLean
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gmür
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D016976:Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019081:O Antigens / Q000737:chemistry*; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D019081:O Antigens