title: Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 ceases to express serotype-specific lipopolysaccharide at 45 degrees C.
abstract: Most Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains are able to produce two distinct lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O-polysaccharide types, A-band (common-antigen) and B-band (serotype-specific) LPSs. The relative expression levels of these two LPS types in P. aeruginosa PAO1 (O5 serotype) at various growth temperatures were investigated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and silver staining or Western blotting (immunoblotting) with monoclonal antibodies specific for each O polysaccharide. A-band and B-band LPSs were expressed concurrently when the cells grew at 15, 25, and 35 degrees C; however, growth at 45 degrees C resulted in a surface deficiency in B-band LPS as determined by immunoblotting and agglutination with B-band-specific monoclonal antibody. Transfer of these cells (expressing A-band LPS but deficient in B-band LPS) [A+B-]) to a lower temperature (at which the division time was comparable) resulted in a rapid resumption of normal A-band and B-band expression. B-band LPS was detectable by immunoblotting before measurable growth of the culture had occurred.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Makin
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Beveridge
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D015151:Immunoblotting; D019081:O Antigens / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D012703:Serotyping; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D019081:O Antigens