Cloning and expression of rfb genes from Vibrio anguillarum serotype O2 in Escherichia coli: evidence for cross-reactive epitopes.

Infection and Immunity
P A Amor, L M Mutharia

Abstract

Vibrio ordalii and Vibrio anguillarum O2 express lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O antigens containing both specific and cross-reactive epitopes. The localization of these epitopes on the O antigen is not known. We have cloned and expressed the rfb gene cluster for O-antigen synthesis from V. anguillarum O2 (rfbVaO2) in Escherichia coli. E. coli DH5 alpha containing the recombinant plasmid pAM86 expressed O antigens which reacted with polyclonal antisera to V. ordalii and to V. anguillarum O2 LPS and with monoclonal antibody (MAb) 7B4, which is specific for V. anguillarum O2 O antigens. The recombinant strains were also protected from bactericidal killing by normal fish serum. Surprisingly, the LPS expressed from the cloned rfbVaO2 genes also reacted with MAb A16, which is specific for V. ordalii O antigens. Western immunoblot analysis revealed that MAb 7B4 reacted with recombinant LPS bearing shorter O-antigen repeat units, while MAb A16 reacted with the longer O antigens. Similar results were obtained when pAM86 was transformed into E. coli CLM4, which has a deletion spanning the sbcB-rfb region, indicating that the changes in antigenic profiles of O antigens from the recombinant strains were not due to genes within the E. coli rfb ...Continue Reading

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