Structure of the O-chain of the lipopolysaccharide of Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (12) ◽  
pp. 1317-1325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleonora Altman ◽  
Jean-Robert Brisson ◽  
Malcolm B. Perry

By phenol-water extraction an aqueous-phase soluble cellular lipopolysaccharide was isolated from Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1. It was shown by sodium dodecyl sulfate – polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, hydrolysis, methylation, and both one- and two-dimensional 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance studies to be an S-type lipopolysaccharide, which could be cleaved to yield a lipid A and an O-chain polysaccharide identified as a high molecular weight branched polymer of a tetrasaccharide repeating unit having the structure:[Formula: see text]

1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (10) ◽  
pp. 876-889 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleonora Altman ◽  
Jean-Robert Brisson ◽  
David R. Bundle ◽  
Malcolm B. Perry

The phenol-phase soluble cellular lipopolysaccharide that was isolated by the phenol–water extraction from Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae serotype 2 was shown to be of the S type by sodium dodecyl sulfate – polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, hydrolysis, methylation, specific degradations, and both one- and two-dimensional 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance studies. It could be cleaved to yield a lipid A and an O-chain polysaccharide. This O-polysaccharide was identified as a high molecular weight unbranched linear polymer of a pentasaccharide repeating unit having the structure:[Formula: see text]


1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (10) ◽  
pp. 1055-1065 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Leitch ◽  
James C. Richards

Cell-wall lipopolysaccharide isolated from Pasteurella haemolytica serotype T3 using the phenol–water extraction procedure was shown to be an S type lipopolysaccharide by sodium dodecyl sulphate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Hydrolysis with mild acid afforded a lipid-free, antigenic O-chain polysaccharide. On the basis of one- and two-dimensional 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance studies, in conjunction with microanalytical chemical methods, the O-polysaccharide was determined to be a linear polymer of a disaccharide repeating unit having the structure[Formula: see text]


1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose L. Di Fabio ◽  
Malcolm B. Perry ◽  
Jean-Robert Brisson

The smooth lipopolysaccharide produced by Salmonella eimsbuttel, which had the O:6, O:7, and O:14 antigenic factors defined in the Kauffmann–White classification, was shown by sodium dodecyl sulfate – polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis, composition analysis, methylation, periodate oxidation, deamination, and 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance studies to contain a high molecular weight O-chain polysaccharide composed of D-mannose (four parts), D-glucose (one part), and 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose (one part). It was a branched polymer of a repeating hexasaccharide unit having the structure[Formula: see text]


1989 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 675 ◽  
Author(s):  
DJ Tucker ◽  
AHF Hudson ◽  
A Laudani ◽  
RC Marshall ◽  
DE Rivett

The proteins from a range of cashmere, mohair, angoratcashmere crossbred and wool fibre samples were extracted at pH 8 with 8 M urea containing dithiothreitol, and were then radiolabelled by S-carboxymethylation using iodo(2-14C) acetate. The proteins from each sample were examined by two dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in which the separation in the first dimension was according to charge at pH 8.9 and in the second dimension according to apparent molecular weight in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. After electrophoresis the proteins were detected by fluorography. Protein differences in keratin samples from some individual goats existed, although the overall protein patterns were similar. None of the differences were consistent with any one goat fibre type. The protein patterns obtained for fibre samples from individual cashmere goats showed some differences when compared to those found for commercial blends from the same country of origin, indicating that blending can mask any animal-to-animal variation. While the electrophoretic technique does not unequivocally distinguish between cashmere, mohair and angora/cashmere crossbred fibres it does differentiate between wool and goat fibres.


Blood ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 684-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Tomiyama ◽  
H Take ◽  
H Ikeda ◽  
T Mitani ◽  
T Furubayashi ◽  
...  

We describe the membrane localization of a new platelet-specific alloantigen, designated Naka, that is involved in refractoriness to HLA- matched platelet transfusions. By indirect immunoprecipitation, anti- Naka antibody precipitated a single, radiolabeled platelet membrane protein with a molecular weight (mol wt) of 91 Kd from Naka-positive platelets. When radiolabeled Naka-negative platelets were used as a source of target antigens, no radiolabeled proteins were precipitated. The analyses using nonreduced-reduced two-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and using rabbit antiglycoprotein (GP)IV demonstrated that this protein corresponds to GPIV (alternatively GPIIIb). Furthermore, in dot immunobinding, anti- Naka antibody bound to purified GPIV. Our results provide definitive evidence that the Naka alloantigen is carried on GPIV. These results also demonstrate that, on occasion, antibodies against GPIV may play an important role in refractoriness to platelet transfusions.


1986 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley C. Chaplin ◽  
Richard L. J. Lyster

SUMMARYThe irreversible heat denaturation of α-lactalbumin (α-la) in 0·1 M-phosphate, pH 7·0, at 100 °C was studied using polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis (PAGE). PAGE revealed two groups of bands, one moving faster than native α-la and one slower, in addition to some denatured protein which remained at the origin and some residual native α-la. The faster group had unchanged molecular weight, but an increase in charge, partly due to hydrolysis of glutamine and asparagine residues. The slower group was shown by two-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulphate-PAGE to be oligomers of denatured α-la; formation of the smaller oligomers preceded the larger ones. The oligomers reverted to monomers in the presence of dithiothreitol, showing that they were disulphide-linked aggregates of denatured α-la. Immuno-blots of the gels showed that both fast and slow groups of bands had irreversibly lost most of the antigenicity of the native protein.


1998 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 870-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. Helmerhorst ◽  
J. J. Maaskant ◽  
B. J. Appelmelk

ABSTRACT This note describes the binding specificities of four lipid A monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) including Centoxin (HA-1A); these MAbs display similar binding properties. MAbs reacted with lipid A and heat-killed smooth bacteria, whereas no reactivity was observed with smooth lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Immunoblotting of bacterial extracts separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that the MAbs bound to many polypeptide bands including the molecular weight markers. Denaturation of bovine serum albumin (BSA) by boiling or dithiothreitol treatment unmasked antibody epitopes. In addition, binding both to a hydrophobic aliphatic C12 chain covalently coupled to BSA and to single-stranded DNA was observed. The polyreactivity of these clones is most likely mediated by a preferential reactivity with hydrophobic molecular patches.


Blood ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 684-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Tomiyama ◽  
H Take ◽  
H Ikeda ◽  
T Mitani ◽  
T Furubayashi ◽  
...  

Abstract We describe the membrane localization of a new platelet-specific alloantigen, designated Naka, that is involved in refractoriness to HLA- matched platelet transfusions. By indirect immunoprecipitation, anti- Naka antibody precipitated a single, radiolabeled platelet membrane protein with a molecular weight (mol wt) of 91 Kd from Naka-positive platelets. When radiolabeled Naka-negative platelets were used as a source of target antigens, no radiolabeled proteins were precipitated. The analyses using nonreduced-reduced two-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and using rabbit antiglycoprotein (GP)IV demonstrated that this protein corresponds to GPIV (alternatively GPIIIb). Furthermore, in dot immunobinding, anti- Naka antibody bound to purified GPIV. Our results provide definitive evidence that the Naka alloantigen is carried on GPIV. These results also demonstrate that, on occasion, antibodies against GPIV may play an important role in refractoriness to platelet transfusions.


1992 ◽  
Vol 68 (05) ◽  
pp. 534-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuhiko Yoshida ◽  
Shingi Imaoka ◽  
Hajime Hirata ◽  
Michio Matsuda ◽  
Shinji Asakura

SummaryCongenitally abnormal fibrinogen Osaka III with the replacement of γ Arg-275 by His was found in a 38-year-old female with no bleeding or thrombotic tendency. Release of fibrinopeptide(s) by thrombin or reptilase was normal, but her thrombin or reptilase time in the absence of calcium was markedly prolonged and the polymerization of preformed fibrin monomer which was prepared by the treatment of fibrinogen with thrombin or reptilase was also markedly defective. Propositus' fibrinogen had normal crosslinking abilities of α- and γ-chains. Analysis of fibrinogen chains on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) in the system of Laemmli only revealed the presence of abnormal γ-chain with an apparently higher molecular weight, the presence of which was more clearly detected with SDS-PAGE of fibrin monomer obtained by thrombin treatment. Purified fragment D1 of fibrinogen Osaka III also seemed to contain an apparently higher molecular weight fragment D1 γ remnant on Laemmli gels, which was digested faster than the normal control by plasmin in the presence of [ethy-lenebis(oxyethylenenitrilo)]tetraacetic acid (EGTA).


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