title: Monoclonal antibodies produced against lipopolysaccharide from fimA Type II Porphyromonas gingivalis.
abstract: An important periodontal pathogen, Porphyromans gingivalis strains are classified into six genotypes (types I-V and Ib), based on the genotype of the fimbriae A (fimA). Among the genotypes, fimA type II strains are thought to be most strongly related to advanced periodontitis. To develop passive immunotherapy, over 300 hybridoma clones were constructed through immunization of cell extracts of fimA type II strain P. gingivalis TDC60 using hybridoma technology. Among these clones, 15 MAbs recognized TDC60 lipopolysaccharide (LPS) with an individual ladder-like structure by Western blot analysis. Further Western blotting of the 15 MAbs against LPS from TDC60, FDC381 (fimA type I), and W83 (fimA type IV) of P. gingivalis and Escherichia coli was carried out. None of these MAbs recognized E. coli LPS, and divided into at least three different Western blot patterns. To confirm the specificity to LPS, three clones were selected and competition assays were carried out using TDC60 LPS. All three MAbs reduced the reactivity against TDC60 LPS after absorption of the LPS in a dose-dependent manner. These findings suggest that MAbs recognizing different epitopes of P. gingivalis LPS were successfully constructed, and these MAbs may be useful in neutralizing P. gingivalis infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yasuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Yoshimitsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abiko
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology*; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016966:Porphyromonas gingivalis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; C063055:fimbrillin; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins