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Structure type: oligomer
Aglycon: lipid A
Trivial name: lipooligosaccharide core L2
Compound class: LOS
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_130646,IEDB_130650,IEDB_130697,IEDB_135813,IEDB_136044,IEDB_136794,IEDB_137340,IEDB_137472,IEDB_137776,IEDB_1391966,IEDB_140087,IEDB_140088,IEDB_140089,IEDB_140090,IEDB_140108,IEDB_140110,IEDB_140122,IEDB_141794,IEDB_141807,IEDB_142351,IEDB_142487,IEDB_142488,IEDB_144998,IEDB_146100,IEDB_146664,IEDB_149144,IEDB_149174,IEDB_150933,IEDB_151531,IEDB_190606,IEDB_2189047,IEDB_418762,IEDB_418764,IEDB_418767,IEDB_418769,IEDB_419429,IEDB_419430,IEDB_423120,IEDB_983931,SB_115,SB_116,SB_131,SB_145,SB_165,SB_166,SB_170,SB_171,SB_172,SB_173,SB_187,SB_192,SB_195,SB_30,SB_39,SB_6,SB_68,SB_7,SB_84,SB_88

• Article ID: 7
  Berrington AW, Tan YC, Srikhanta Y, Kuipers B, van der LP, Peak IR, Jennings MP "Phase variation in meningococcal lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis genes" - FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology 34(4) (2002) 267-275
  

  Neisseria meningitidis expresses a range of lipooligosaccharide (LOS) structures, comprising of at least 13 immunotypes (ITs). Meningococcal LOS is subject to phase variation of its terminal structures allowing switching between ITs, which is proposed to have functional significance in disease. The objectives of this study were to investigate the repertoire of structures that can be expressed in clinical isolates, and to examine the role of phase-variable expression of LOS genes during invasive disease. Southern blotting was used to detect the presence of LOS biosynthetic genes in two collections of meningococci, a global set of strains previously assigned to lineages of greater or lesser virulence, and a collection of local clinical isolates which included paired throat and blood isolates from individual patients. Where the phase-variable genes lgtA, lgtC or lgtG were identified, they were amplified by PCR and the homopolymeric tracts, responsible for their phase-variable expression, were sequenced. The results revealed great potential for variation between alternate LOS structures in the isolates studied, with most strains capable of expressing several alternative terminal structures. The structures predicted to be currently expressed by the genotype of the strains agreed well with conventional immunotyping. No correlation was observed between the structural repertoire and virulence of the isolate. Based on the potential for LOS phase variation in the clinical collection and observations with the paired patient isolates, our data suggest that phase variation of LOS structures is not required for translocation between distinct compartments in the host

  Lipopolysaccharide, biosynthesis, structure, Meningococcus, Phase variation, Lipooligosaccharide, Pathogenesis, Neisseria meningitidis, alternative, Bacterial Proteins, biosynthetic, blood, blotting, chemistry, clinical, correlation, disease, expression, functional, gene, Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, genetics, genotype, growth & development, host, human, immunotype, immunotyping, invasive, isolate, LOS, meningococcal, Meningococcal Infections, meningococci, metabolism, microbiology, Neisseria, pathogenicity, PCR, phase, phenotype, polymerase chain reaction, potential, role, Sequence Analysis, DNA, significance, strain, structural, Support, Non-U.S.Gov't, terminal, tract, translocation, variation, Variation (Genetics), virulence

  NCBI PubMed ID: 12443826
  Journal NLM ID: 9315554
  Publisher: Elsevier
  Correspondence: jennings@biosci.uq.edu.au
  Institutions: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, School of Health Science, Gri?th University, Gold Coast Campus, Qld 4217, Australia
  Methods: PCR, DNA sequencing
  
   
  
  Neisseria meningitidis
  CSDB ID 1606 (all data & tools)
• Article ID: 277
  Kahler CM, Carlson RW, Rahman MM, Martin LE, Stephens DS "Two glycosyltransferase genes, lgtF and rfaK, constitute the lipooligosaccharide ice (inner core extension) biosynthesis operon of Neisseria meningitidis" - Journal of Bacteriology 178(23) (1996) 6677-6684
  

  We have characterized an operon required for inner-core biosynthesis of the lipooligosaccharide (LOS) of Neisseria meningitidis. Using Tn916 mutagenesis, we recently identified the α-1,2-N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) transferase gene (rfaK), which when inactivated prevents the addition of GlcNAc and alpha chain to the meningococcal LOS inner core (C. M. Kahler, R. W. Carlson, M. M. Rahman, L. E. Martin, and D. S. Stephens, J. Bacteriol. 178:1265-1273, 1996). During the study of rfaK, a second open reading frame (lgtF) of 720 bp was found upstream of rfaK. An amino acid sequence homology search of the GenBank and EMBL databases revealed that the amino terminus of LgtF has significant homology with a family of β-glycosyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of polysaccharides and O antigen of lipopolysaccharides. The chromosomal copy of lgtF was mutagenized with a nonpolar antibiotic resistance cassette to minimize potential polar effects on rfaK. Tricine sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and composition analysis of the LOS from the nonpolar lgtF mutant showed that this strain produced a truncated LOS structure which contained a LOS inner core of GlcNAc1Hep2KDO2lipid A but without the addition of lacto-N-neotetraose to HepI or glucose to HepII. These results and the amino acid homology with β-glycosyltransferases suggest that lgtF encodes the UDP-glucose:LOS-β-1,4-glucosyltransferase which attaches the first glucose residue to HepI of LOS. Reverse transcriptase PCR and primer extension analysis indicate that both lgtF and rfaK are cotranscribed as a polycistronic message from a promoter upstream of lgtF. This arrangement suggests that completion of the LOS inner core and the initiation of the alpha chain addition are tightly coregulated in N. meningitidis.

  biosynthesis, Lipooligosaccharide, Neisseria meningitidis, gene, inner core, glycosyltransferase, operon

  NCBI PubMed ID: 8955282
  Journal NLM ID: 2985120R
  Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
  Correspondence: dstep01@emory.edu
  Institutions: Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, and The Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
  Methods: genetic methods
  
   
  
  Neisseria meningitidis L2
  CSDB ID 7176 (all data & tools)

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Structure type: oligomer
Aglycon: lipid A
Compound class: LOS
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_130646,IEDB_130650,IEDB_130697,IEDB_135813,IEDB_136044,IEDB_136794,IEDB_137340,IEDB_137472,IEDB_137776,IEDB_1391966,IEDB_140087,IEDB_140088,IEDB_140089,IEDB_140090,IEDB_140108,IEDB_140110,IEDB_140122,IEDB_141794,IEDB_141807,IEDB_142351,IEDB_142487,IEDB_142488,IEDB_146100,IEDB_146664,IEDB_149144,IEDB_149174,IEDB_150933,IEDB_151531,IEDB_190606,IEDB_2189047,IEDB_418762,IEDB_418764,IEDB_418767,IEDB_418769,IEDB_419429,IEDB_423120,IEDB_983931,SB_115,SB_116,SB_131,SB_145,SB_165,SB_166,SB_170,SB_171,SB_172,SB_173,SB_187,SB_192,SB_195,SB_30,SB_39,SB_6,SB_68,SB_7,SB_84,SB_88

• Article ID: 7
  Berrington AW, Tan YC, Srikhanta Y, Kuipers B, van der LP, Peak IR, Jennings MP "Phase variation in meningococcal lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis genes" - FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology 34(4) (2002) 267-275
  

  Neisseria meningitidis expresses a range of lipooligosaccharide (LOS) structures, comprising of at least 13 immunotypes (ITs). Meningococcal LOS is subject to phase variation of its terminal structures allowing switching between ITs, which is proposed to have functional significance in disease. The objectives of this study were to investigate the repertoire of structures that can be expressed in clinical isolates, and to examine the role of phase-variable expression of LOS genes during invasive disease. Southern blotting was used to detect the presence of LOS biosynthetic genes in two collections of meningococci, a global set of strains previously assigned to lineages of greater or lesser virulence, and a collection of local clinical isolates which included paired throat and blood isolates from individual patients. Where the phase-variable genes lgtA, lgtC or lgtG were identified, they were amplified by PCR and the homopolymeric tracts, responsible for their phase-variable expression, were sequenced. The results revealed great potential for variation between alternate LOS structures in the isolates studied, with most strains capable of expressing several alternative terminal structures. The structures predicted to be currently expressed by the genotype of the strains agreed well with conventional immunotyping. No correlation was observed between the structural repertoire and virulence of the isolate. Based on the potential for LOS phase variation in the clinical collection and observations with the paired patient isolates, our data suggest that phase variation of LOS structures is not required for translocation between distinct compartments in the host

  Lipopolysaccharide, biosynthesis, structure, Meningococcus, Phase variation, Lipooligosaccharide, Pathogenesis, Neisseria meningitidis, alternative, Bacterial Proteins, biosynthetic, blood, blotting, chemistry, clinical, correlation, disease, expression, functional, gene, Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, genetics, genotype, growth & development, host, human, immunotype, immunotyping, invasive, isolate, LOS, meningococcal, Meningococcal Infections, meningococci, metabolism, microbiology, Neisseria, pathogenicity, PCR, phase, phenotype, polymerase chain reaction, potential, role, Sequence Analysis, DNA, significance, strain, structural, Support, Non-U.S.Gov't, terminal, tract, translocation, variation, Variation (Genetics), virulence

  NCBI PubMed ID: 12443826
  Journal NLM ID: 9315554
  Publisher: Elsevier
  Correspondence: jennings@biosci.uq.edu.au
  Institutions: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, School of Health Science, Gri?th University, Gold Coast Campus, Qld 4217, Australia
  Methods: PCR, DNA sequencing
  
   
  
  Neisseria meningitidis
  CSDB ID 1708 (all data & tools)

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Structure type: oligomer
Aglycon: lipid A
Compound class: LOS
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_120354,IEDB_123890,IEDB_130646,IEDB_130650,IEDB_130697,IEDB_135813,IEDB_136044,IEDB_136794,IEDB_137340,IEDB_137472,IEDB_137776,IEDB_1391966,IEDB_140087,IEDB_140088,IEDB_140089,IEDB_140090,IEDB_140108,IEDB_140110,IEDB_140122,IEDB_141794,IEDB_141807,IEDB_142351,IEDB_142487,IEDB_142488,IEDB_146100,IEDB_146664,IEDB_149144,IEDB_149174,IEDB_150933,IEDB_151531,IEDB_190606,IEDB_2189047,IEDB_418761,IEDB_418762,IEDB_418763,IEDB_418764,IEDB_418765,IEDB_418766,IEDB_418767,IEDB_418768,IEDB_418769,IEDB_418770,IEDB_419428,IEDB_419429,IEDB_423120,IEDB_983931,SB_115,SB_116,SB_131,SB_145,SB_165,SB_166,SB_170,SB_171,SB_172,SB_173,SB_187,SB_192,SB_195,SB_30,SB_39,SB_6,SB_68,SB_7,SB_84,SB_88

• Article ID: 7
  Berrington AW, Tan YC, Srikhanta Y, Kuipers B, van der LP, Peak IR, Jennings MP "Phase variation in meningococcal lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis genes" - FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology 34(4) (2002) 267-275
  

  Neisseria meningitidis expresses a range of lipooligosaccharide (LOS) structures, comprising of at least 13 immunotypes (ITs). Meningococcal LOS is subject to phase variation of its terminal structures allowing switching between ITs, which is proposed to have functional significance in disease. The objectives of this study were to investigate the repertoire of structures that can be expressed in clinical isolates, and to examine the role of phase-variable expression of LOS genes during invasive disease. Southern blotting was used to detect the presence of LOS biosynthetic genes in two collections of meningococci, a global set of strains previously assigned to lineages of greater or lesser virulence, and a collection of local clinical isolates which included paired throat and blood isolates from individual patients. Where the phase-variable genes lgtA, lgtC or lgtG were identified, they were amplified by PCR and the homopolymeric tracts, responsible for their phase-variable expression, were sequenced. The results revealed great potential for variation between alternate LOS structures in the isolates studied, with most strains capable of expressing several alternative terminal structures. The structures predicted to be currently expressed by the genotype of the strains agreed well with conventional immunotyping. No correlation was observed between the structural repertoire and virulence of the isolate. Based on the potential for LOS phase variation in the clinical collection and observations with the paired patient isolates, our data suggest that phase variation of LOS structures is not required for translocation between distinct compartments in the host

  Lipopolysaccharide, biosynthesis, structure, Meningococcus, Phase variation, Lipooligosaccharide, Pathogenesis, Neisseria meningitidis, alternative, Bacterial Proteins, biosynthetic, blood, blotting, chemistry, clinical, correlation, disease, expression, functional, gene, Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, genetics, genotype, growth & development, host, human, immunotype, immunotyping, invasive, isolate, LOS, meningococcal, Meningococcal Infections, meningococci, metabolism, microbiology, Neisseria, pathogenicity, PCR, phase, phenotype, polymerase chain reaction, potential, role, Sequence Analysis, DNA, significance, strain, structural, Support, Non-U.S.Gov't, terminal, tract, translocation, variation, Variation (Genetics), virulence

  NCBI PubMed ID: 12443826
  Journal NLM ID: 9315554
  Publisher: Elsevier
  Correspondence: jennings@biosci.uq.edu.au
  Institutions: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, School of Health Science, Gri?th University, Gold Coast Campus, Qld 4217, Australia
  Methods: PCR, DNA sequencing
  
   
  
  Neisseria meningitidis
  CSDB ID 1709 (all data & tools)

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Structure type: oligomer
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_130679,IEDB_136044,IEDB_136794,IEDB_137472,IEDB_141794,IEDB_142487,IEDB_142488,IEDB_144998,IEDB_146100,IEDB_146664,IEDB_149174,IEDB_150933,IEDB_190606,IEDB_983931,SB_116,SB_165,SB_166,SB_170,SB_171,SB_172,SB_187,SB_192,SB_195,SB_37,SB_39,SB_6,SB_68,SB_7,SB_76,SB_84,SB_88

• Article ID: 16
  Blixt O, Van Die I, Norberg T, van den Eijnden DH "High-level expression of the Neisseria meningitidis lgtA gene in Escherichia coli and characterization of the encoded N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase as a useful catalyst in the synthesis of GlcNAcb1→3Gal and GalNAcb1-3Gal linkages" - Glycobiology 9(10) (1999) 1061-1071
  

  We have expressed the Neisseria meningitidis lgtA gene at a high level in Escherichia coli. The encoded β-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase, referred to as LgtA, which in the bacterium is involved in the synthesis of the lacto-N-neo-tetraose structural element of the bacterial lipooligosaccharide, was obtained in an enzymatically highly active form. This glycosyltransferase appeared to be unusual in that it displays a broad acceptor specificity toward both α- and β-galactosides, whether structurally related to N- or O-protein-, or lipid-linked oligosaccharides. Product analysis by one- and two-dimensional 400 MHz 1H- and 13C NMR spectroscopy reveals that LgtA catalyzes the introduction of GlcNAc from UDP-GlcNAc in a β1→3-linkage to accepting Gal residues. The enzyme can thus be characterized as a UDP-GlcNAc:Gal α/β-R β 3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase. Although lactose is a highly preferred acceptor substrate the recombinant enzyme also acts efficiently on monomeric and dimeric N-acetyllactosamine revealing its potential value in the synthesis of polylactosaminoglycan structures in enzyme assisted procedures. Furthermore, LgtA shows a high donor promiscuity toward UDP-GalNAc, but not toward other UDP-sugars, and can catalyze the introduction of GalNAc in β1→3-linkage to α- or β-Gal in the acceptor structures at moderate rates. LgtA therefore shows promise to be a useful catalyst in the preparative synthesis of both GlcNAc β1→3 Gal and GalNAc β1→3 Gal linkages.

  oligosaccharide, enzyme-assisted-synthesis, recombinant glycosyltransferase, glycosidic linkage, polylactosaminoglycan, recombinant glycosyltrasferase

  NCBI PubMed ID: 10521543
  Publication DOI: 10.1093/glycob/9.10.1061
  Journal NLM ID: 9104124
  Publisher: IRL Press at Oxford University Press
  Institutions: Department of Chemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, Department of Medical Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit, Van der Boechorstraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, NMR-2D, SDS-PAGE, enzyme-assisted synthesis, DNA techniques, glycosyltransferase assays, kinetics assays
  
   
  
  Escherichia coli
  CSDB ID 1723 (all data & tools)
• Article ID: 379
  Simon PM, Goode PL, Mobasseri A, Zopf D "Inhibition of Helicobacter pylori binding to gastrointestinal epithelial cells by sialic acid-containing oligosaccharides" - Infection and Immunity 65(2) (1997) 750-757
  

  Helicobacterpylori, the ulcer pathogen residing in the human stomach, binds to epithelial cells of the gastric antrum. We have examined binding of 13 bacterial isolates to epithelial cell lines by use of a sensitive microtiter plate method in which measurement of bacterial urease activity provides the means for quantitation of bound organisms. Several established human gastrointestinal carcinoma cell lines grown as monolayers were compared for suitability in these assays, and the duodenum-derived cell line HuTu-80 was selected for testing bacterial binding inhibitors. When bacteria are pretreated with oligosaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids, a complex picture of bacterial-epithelial adherence specificities emerges. Among the monovalent inhibitors tested, 3'-sialyllactose (NeuAc α2-3Gal β1-4Glc; 3'SL) was the most active oligosaccharide, inhibiting adherence for recent clinical isolates of H. pylori with a millimolar 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50). Its α2-6 isomer (6'SL) was less active. Most of the recent clinical isolates examined were inhibited by sialyllactose, whereas long-passaged isolates were insensitive. Among the long-passaged bacterial strains whose binding was not inhibited by 3'SL was the strain ATCC 43504, also known as NCTC 11637 and CCUG 17874, in which the proposed sialyllactose adhesin was recently reported to lack surface expression (P. G. O'Toole, L. Janzon, P. Doig, J. Huang, M. Kostrzynska, and T. H. Trust, J. Bacteriol. 177:6049-6057, 1995). Pretreatment of the epithelial monolayer with neuraminidase reduced the extent of binding by those bacteria that are sensitive to inhibition by 3'SL. Other potent inhibitors of bacterial binding are the glycoproteins α1-acid glycoprotein, fetuin, porcine gastric and bovine submaxillary mucins, and the glycolipid sulfatide, all of which present multivalent sialylated and/or sulfated galactosyl residues under the conditions of the binding assay. Consistent with this pattern, a multivalent neoglycoconjugate containing 20 mol of 3'SL per mol of human serum albumin inhibited bacterial binding with micromolar IC50. The H. pylori isolate most sensitive to inhibition by 3'SL was least sensitive to inhibition by sulfatide, gastric mucin, and other sulfated oligosaccharides. Bacteria that have been allowed to bind epithelial cells are also effectively detached by 3'SL. These results describe a heterogeneous adherence repertoire for these bacteria, but they also confirm the critical role of the 3'SL structure on human gastric epithelial cells as an adherence ligand for recent isolates of H. pylori.

  Oligosaccharides, sialic acid, Helicobacter pylori, inhibition, binding, epithelial cells

  NCBI PubMed ID: 9009338
  Journal NLM ID: 0246127
  Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
  Correspondence: SimonPM@AOL.com
  Institutions: Neose Technologies, Inc., Horsham, Pennsylvania 19044
  Methods: serological methods
  
   
  
  Helicobacter pylori
  CSDB ID 8320 (all data & tools)
• Article ID: 2536
  Ono E, Abe K, Nakazawa M, Naiki M "Ganglioside epitope recognized by K99 fimbriae from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli" - Infection and Immunity 57 (1989) 907-911
  

  The receptor structure recognized by Escherichia coli possessing K99 fimbriae and by isolated K99 fimbrial fractions was examined by using an equine erythrocyte hemagglutination inhibition test. Both K99-positive organisms (strain B41) and fimbrial preparations reacted with N-glycolylneuraminyl-lactosyl-ceramide (NeuGcLacCer) purified from equine erythrocytes with very high potency. Fimbrial preparations were 253 times more potent than intact organisms, indicating that isolated fimbriae more precisely recognize the structure of NeuGcLacCer than do fimbriae located on the bacterial cell wall. Structurally, the N-glycolyl group of the sialic acid was shown to be essential because substitution of the N-acetyl group for the N-glycolyl group caused the reactivity to completely disappear. The substitution of the O-acetyl group for the C4 hydroxyl group of the sialic acid (4-O-Ac-NeuGcLacCer) also diminished the reactivity by about 500 times, indicating that the fine structure of NeuGc is necessary for recognition. N-Glycolylneuraminyl-neolactotetraosyl-ceramide (NeuGcnLc4Cer) and N-glycolylneuraminyl-neolactohexaosyl-ceramide (NeuGcnLc6Cer), both of which have identical disaccharides at the nonreducing terminal and longer carbohydrate chains, showed reduced reactivity, indicating that the ceramide of NeuGcLacCer is also involved in the recognition. Indeed, NeuGcLac oligosaccharides altered by cleavage of the ceramide or the terminal sialic acid (NeuGc) showed dramatically reduced reactivities. Ten other E. coli strains (isolated from diseased calves) and two strains (isolated from diseased piglets) which possessed the same K99 antigen and various O antigens were used for the recognition test. The results obtained were similar to those mentioned above.

  NCBI PubMed ID: 2465273
  Journal NLM ID: 0246127
  Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
  Institutions: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Genetics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
  
   
  
  Escherichia coli B41
  CSDB ID 130226 (all data & tools)

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Structure type: oligomer
Aglycon: Glcp(1-1)ceramide (ganglioside GQ1b) or the inner core-lipid A (lipopolysaccharide)
Trivial name: ganglioside GQ1b
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_130648,IEDB_134627,IEDB_136044,IEDB_136794,IEDB_137472,IEDB_137473,IEDB_141794,IEDB_146100,IEDB_147450,IEDB_147451,IEDB_149174,IEDB_150933,IEDB_150937,IEDB_153198,IEDB_153199,IEDB_190606,SB_116,SB_165,SB_166,SB_170,SB_171,SB_172,SB_187,SB_195,SB_23,SB_24,SB_25,SB_35,SB_39,SB_42,SB_68,SB_7,SB_70,SB_8,SB_84,SB_88,SB_96,SB_97

• Article ID: 20
  Bowes T, Wagner ER, Boffey J, Nicholl D, Cochrane L, Benboubetra M, Conner J, Furukawa K, Willison HJ "Tolerance to self gangliosides is the major factor restricting the antibody response to lipopolysaccharide core oligosaccharides in Campylobacter jejuni strains associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome" - Infection and Immunity 70(9) (2002) 5008-5018
  

  Guillain-Barre syndrome following Campylobacter jejuni infection is frequently associated with anti-ganglioside autoantibodies mediated by molecular mimicry with ganglioside-like oligosaccharides on bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The regulation of antibody responses to these T-cell-independent antigens is poorly understood, and only a minority of Campylobacter-infected individuals develop anti-ganglioside antibodies. This study investigates the response to gangliosides and LPS in strains of mice by using a range of immunization strategies. In normal mice following intraperitoneal immunization, antibody responses to gangliosides and LPS are low level but can be enhanced by the antigen format or coadministration of protein to recruit T-cell help. Class switching from the predominant immunoglobulin M (IgM) response to IgG3 occurs at low levels, suggesting B1-cell involvement. Systemic immunization results in poor responses. In GalNAc transferase knockout mice that lack all complex gangliosides and instead express high levels of GM3 and GD3, generation of anti-ganglioside antibodies upon immunization with either complex gangliosides or ganglioside-mimicking LPS is greatly enhanced and exhibits class switching to T-cell- dependent IgG isotypes and immunological memory, indicating that tolerance to self gangliosides is a major regulatory factor. Responses to GD3 are suppressed in knockout mice compared with wild-type mice, in which responses to GD3 are induced specifically by GD3 and as a result of polyclonal B-cell activation by LPS. The anti-ganglioside response generated in response to LPS is also dependent on the epitope density of the ganglioside mimicked and can be further manipulated by providing secondary signals via lipid A and CD40 ligation

  Lipopolysaccharide, biosynthesis, antigen, lipopolysaccharides, LPS, oligosaccharide, core, chemistry, Bacterial, genetics, human, metabolism, pathogenicity, strain, molecular, transferase, antibodies, antibody, epitope, lipid, lipid A, Oligosaccharides, activation, animal, anti-ganglioside, antibody response, antigens, CD40, Autoantibodies, autoantibody, B cell, B-cell, Campylobacter, Campylobacter Infections, Campylobacter jejuni, Carbohydrate Sequence, class, complex, complications, core oligosaccharide, deficiency, density, enhanced, etiology, factor, Female, ganglioside, gangliosides, generation, Guillain-Barre syndrome, high, IgG, IgM, immunization, immunoglobulin, Immunoglobulin M, immunological, immunological memory, immunology, induced, infection, involvement, level, lipopolysaccharide core, lipopolysaccharide core oligosaccharide, liposomes, memory, mice, Inbred BALB C, Inbred C3H, Knockout, mimicry, molecular mimicry, Molecular Sequence Data, N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases, predominant, protein, regulation, response, Self Tolerance, signal, syndrome, T cell, tolerance, wild type

  NCBI PubMed ID: 12183547
  Journal NLM ID: 0246127
  Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
  Correspondence: h.j.willison@udcf.gla.ac.uk
  Institutions: University Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland G51 4TF
  Methods: ELISA
  
   
  
  Campylobacter jejuni
  CSDB ID 1641 (all data & tools)

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Structure type: oligomer
Aglycon: Glcp(1-1)ceramide (ganglioside GM1) or the inner core-lipid A (lipopolysaccharide)
Trivial name: ganglioside GM1
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_130648,IEDB_134627,IEDB_136044,IEDB_136794,IEDB_137472,IEDB_137473,IEDB_141794,IEDB_146100,IEDB_147450,IEDB_147451,IEDB_149174,IEDB_150933,IEDB_190606,SB_116,SB_165,SB_166,SB_170,SB_171,SB_172,SB_187,SB_195,SB_23,SB_24,SB_25,SB_39,SB_68,SB_7,SB_8,SB_84,SB_88,SB_96

• Article ID: 20
  Bowes T, Wagner ER, Boffey J, Nicholl D, Cochrane L, Benboubetra M, Conner J, Furukawa K, Willison HJ "Tolerance to self gangliosides is the major factor restricting the antibody response to lipopolysaccharide core oligosaccharides in Campylobacter jejuni strains associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome" - Infection and Immunity 70(9) (2002) 5008-5018
  

  Guillain-Barre syndrome following Campylobacter jejuni infection is frequently associated with anti-ganglioside autoantibodies mediated by molecular mimicry with ganglioside-like oligosaccharides on bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The regulation of antibody responses to these T-cell-independent antigens is poorly understood, and only a minority of Campylobacter-infected individuals develop anti-ganglioside antibodies. This study investigates the response to gangliosides and LPS in strains of mice by using a range of immunization strategies. In normal mice following intraperitoneal immunization, antibody responses to gangliosides and LPS are low level but can be enhanced by the antigen format or coadministration of protein to recruit T-cell help. Class switching from the predominant immunoglobulin M (IgM) response to IgG3 occurs at low levels, suggesting B1-cell involvement. Systemic immunization results in poor responses. In GalNAc transferase knockout mice that lack all complex gangliosides and instead express high levels of GM3 and GD3, generation of anti-ganglioside antibodies upon immunization with either complex gangliosides or ganglioside-mimicking LPS is greatly enhanced and exhibits class switching to T-cell- dependent IgG isotypes and immunological memory, indicating that tolerance to self gangliosides is a major regulatory factor. Responses to GD3 are suppressed in knockout mice compared with wild-type mice, in which responses to GD3 are induced specifically by GD3 and as a result of polyclonal B-cell activation by LPS. The anti-ganglioside response generated in response to LPS is also dependent on the epitope density of the ganglioside mimicked and can be further manipulated by providing secondary signals via lipid A and CD40 ligation

  Lipopolysaccharide, biosynthesis, antigen, lipopolysaccharides, LPS, oligosaccharide, core, chemistry, Bacterial, genetics, human, metabolism, pathogenicity, strain, molecular, transferase, antibodies, antibody, epitope, lipid, lipid A, Oligosaccharides, activation, animal, anti-ganglioside, antibody response, antigens, CD40, Autoantibodies, autoantibody, B cell, B-cell, Campylobacter, Campylobacter Infections, Campylobacter jejuni, Carbohydrate Sequence, class, complex, complications, core oligosaccharide, deficiency, density, enhanced, etiology, factor, Female, ganglioside, gangliosides, generation, Guillain-Barre syndrome, high, IgG, IgM, immunization, immunoglobulin, Immunoglobulin M, immunological, immunological memory, immunology, induced, infection, involvement, level, lipopolysaccharide core, lipopolysaccharide core oligosaccharide, liposomes, memory, mice, Inbred BALB C, Inbred C3H, Knockout, mimicry, molecular mimicry, Molecular Sequence Data, N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases, predominant, protein, regulation, response, Self Tolerance, signal, syndrome, T cell, tolerance, wild type

  NCBI PubMed ID: 12183547
  Journal NLM ID: 0246127
  Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
  Correspondence: h.j.willison@udcf.gla.ac.uk
  Institutions: University Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland G51 4TF
  Methods: ELISA
  
   
  
  Campylobacter jejuni HS:4, Campylobacter jejuni HS:19
  CSDB ID 1770 (all data & tools)

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Structure type: oligomer
Aglycon: Glcp(1-1)ceramide (ganglioside GD3) or the inner core-lipid A (lipopolysaccharide))
Trivial name: GD1a
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_136044,IEDB_136794,IEDB_137472,IEDB_141794,IEDB_146100,IEDB_149174,IEDB_150933,IEDB_150937,IEDB_153198,IEDB_153199,IEDB_190606,SB_116,SB_165,SB_166,SB_170,SB_171,SB_172,SB_187,SB_195,SB_35,SB_39,SB_42,SB_68,SB_7,SB_84,SB_88

• Article ID: 20
  Bowes T, Wagner ER, Boffey J, Nicholl D, Cochrane L, Benboubetra M, Conner J, Furukawa K, Willison HJ "Tolerance to self gangliosides is the major factor restricting the antibody response to lipopolysaccharide core oligosaccharides in Campylobacter jejuni strains associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome" - Infection and Immunity 70(9) (2002) 5008-5018
  

  Guillain-Barre syndrome following Campylobacter jejuni infection is frequently associated with anti-ganglioside autoantibodies mediated by molecular mimicry with ganglioside-like oligosaccharides on bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The regulation of antibody responses to these T-cell-independent antigens is poorly understood, and only a minority of Campylobacter-infected individuals develop anti-ganglioside antibodies. This study investigates the response to gangliosides and LPS in strains of mice by using a range of immunization strategies. In normal mice following intraperitoneal immunization, antibody responses to gangliosides and LPS are low level but can be enhanced by the antigen format or coadministration of protein to recruit T-cell help. Class switching from the predominant immunoglobulin M (IgM) response to IgG3 occurs at low levels, suggesting B1-cell involvement. Systemic immunization results in poor responses. In GalNAc transferase knockout mice that lack all complex gangliosides and instead express high levels of GM3 and GD3, generation of anti-ganglioside antibodies upon immunization with either complex gangliosides or ganglioside-mimicking LPS is greatly enhanced and exhibits class switching to T-cell- dependent IgG isotypes and immunological memory, indicating that tolerance to self gangliosides is a major regulatory factor. Responses to GD3 are suppressed in knockout mice compared with wild-type mice, in which responses to GD3 are induced specifically by GD3 and as a result of polyclonal B-cell activation by LPS. The anti-ganglioside response generated in response to LPS is also dependent on the epitope density of the ganglioside mimicked and can be further manipulated by providing secondary signals via lipid A and CD40 ligation

  Lipopolysaccharide, biosynthesis, antigen, lipopolysaccharides, LPS, oligosaccharide, core, chemistry, Bacterial, genetics, human, metabolism, pathogenicity, strain, molecular, transferase, antibodies, antibody, epitope, lipid, lipid A, Oligosaccharides, activation, animal, anti-ganglioside, antibody response, antigens, CD40, Autoantibodies, autoantibody, B cell, B-cell, Campylobacter, Campylobacter Infections, Campylobacter jejuni, Carbohydrate Sequence, class, complex, complications, core oligosaccharide, deficiency, density, enhanced, etiology, factor, Female, ganglioside, gangliosides, generation, Guillain-Barre syndrome, high, IgG, IgM, immunization, immunoglobulin, Immunoglobulin M, immunological, immunological memory, immunology, induced, infection, involvement, level, lipopolysaccharide core, lipopolysaccharide core oligosaccharide, liposomes, memory, mice, Inbred BALB C, Inbred C3H, Knockout, mimicry, molecular mimicry, Molecular Sequence Data, N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases, predominant, protein, regulation, response, Self Tolerance, signal, syndrome, T cell, tolerance, wild type

  NCBI PubMed ID: 12183547
  Journal NLM ID: 0246127
  Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
  Correspondence: h.j.willison@udcf.gla.ac.uk
  Institutions: University Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland G51 4TF
  Methods: ELISA
  
   
  
  Campylobacter jejuni HS:4, Campylobacter jejuni HS:19
  CSDB ID 1786 (all data & tools)

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Structure type: oligomer
Aglycon: Glcp(1-1)ceramide (ganglioside GD1a) or the inner core-lipid A (lipopolysaccharide)
Trivial name: GD3
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_130648,IEDB_134627,IEDB_136044,IEDB_136794,IEDB_137472,IEDB_137473,IEDB_141794,IEDB_146100,IEDB_147450,IEDB_147451,IEDB_149174,IEDB_150933,IEDB_190606,SB_116,SB_165,SB_166,SB_170,SB_171,SB_172,SB_187,SB_195,SB_23,SB_24,SB_25,SB_39,SB_68,SB_7,SB_70,SB_8,SB_84,SB_88,SB_96,SB_97

• Article ID: 20
  Bowes T, Wagner ER, Boffey J, Nicholl D, Cochrane L, Benboubetra M, Conner J, Furukawa K, Willison HJ "Tolerance to self gangliosides is the major factor restricting the antibody response to lipopolysaccharide core oligosaccharides in Campylobacter jejuni strains associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome" - Infection and Immunity 70(9) (2002) 5008-5018
  

  Guillain-Barre syndrome following Campylobacter jejuni infection is frequently associated with anti-ganglioside autoantibodies mediated by molecular mimicry with ganglioside-like oligosaccharides on bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The regulation of antibody responses to these T-cell-independent antigens is poorly understood, and only a minority of Campylobacter-infected individuals develop anti-ganglioside antibodies. This study investigates the response to gangliosides and LPS in strains of mice by using a range of immunization strategies. In normal mice following intraperitoneal immunization, antibody responses to gangliosides and LPS are low level but can be enhanced by the antigen format or coadministration of protein to recruit T-cell help. Class switching from the predominant immunoglobulin M (IgM) response to IgG3 occurs at low levels, suggesting B1-cell involvement. Systemic immunization results in poor responses. In GalNAc transferase knockout mice that lack all complex gangliosides and instead express high levels of GM3 and GD3, generation of anti-ganglioside antibodies upon immunization with either complex gangliosides or ganglioside-mimicking LPS is greatly enhanced and exhibits class switching to T-cell- dependent IgG isotypes and immunological memory, indicating that tolerance to self gangliosides is a major regulatory factor. Responses to GD3 are suppressed in knockout mice compared with wild-type mice, in which responses to GD3 are induced specifically by GD3 and as a result of polyclonal B-cell activation by LPS. The anti-ganglioside response generated in response to LPS is also dependent on the epitope density of the ganglioside mimicked and can be further manipulated by providing secondary signals via lipid A and CD40 ligation

  Lipopolysaccharide, biosynthesis, antigen, lipopolysaccharides, LPS, oligosaccharide, core, chemistry, Bacterial, genetics, human, metabolism, pathogenicity, strain, molecular, transferase, antibodies, antibody, epitope, lipid, lipid A, Oligosaccharides, activation, animal, anti-ganglioside, antibody response, antigens, CD40, Autoantibodies, autoantibody, B cell, B-cell, Campylobacter, Campylobacter Infections, Campylobacter jejuni, Carbohydrate Sequence, class, complex, complications, core oligosaccharide, deficiency, density, enhanced, etiology, factor, Female, ganglioside, gangliosides, generation, Guillain-Barre syndrome, high, IgG, IgM, immunization, immunoglobulin, Immunoglobulin M, immunological, immunological memory, immunology, induced, infection, involvement, level, lipopolysaccharide core, lipopolysaccharide core oligosaccharide, liposomes, memory, mice, Inbred BALB C, Inbred C3H, Knockout, mimicry, molecular mimicry, Molecular Sequence Data, N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases, predominant, protein, regulation, response, Self Tolerance, signal, syndrome, T cell, tolerance, wild type

  NCBI PubMed ID: 12183547
  Journal NLM ID: 0246127
  Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
  Correspondence: h.j.willison@udcf.gla.ac.uk
  Institutions: University Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland G51 4TF
  Methods: ELISA
  
   
  
  Campylobacter jejuni HS:10
  CSDB ID 1787 (all data & tools)

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Structure type: oligomer
Aglycon: Glcp(1-1)ceramide (ganglioside GT1a) or the inner core-lipid A (lipopolysaccharide)
Trivial name: GT1a
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_130648,IEDB_134627,IEDB_136044,IEDB_136794,IEDB_137472,IEDB_137473,IEDB_141794,IEDB_146100,IEDB_147450,IEDB_147451,IEDB_149174,IEDB_150933,IEDB_150937,IEDB_153198,IEDB_153199,IEDB_190606,SB_116,SB_165,SB_166,SB_170,SB_171,SB_172,SB_187,SB_195,SB_23,SB_24,SB_25,SB_35,SB_39,SB_42,SB_68,SB_7,SB_70,SB_8,SB_84,SB_88,SB_96,SB_97

• Article ID: 20
  Bowes T, Wagner ER, Boffey J, Nicholl D, Cochrane L, Benboubetra M, Conner J, Furukawa K, Willison HJ "Tolerance to self gangliosides is the major factor restricting the antibody response to lipopolysaccharide core oligosaccharides in Campylobacter jejuni strains associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome" - Infection and Immunity 70(9) (2002) 5008-5018
  

  Guillain-Barre syndrome following Campylobacter jejuni infection is frequently associated with anti-ganglioside autoantibodies mediated by molecular mimicry with ganglioside-like oligosaccharides on bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The regulation of antibody responses to these T-cell-independent antigens is poorly understood, and only a minority of Campylobacter-infected individuals develop anti-ganglioside antibodies. This study investigates the response to gangliosides and LPS in strains of mice by using a range of immunization strategies. In normal mice following intraperitoneal immunization, antibody responses to gangliosides and LPS are low level but can be enhanced by the antigen format or coadministration of protein to recruit T-cell help. Class switching from the predominant immunoglobulin M (IgM) response to IgG3 occurs at low levels, suggesting B1-cell involvement. Systemic immunization results in poor responses. In GalNAc transferase knockout mice that lack all complex gangliosides and instead express high levels of GM3 and GD3, generation of anti-ganglioside antibodies upon immunization with either complex gangliosides or ganglioside-mimicking LPS is greatly enhanced and exhibits class switching to T-cell- dependent IgG isotypes and immunological memory, indicating that tolerance to self gangliosides is a major regulatory factor. Responses to GD3 are suppressed in knockout mice compared with wild-type mice, in which responses to GD3 are induced specifically by GD3 and as a result of polyclonal B-cell activation by LPS. The anti-ganglioside response generated in response to LPS is also dependent on the epitope density of the ganglioside mimicked and can be further manipulated by providing secondary signals via lipid A and CD40 ligation

  Lipopolysaccharide, biosynthesis, antigen, lipopolysaccharides, LPS, oligosaccharide, core, chemistry, Bacterial, genetics, human, metabolism, pathogenicity, strain, molecular, transferase, antibodies, antibody, epitope, lipid, lipid A, Oligosaccharides, activation, animal, anti-ganglioside, antibody response, antigens, CD40, Autoantibodies, autoantibody, B cell, B-cell, Campylobacter, Campylobacter Infections, Campylobacter jejuni, Carbohydrate Sequence, class, complex, complications, core oligosaccharide, deficiency, density, enhanced, etiology, factor, Female, ganglioside, gangliosides, generation, Guillain-Barre syndrome, high, IgG, IgM, immunization, immunoglobulin, Immunoglobulin M, immunological, immunological memory, immunology, induced, infection, involvement, level, lipopolysaccharide core, lipopolysaccharide core oligosaccharide, liposomes, memory, mice, Inbred BALB C, Inbred C3H, Knockout, mimicry, molecular mimicry, Molecular Sequence Data, N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases, predominant, protein, regulation, response, Self Tolerance, signal, syndrome, T cell, tolerance, wild type

  NCBI PubMed ID: 12183547
  Journal NLM ID: 0246127
  Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
  Correspondence: h.j.willison@udcf.gla.ac.uk
  Institutions: University Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland G51 4TF
  Methods: ELISA
  
   
  
  Campylobacter jejuni HS:19
  CSDB ID 1788 (all data & tools)

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Structure type: polymer chemical repeating unit ; n=5, 14, >14
Compound class: CPS
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_1083493,IEDB_1083495,IEDB_130646,IEDB_130697,IEDB_135813,IEDB_136044,IEDB_136794,IEDB_137340,IEDB_137472,IEDB_137776,IEDB_1391966,IEDB_1392542,IEDB_140108,IEDB_140110,IEDB_140122,IEDB_141794,IEDB_141807,IEDB_142344,IEDB_142351,IEDB_142487,IEDB_142488,IEDB_143634,IEDB_146100,IEDB_146107,IEDB_146664,IEDB_149138,IEDB_149139,IEDB_149141,IEDB_149142,IEDB_149143,IEDB_149144,IEDB_149145,IEDB_149147,IEDB_149148,IEDB_149150,IEDB_149151,IEDB_149174,IEDB_150933,IEDB_151531,IEDB_161524,IEDB_190606,IEDB_423120,IEDB_983931,SB_115,SB_116,SB_131,SB_145,SB_165,SB_166,SB_170,SB_171,SB_172,SB_173,SB_187,SB_192,SB_195,SB_30,SB_39,SB_6,SB_68,SB_7,SB_84,SB_88

• Article ID: 22
  Brisson J, Uhrinova S, Woods RJ, van der Zwan M, Jarrel HC, Paoletti LC, Kasper DL, Jennings HJ "NMR and molecular dynamics studies of the conformational epitope of the type III group B Streptococcus capsular polysaccharide and derivatives" - Biochemistry 36(11) (1997) 3278-3292
  

  The conformational epitope of the type III group B Streptococcus capsular polysaccharide (GBSP III) exhibits unique properties which can be ascribed to the presence of sialic acid in its structure and the requirement for an extended binding site. By means of NMR and molecular dynamics studies on GBSP III and its fragments, the extended epitope of GBSP III was further defined. The influence of sialic acid on the conformational properties of GBSP III was examined by performing conformational analysis on desialylated GBSP III, which is identical to the polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 14, and also on oxidized and reduced GBSP III. Conformational changes were gauged by 1H and 13C chemical shift analysis, NOE, 1D selective TOCSY-NOESY experiments, J(HH) and J(CH) variations, and NOE of OH resonances. Changes in mobility were examined by 13C T1 and T2 measurements. Unrestrained molecular dynamics simulations with explicit water using the AMBER force field and the GLYCAM parameter set were used to assess static and dynamic conformational models, simulate the observable NMR parameters and calculate helical parameters. GBSP III was found to be capable of forming extended helices. Hence, the length dependence of the conformational epitope could be explained by its location on extended helices within the random coil structure of GBSP III. The interaction of sialic acid with the backbone of the PS was also found to be important in defining the conformational epitope of GBSP III

  NMR, capsular, polysaccharide, Streptococcus, capsular polysaccharide, group, molecular, epitope, type, conformational, dynamics, group B Streptococcus, molecular dynamics, NMR spectroscopy, type III group B streptococcus

  NCBI PubMed ID: 9116006
  Publication DOI: 10.1021/bi961819l
  Journal NLM ID: 0370623
  Publisher: American Chemical Society
  Institutions: Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R6, and Channing Laboratory, HarVard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
  Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, NMR-2D, enzymatic hydrolysis
  
   
  
  Streptococcus pneumoniae B III
  CSDB ID 1658 (all data & tools)

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Structure type: oligomer
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_130646,IEDB_130697,IEDB_135813,IEDB_136044,IEDB_136095,IEDB_136794,IEDB_136906,IEDB_137340,IEDB_137472,IEDB_137776,IEDB_140108,IEDB_140122,IEDB_141794,IEDB_141807,IEDB_142344,IEDB_142488,IEDB_146100,IEDB_146664,IEDB_149139,IEDB_149142,IEDB_149174,IEDB_150933,IEDB_151528,IEDB_151531,IEDB_190606,IEDB_423120,IEDB_983931,SB_115,SB_116,SB_131,SB_165,SB_166,SB_170,SB_171,SB_172,SB_173,SB_187,SB_192,SB_195,SB_30,SB_39,SB_68,SB_7,SB_84,SB_88

• Article ID: 22
  Brisson J, Uhrinova S, Woods RJ, van der Zwan M, Jarrel HC, Paoletti LC, Kasper DL, Jennings HJ "NMR and molecular dynamics studies of the conformational epitope of the type III group B Streptococcus capsular polysaccharide and derivatives" - Biochemistry 36(11) (1997) 3278-3292
  

  The conformational epitope of the type III group B Streptococcus capsular polysaccharide (GBSP III) exhibits unique properties which can be ascribed to the presence of sialic acid in its structure and the requirement for an extended binding site. By means of NMR and molecular dynamics studies on GBSP III and its fragments, the extended epitope of GBSP III was further defined. The influence of sialic acid on the conformational properties of GBSP III was examined by performing conformational analysis on desialylated GBSP III, which is identical to the polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 14, and also on oxidized and reduced GBSP III. Conformational changes were gauged by 1H and 13C chemical shift analysis, NOE, 1D selective TOCSY-NOESY experiments, J(HH) and J(CH) variations, and NOE of OH resonances. Changes in mobility were examined by 13C T1 and T2 measurements. Unrestrained molecular dynamics simulations with explicit water using the AMBER force field and the GLYCAM parameter set were used to assess static and dynamic conformational models, simulate the observable NMR parameters and calculate helical parameters. GBSP III was found to be capable of forming extended helices. Hence, the length dependence of the conformational epitope could be explained by its location on extended helices within the random coil structure of GBSP III. The interaction of sialic acid with the backbone of the PS was also found to be important in defining the conformational epitope of GBSP III

  NMR, capsular, polysaccharide, Streptococcus, capsular polysaccharide, group, molecular, epitope, type, conformational, dynamics, group B Streptococcus, molecular dynamics, NMR spectroscopy, type III group B streptococcus

  NCBI PubMed ID: 9116006
  Publication DOI: 10.1021/bi961819l
  Journal NLM ID: 0370623
  Publisher: American Chemical Society
  Institutions: Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R6, and Channing Laboratory, HarVard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
  Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, NMR-2D, enzymatic hydrolysis
  
   
  
  Streptococcus pneumoniae B III
  CSDB ID 1798 (all data & tools)

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Structure type: oligomer
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_1083493,IEDB_1083495,IEDB_130646,IEDB_130697,IEDB_135813,IEDB_136044,IEDB_136095,IEDB_136794,IEDB_136906,IEDB_137340,IEDB_137472,IEDB_137776,IEDB_1391966,IEDB_140108,IEDB_140110,IEDB_140122,IEDB_141794,IEDB_141807,IEDB_142344,IEDB_142351,IEDB_142487,IEDB_142488,IEDB_146100,IEDB_146107,IEDB_146664,IEDB_149138,IEDB_149139,IEDB_149141,IEDB_149142,IEDB_149143,IEDB_149144,IEDB_149145,IEDB_149147,IEDB_149148,IEDB_149174,IEDB_150933,IEDB_151528,IEDB_151531,IEDB_190606,IEDB_423120,IEDB_983931,SB_115,SB_116,SB_131,SB_145,SB_165,SB_166,SB_170,SB_171,SB_172,SB_173,SB_187,SB_192,SB_195,SB_30,SB_39,SB_6,SB_68,SB_7,SB_84,SB_88

• Article ID: 22
  Brisson J, Uhrinova S, Woods RJ, van der Zwan M, Jarrel HC, Paoletti LC, Kasper DL, Jennings HJ "NMR and molecular dynamics studies of the conformational epitope of the type III group B Streptococcus capsular polysaccharide and derivatives" - Biochemistry 36(11) (1997) 3278-3292
  

  The conformational epitope of the type III group B Streptococcus capsular polysaccharide (GBSP III) exhibits unique properties which can be ascribed to the presence of sialic acid in its structure and the requirement for an extended binding site. By means of NMR and molecular dynamics studies on GBSP III and its fragments, the extended epitope of GBSP III was further defined. The influence of sialic acid on the conformational properties of GBSP III was examined by performing conformational analysis on desialylated GBSP III, which is identical to the polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 14, and also on oxidized and reduced GBSP III. Conformational changes were gauged by 1H and 13C chemical shift analysis, NOE, 1D selective TOCSY-NOESY experiments, J(HH) and J(CH) variations, and NOE of OH resonances. Changes in mobility were examined by 13C T1 and T2 measurements. Unrestrained molecular dynamics simulations with explicit water using the AMBER force field and the GLYCAM parameter set were used to assess static and dynamic conformational models, simulate the observable NMR parameters and calculate helical parameters. GBSP III was found to be capable of forming extended helices. Hence, the length dependence of the conformational epitope could be explained by its location on extended helices within the random coil structure of GBSP III. The interaction of sialic acid with the backbone of the PS was also found to be important in defining the conformational epitope of GBSP III

  NMR, capsular, polysaccharide, Streptococcus, capsular polysaccharide, group, molecular, epitope, type, conformational, dynamics, group B Streptococcus, molecular dynamics, NMR spectroscopy, type III group B streptococcus

  NCBI PubMed ID: 9116006
  Publication DOI: 10.1021/bi961819l
  Journal NLM ID: 0370623
  Publisher: American Chemical Society
  Institutions: Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R6, and Channing Laboratory, HarVard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
  Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, NMR-2D, enzymatic hydrolysis
  
   
  
  Streptococcus pneumoniae B III
  CSDB ID 1800 (all data & tools)

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Structure type: oligomer
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_1083495,IEDB_130646,IEDB_130697,IEDB_135813,IEDB_136044,IEDB_136095,IEDB_136794,IEDB_136906,IEDB_137340,IEDB_137472,IEDB_137776,IEDB_140108,IEDB_140122,IEDB_141794,IEDB_141807,IEDB_142344,IEDB_142487,IEDB_142488,IEDB_146100,IEDB_146664,IEDB_149138,IEDB_149139,IEDB_149142,IEDB_149143,IEDB_149147,IEDB_149174,IEDB_150933,IEDB_151528,IEDB_151531,IEDB_190606,IEDB_423120,IEDB_983931,SB_115,SB_116,SB_131,SB_165,SB_166,SB_170,SB_171,SB_172,SB_173,SB_187,SB_192,SB_195,SB_30,SB_39,SB_6,SB_68,SB_7,SB_84,SB_88

• Article ID: 22
  Brisson J, Uhrinova S, Woods RJ, van der Zwan M, Jarrel HC, Paoletti LC, Kasper DL, Jennings HJ "NMR and molecular dynamics studies of the conformational epitope of the type III group B Streptococcus capsular polysaccharide and derivatives" - Biochemistry 36(11) (1997) 3278-3292
  

  The conformational epitope of the type III group B Streptococcus capsular polysaccharide (GBSP III) exhibits unique properties which can be ascribed to the presence of sialic acid in its structure and the requirement for an extended binding site. By means of NMR and molecular dynamics studies on GBSP III and its fragments, the extended epitope of GBSP III was further defined. The influence of sialic acid on the conformational properties of GBSP III was examined by performing conformational analysis on desialylated GBSP III, which is identical to the polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 14, and also on oxidized and reduced GBSP III. Conformational changes were gauged by 1H and 13C chemical shift analysis, NOE, 1D selective TOCSY-NOESY experiments, J(HH) and J(CH) variations, and NOE of OH resonances. Changes in mobility were examined by 13C T1 and T2 measurements. Unrestrained molecular dynamics simulations with explicit water using the AMBER force field and the GLYCAM parameter set were used to assess static and dynamic conformational models, simulate the observable NMR parameters and calculate helical parameters. GBSP III was found to be capable of forming extended helices. Hence, the length dependence of the conformational epitope could be explained by its location on extended helices within the random coil structure of GBSP III. The interaction of sialic acid with the backbone of the PS was also found to be important in defining the conformational epitope of GBSP III

  NMR, capsular, polysaccharide, Streptococcus, capsular polysaccharide, group, molecular, epitope, type, conformational, dynamics, group B Streptococcus, molecular dynamics, NMR spectroscopy, type III group B streptococcus

  NCBI PubMed ID: 9116006
  Publication DOI: 10.1021/bi961819l
  Journal NLM ID: 0370623
  Publisher: American Chemical Society
  Institutions: Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R6, and Channing Laboratory, HarVard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
  Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, NMR-2D, enzymatic hydrolysis
  
   
  
  Streptococcus pneumoniae B III
  CSDB ID 1801 (all data & tools)

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Structure type: oligomer
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_1083495,IEDB_130646,IEDB_135813,IEDB_136044,IEDB_136794,IEDB_137340,IEDB_137472,IEDB_140108,IEDB_140122,IEDB_141794,IEDB_141807,IEDB_142487,IEDB_142488,IEDB_146100,IEDB_146664,IEDB_149138,IEDB_149143,IEDB_149174,IEDB_150933,IEDB_151531,IEDB_190606,IEDB_423120,IEDB_983931,SB_115,SB_116,SB_131,SB_165,SB_166,SB_170,SB_171,SB_172,SB_187,SB_192,SB_195,SB_30,SB_39,SB_6,SB_68,SB_7,SB_84,SB_88

• Article ID: 22
  Brisson J, Uhrinova S, Woods RJ, van der Zwan M, Jarrel HC, Paoletti LC, Kasper DL, Jennings HJ "NMR and molecular dynamics studies of the conformational epitope of the type III group B Streptococcus capsular polysaccharide and derivatives" - Biochemistry 36(11) (1997) 3278-3292
  

  The conformational epitope of the type III group B Streptococcus capsular polysaccharide (GBSP III) exhibits unique properties which can be ascribed to the presence of sialic acid in its structure and the requirement for an extended binding site. By means of NMR and molecular dynamics studies on GBSP III and its fragments, the extended epitope of GBSP III was further defined. The influence of sialic acid on the conformational properties of GBSP III was examined by performing conformational analysis on desialylated GBSP III, which is identical to the polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 14, and also on oxidized and reduced GBSP III. Conformational changes were gauged by 1H and 13C chemical shift analysis, NOE, 1D selective TOCSY-NOESY experiments, J(HH) and J(CH) variations, and NOE of OH resonances. Changes in mobility were examined by 13C T1 and T2 measurements. Unrestrained molecular dynamics simulations with explicit water using the AMBER force field and the GLYCAM parameter set were used to assess static and dynamic conformational models, simulate the observable NMR parameters and calculate helical parameters. GBSP III was found to be capable of forming extended helices. Hence, the length dependence of the conformational epitope could be explained by its location on extended helices within the random coil structure of GBSP III. The interaction of sialic acid with the backbone of the PS was also found to be important in defining the conformational epitope of GBSP III

  NMR, capsular, polysaccharide, Streptococcus, capsular polysaccharide, group, molecular, epitope, type, conformational, dynamics, group B Streptococcus, molecular dynamics, NMR spectroscopy, type III group B streptococcus

  NCBI PubMed ID: 9116006
  Publication DOI: 10.1021/bi961819l
  Journal NLM ID: 0370623
  Publisher: American Chemical Society
  Institutions: Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R6, and Channing Laboratory, HarVard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
  Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, NMR-2D, enzymatic hydrolysis
  
   
  
  Streptococcus pneumoniae B III
  CSDB ID 1803 (all data & tools)

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Structure type: oligomer
Aglycon: lipid A
Compound class: core oligosaccharide, LPS
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_120354,IEDB_123890,IEDB_130648,IEDB_130650,IEDB_131186,IEDB_134627,IEDB_135818,IEDB_136044,IEDB_136794,IEDB_136906,IEDB_137472,IEDB_137473,IEDB_140087,IEDB_140088,IEDB_140090,IEDB_141794,IEDB_142488,IEDB_146100,IEDB_146664,IEDB_147450,IEDB_147451,IEDB_149174,IEDB_150933,IEDB_151528,IEDB_167072,IEDB_190606,IEDB_2189047,IEDB_742245,IEDB_983931,SB_116,SB_165,SB_166,SB_170,SB_171,SB_172,SB_187,SB_192,SB_195,SB_23,SB_24,SB_25,SB_39,SB_68,SB_7,SB_8,SB_84,SB_88,SB_96

• Article ID: 36
  Caroff M, Karibian D "Structure of bacterial lipopolysaccharides" - Carbohydrate Research 338(23) (2003) 2431-2447
  

  Bacterial lipopolysaccharides are the major components of the outer surface of Gram-negative bacteria They are often of interest in medicine for their immunomodulatory properties. In small amounts they can be beneficial, but in larger amounts they may cause endotoxic shock. Although they share a common architecture, their structural details exert a strong influence on their activity. These molecules comprise: a lipid moiety, called lipid A, which is considered to be the endotoxic component, a glycosidic part consisting of a core of approximately 10 monosaccharides and, in 'smooth-type' lipopolysaccharides, a third region, named O-chain, consisting of repetitive subunits of one to eight monosaccharides responsible for much of the immunospecificity of the bacterial cell.

  Lipopolysaccharide, structure, core, lipid A, endotoxin, O-chains

  NCBI PubMed ID: 14670707
  Publication DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2003.07.010
  Journal NLM ID: 0043535
  Publisher: Elsevier
  Correspondence: martine.carloff@bbmpc.u-psud.fr
  Institutions: Equipe Endotoxines, UMR 8619 du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IBBMC, Université de Paris-Sud, F-Orsay, France
  
   
  
  Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 11168
  CSDB ID 31479 (all data & tools)
• Article ID: 3820
  Banoub JH, El Aneed A, Cohen AM, Joly N "Structural investigation of bacterial lipopolysaccharides by mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry" - Mass Spectrometry Reviews 29(4) (2010) 606-650
  

  Mass spectrometric studies are now playing a leading role in the elucidation of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) structures through the characterization of antigenic polysaccharides, core oligosaccharides and lipid A components including LPS genetic modifications. The conventional MS and MS/MS analyses together with CID fragmentation provide additional structural information complementary to the previous analytical experiments, and thus contribute to an integrated strategy for the simultaneous characterization and correct sequencing of the carbohydrate moiety.

  LPS, O-antigen, lipid A, core oligosaccharide, MS and MS/MS analyses

  NCBI PubMed ID: 20589944
  Publication DOI: 10.1002/mas.20258
  Journal NLM ID: 8219702
  Publisher: Wiley
  Correspondence: joe.banoub@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
  Institutions: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch, Special Projects, P.O. Box 5667, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1C 5X1, Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3V6, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Thorvaldson Building, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5C9, Unité de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide, Site de l'Artois—UMR CNRS 8181, I.U.T. de Béthune, Département Chimie, 1230 rue de l'Université, BP819, 62408 Béthune Cedex, France, Institute for Marine Biosciences Room 219A, (NRC-IMB), National Research Council of Canada, Government of Canada, 1411 Oxford Street, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 3Z1
  Methods: MS/MS, MS
  
   
  
  Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 11168
  CSDB ID 25525 (all data & tools)
• Article ID: 3868
  Kabanov DS, Prokhorenko IR "Structural analysis of lipopolysaccharides from Gram-negative bacteria" - Biochemistry (Moscow) 75(4) (2010) 383-404
  

  This review covers data on composition and structure of lipid A, core, and O-polysaccharide of the known lipopolysaccharides from Gram-negative bacteria. The relationship between the structure and biological activity of lipid A is discussed. The data on roles of core and O-polysaccharide in biological activities of lipopolysaccharides are presented. The structural homology of some oligosaccharide sequences of lipopolysaccharides to gangliosides of human cell membranes is considered.

  core, Lipooligosaccharide, O-antigen, lipid A, gangliosides, cytokines, lipopolysaccharide (endotoxin)

  NCBI PubMed ID: 20618127
  Publication DOI: 10.1134/S0006297910040012
  Journal NLM ID: 0376536
  Publisher: Nauka/Interperiodica
  Correspondence: kabanovd1@rambler.ru
  Institutions: Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
  
   
  
  Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 11168
  CSDB ID 25684 (all data & tools)