title: Comparative structural study of the mannosylated-lipoarabinomannans from Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine strains: characterization and localization of succinates.
abstract: In order to investigate the molecular basis of the differences observed in the immunogenicity of various BCG vaccines, which may play a major role in BCG vaccination efficiency, the presence and the partial structure of the lipoarabinomannans (LAMs) were investigated in four different BCG strains (Pasteur, Glaxo, Copenhagen, and Japanese strains). According to their cell-wall extraction mode, the LAMs were subdivided into two classes, namely, parietal LAMs and cellular LAMs. From a structural point of view, the cellular LAMs and parietal LAMs both belong to the ManLAM class since the relevant structural features, described for ManLAMs, that is, the phosphatidyl-myo-Ins anchor and the manno-oligosaccharide caps were characterized. In addition, thanks to NMR experiments realized on the native ManLAMs, we prove the existence of succinyl groups and we determine their location on the C-2 of the 3,5-di-O-alpha-D-Araf units. The average number of succinyl groups was estimated at one and four per ManLAMs molecule for Glaxo and Japanese vaccines, respectively, and two for Pasteur and Copenhagen strains.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Pharmacologie et Biologie Structurale, CNRS, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delmas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gilleron
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brando
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vercellone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gheorghui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivière
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Puzo
mesh_terms: D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000737:chemistry*; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013386:Succinates / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001500:BCG Vaccine; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D013386:Succinates; C050016:lipoarabinomannan