A New Look at the Enterobacterial Common Antigen Forms Obtained during Rough Lipopolysaccharides Purification.
Int J Mol Sci
; 22(2)2021 Jan 12.
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ABSTRACT
Enterobacterial common antigen (ECA) is a conserved antigen expressed by enterobacteria. It is built by trisaccharide repeating units â3)-α-D-Fucp4NAc-(1â4)-ß-D-ManpNAcA-(1â4)-α-D-GlcpNAc-(1â and occurs in three forms as surface-bound linear polysaccharides linked to a phosphoglyceride (ECAPG) or lipopolysaccharide - endotoxin (ECALPS), and cyclic form (ECACYC). ECA maintains, outer membrane integrity, immunogenicity, and viability of enterobacteria. A supernatant obtained after LPS ultracentrifugation was reported as a source for ECA isolation, but it has never been assessed for detailed composition besides ECACYC. We used mild acid hydrolysis and gel filtration, or zwitterionic-hydrophilic interaction liquid (ZIC®HILIC) chromatography combined with mass spectrometry for purification, fractionation, and structural analysis of rough Shigella sonnei and Escherichia coli R1 and K12 crude LPS preparations. Presented work is the first report concerning complex characteristic of all ECA forms present in LPS-derived supernatants. We demonstrated high heterogeneity of the supernatant-derived ECA that contaminate LPS purified by ultracentrifugation. Not only previously reported O-acetylated tetrameric, pentameric, and hexameric ECACYC have been identified, but also devoid of lipid moiety linear ECA built from 7 to 11 repeating units. Described results were common for all selected strains. The origin of linear ECA is discussed against the current knowledge about ECAPG and ECALPS.
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Lipopolisacáridos
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Enterobacteriaceae
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Antígenos Bacterianos
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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En
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Int J Mol Sci
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2021
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Article
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Polonia