title: A monoclonal antibody recognizing the 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid (Kdo) trisaccharide alphaKdo(2-->4)alphaKdo(2-->4)alphaKdo of Chlamydophila psittaci 6BC lipopolysaccharide.
abstract: A monoclonal antibody (mAb) S45-18 was generated against a synthetic neoglycoconjugate containing the trisaccharide alphaKdo(2-->4)alphaKdo(2-->4)alphaKdo (Kdo, 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulopyranosonic acid) which represents a structure of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Chlamydophila psittaci 6BC. The antibody was characterized by binding and inhibition assays in ELISA using: (i) the immunizing antigen and chemically synthesized derivatives thereof; (ii) chlamydial elementary bodies (EB); and (iii) LPS of Chl. psittaci 6BC and Chlamydia trachomatis L2. The specificity was determined in comparison to that of mAb S25-23 recognizing the alphaKdo(2-->8)alphaKdo(2-->4)alphaKdo trisaccharide which represents an epitope shared by all species of the family. MAb S45-18 bound to an epitope of the structure alphaKdo(2-->4)alphaKdo(2-->4)alphaKdo, with lower reactivity with the (2-->8)-(2-->4)-linked analog. Using chlamydial EB or LPS, mAb S45-18 bound preferentially to LPS and EB of Chl. psittaci. Therefore, Chl. psittaci LPS contains, in addition to the known genus-specific epitope, a species-specific epitope.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical and Biochemical Microbiology, Research Center Borstel, Center for Medicine and Biosciences, Borstel, Germany.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brade
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rozalski
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kosma
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brade
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002691:Chlamydophila psittaci / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry; D006001:Glycoconjugates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013045:Species Specificity; D014312:Trisaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D006001:Glycoconjugates; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D014312:Trisaccharides; C436423:alphaKdo(2-4)alphaKdo(2-4)alphaKdo(Kdo, 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulopyranosonic acid)