Analysis of Brucella lipopolysaccharide with specific and cross-reacting monoclonal antibodies.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
D A Palmer, J T Douglas

Abstract

Monoclonal antibodies which bind Brucella A lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-specific, M LPS-specific, or cross-reactive epitopes were used as reagents in quantitative dot blot, Western blot (immunoblot), and immunoprecipitation analysis of Brucella whole cells, whole-cell extracts, and purified LPS preparations. This set of monoclonal antibodies detected four unique epitopes on Brucella LPS. The specificity of monoclonal antibodies reactive with Brucella unique (A and M) and common (C and C/Y) LPS epitopes was demonstrated by blot analysis. The serotype specificity of monoclonal antibodies for A LPS of B. abortus 1119.3 or M LPS of Brucella melitensis 16M was confirmed. Type C monoclonal antibodies recognized epitopes on Brucella A and M LPS and did not cross-react with Yersinia enterocolitica O:9. In Western blots, type C monoclonal antibodies were bound by epitopes on Brucella A and M LPSs ranging in Mrs from 30,000 to 70,000, relative to marker proteins. Type C/Y monoclonal antibodies were cross-reactive with Y. enterocolitica O:9 and recognized Brucella A LPS epitopes with a restricted Mr ranging only from 40,000 to 50,000, relative to marker proteins. Type C/Y monoclonal antibodies also displayed a more restricted pattern of bind...Continue Reading

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