Characterization of cross-reacting serotypes of Campylobacter jejuni

1989 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin A. Preston ◽  
J. L. Penner
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Campylobacter Jejuni ◽  
Outer Membrane Protein ◽  
Antigenic Determinants ◽  
Protein Patterns ◽  
Cross Reactions ◽  
Antigenic Properties ◽  
Dna Restriction ◽  
Reference Strains

Some strains of Campylobacter jejuni react with more than one reference antiserum from the serotyping scheme based on heat-stable lipopolysaccharide antigens. To investigate the molecular basis of these cross-reactions, lipopolysaccharides from the reference strains for serotypes 4, 13, 16, 43, and 50 and isolates recovered during two different outbreaks of C. jejuni enteritis were analyzed by passive haemagglutination and sodium dodecyl sulphate – polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis coupled with silver staining or immunoblotting. The results showed that lipopolysaccharides from the reference strains and the isolates reacted with antisera prepared against heterologous strains in various combinations and that both silver-stainable, low Mr and non-silver-stainable, high Mr lipopolysaccharide components provided the antigenic determinants associated with the cross-reactions. There were strain-to-strain differences in the structural and antigenic properties of these macromolecules and shared antigenic determinants were not always provided by a common structure. Analysis of the silver-stained lipopolysaccharide profiles, outer membrane protein patterns, and chromosomal DNA restriction patterns indicated that strains with the same lipopolysaccharide profile could have the same outer membrane protein pattern and the same DNA restriction pattern. These results provided evidence for the presence of clones within this antigenic complex and implicated antigenic variation in some strains as the phenomenon responsible for the multiplicity of cross-reactions.Key words: Campylobacter, serotypes, cross-reaction.

Phylogenetic relationships ofCampylobacter jejunibased onporAsequences

2007 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifford G Clark ◽  
Anne Beeston ◽  
Louis Bryden ◽  
Gehua Wang ◽  
Connie Barton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Outer Membrane Protein ◽  
Major Outer Membrane Protein ◽  
Campylobacter Coli ◽  
Functional Constraints ◽  
Antigenic Properties ◽  
Group 3 ◽  
Reference Strains

Campylobacter porins are the dominant major outer membrane protein (MOMP) of these bacteria. They are composed of hypervariable, surface-exposed, peptide loops and membrane-embedded, conserved peptide regions. Porins are functionally important and may also be useful for molecular subtyping methods but have not yet been well characterized. We therefore sequenced the porA gene from 39 Campylobacter isolates, including multilocus sequence type (MLST) reference strains, isolates from patients with the Guillain-Barré syndrome, other clinical isolates, and serotyping reference strains. These were compared with additional sequences available from GenBank. Three distinct porA lineages were observed after phylogenetic analysis. Both Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni were found with group 3 porA sequences, and this was the only group showing any evidence of recombination among porA genes. There was no recombination between porA genes from C. jejuni groups 1 and 2, suggesting there may be functional constraints on changes at this locus. Most of the amino acid differences among the three groups were present in surface-exposed loops, and dissimilar substitutions were found when groups 1 and 2 MOMP were compared. Different MOMP sequence groups may have different biological or antigenic properties, which in turn may be associated with survival in different environments, host adaptation, or virulence.Key words: Campylobacter, porin, major outer membrane protein, phylogenetic analysis.

scholarly journals A novel O -linked glycan modulates Campylobacter jejuni major outer membrane protein-mediated adhesion to human histo-blood group antigens and chicken colonization

Open Biology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 130202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jafar Mahdavi ◽  
Necmettin Pirinccioglu ◽  
Neil J. Oldfield ◽  
Elisabet Carlsohn ◽  
Jeroen Stoof ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Blood Group ◽  
Campylobacter Jejuni ◽  
Outer Membrane Protein ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Binding Capacity ◽  
Major Outer Membrane Protein ◽  
Blood Group Antigens

Campylobacter jejuni is an important cause of human foodborne gastroenteritis; strategies to prevent infection are hampered by a poor understanding of the complex interactions between host and pathogen. Previous work showed that C. jejuni could bind human histo-blood group antigens (BgAgs) in vitro and that BgAgs could inhibit the binding of C. jejuni to human intestinal mucosa ex vivo. Here, the major flagella subunit protein (FlaA) and the major outer membrane protein (MOMP) were identified as BgAg-binding adhesins in C. jejuni NCTC11168 . Significantly, the MOMP was shown to be O- glycosylated at Thr 268 ; previously only flagellin proteins were known to be O- glycosylated in C. jejuni . Substitution of MOMP Thr 268 led to significantly reduced binding to BgAgs. The O- glycan moiety was characterized as Gal(β1–3)-GalNAc(β1–4)-GalNAc(β1–4)-GalNAcα1-Thr 268 ; modelling suggested that O- glycosylation has a notable effect on the conformation of MOMP and this modulates BgAg-binding capacity. Glycosylation of MOMP at Thr 268 promoted cell-to-cell binding, biofilm formation and adhesion to Caco-2 cells, and was required for the optimal colonization of chickens by C. jejuni , confirming the significance of this O- glycosylation in pathogenesis.

scholarly journals Point mutations in the major outer membrane protein drive hypervirulence of a rapidly expanding clone of Campylobacter jejuni

2016 ◽  
Vol 113 (38) ◽  
pp. 10690-10695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuowei Wu ◽  
Balamurugan Periaswamy ◽  
Orhan Sahin ◽  
Michael Yaeger ◽  
Paul Plummer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sequence Analysis ◽  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Campylobacter Jejuni ◽  
Outer Membrane Protein ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Major Outer Membrane Protein ◽  
Whole Genome Sequence ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
Zoonotic Pathogen

Infections due to clonal expansion of highly virulent bacterial strains are clear and present threats to human and animal health. Association of genetic changes with disease is now a routine, but identification of causative mutations that enable disease remains difficult. Campylobacter jejuni is an important zoonotic pathogen transmitted to humans mainly via the foodborne route. C. jejuni typically colonizes the gut, but a hypervirulent and rapidly expanding clone of C. jejuni recently emerged, which is able to translocate across the intestinal tract, causing systemic infection and abortion in pregnant animals. The genetic basis responsible for this hypervirulence is unknown. Here, we developed a strategy, termed “directed genome evolution,” by using hybridization between abortifacient and nonabortifacient strains followed by selection in an animal disease model and whole-genome sequence analysis. This strategy successfully identified SNPs in porA, encoding the major outer membrane protein, are responsible for the hypervirulence. Defined mutagenesis verified that these mutations were both necessary and sufficient for causing abortion. Furthermore, sequence analysis identified porA as the gene with the top genome-wide signal of adaptive evolution using Fu’s Fs, a population genetic metric for recent population size changes, which is consistent with the recent expansion of clone “sheep abortion.” These results identify a key virulence factor in Campylobacter and a potential target for the control of this zoonotic pathogen. Furthermore, this study provides general, unbiased experimental and computational approaches that are broadly applicable for efficient elucidation of disease-causing mutations in bacterial pathogens.

scholarly journals Production of a Monoclonal Antibody Specific for the Major Outer Membrane Protein of Campylobacter jejuni and Characterization of the Epitope

2007 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 833-839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongliang Qian ◽  
Ervinna Pang ◽  
Qingyun Du ◽  
Jason Chang ◽  
Jin Dong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Campylobacter Jejuni ◽  
Outer Membrane Protein ◽  
Protein Band ◽  
Major Outer Membrane Protein ◽  
Dot Blot ◽  
Detection And Identification ◽  
Dot Blot Assay

ABSTRACT Campylobacter species are important enteric pathogens causing disease in humans and animals. There is a lack of a good immunological test that can be used routinely to separate Campylobacter jejuni from other Campylobacter species. We produced monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) directed against the major outer membrane protein (MOMP) of C. jejuni using recombinant MOMP as the antigen. One MAb, designated MAb5C4 and of the immunoglobulin G1 isotype, was found to be potentially specific for C. jejuni. Dot blots demonstrated that MAb5C4 reacted with all 29 isolates of C. jejuni tested but did not react with 2 C. jejuni isolates, 26 other Campylobacter spp. isolates, and 19 non-Campylobacter isolates. Western blotting showed that MAb5C4 bound to a single protein band approximately 43 kDa in size, corresponding to the expected size of C. jejuni MOMP. The detection limit of MAb5C4 in a dot blot assay was determined to be about 5 × 103 bacteria. The epitope on the MOMP was mapped to a region six amino acids in length with the sequence 216GGQFNP221, which is 97% conserved among C. jejuni strains but divergent in other Campylobacter spp.; a GenBank search indicated that 95% of C. jejuni isolates will be able to be detected from non-Campylobacter spp. based on the highly specific and conserved region of the GGQFNP polypeptide. The epitope is predicted to be located in a region that is exposed to the periplasm. MAb5C4 is a potentially specific and sensitive MAb that can be used for the specific detection and identification of C. jejuni.

scholarly journals Study of the Infectivity of Saline-StoredCampylobacter jejuni for Day-Old Chicks

2001 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 2388-2392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birthe Hald ◽  
Katrine Knudsen ◽  
Peter Lind ◽  
Mogens Madsen
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Outer Membrane ◽  
Campylobacter Jejuni ◽  
Outer Membrane Protein ◽  
Storage Period ◽  
Serum Antibodies ◽  
Viable But Nonculturable ◽  
Protein Serum

ABSTRACT The culturability of three Campylobacter jejunistrains and their infectivity for day-old chicks were assessed following storage of the strains in saline. The potential for colonization of chicks was weakened during the storage period and terminated 3 to 4 weeks before the strains became nonculturable. The results from this study suggest that the role of starved and aged but still culturable campylobacters may be diminutive, but even more, that the role of viable but nonculturable stages in campylobacter epidemiology may be negligible. Even high levels of maternally derived anti-campylobacter outer membrane protein serum antibodies in day-old chicks did not protect the chicks from campylobacter colonization.

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