E.K.H. Schweda <elksc
Clinical Research Centre, Karolinska Institutet, Novum, S-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden
We report the novel branching pattern in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) expressed by non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) strain 1232. The strain expressed the β-D-Glcp-(1→4)-[α-D-Galp-(1→4)-β-D-Galp-(1→7)]-D-α-D-Hepp-(1→6)-β-D-Glcp chain linked to the proximal heptose (HepI) of the conserved triheptosyl inner-core moiety of NTHi LPS: L-α-D-HepIIIp-(1→2)-[PEtn→6]-L-α-D-HepIIp-(1→3)-L-α-D-HepIp-(1→5)-[PPEtn→4]-α-Kdop-(2→6)-lipid A. The structure has been elucidated using NMR spectroscopy, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and capillary electrophoresis coupled to electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (CE-ESI-MS(n)) on O-deacylated LPS and core oligosaccharide (OS) materials, as well as HPLC-ESI-MS(n) on permethylated, dephosphorylated OS. It was also found that a tetrasaccharide unit bearing sialic acid [α-Neu5Ac-(2→3)-β-D-Galp-(1→4)-β-D-GlcNAcp-(1→3)-β-D-Galp-(1→] could substitute O-4 of the β-D-Glcp linked to HepI. In addition, the distal heptose (HepIII) was substituted by PCho→6-β-D-Galp-(1→ at the O-2 position.
13C NMR, 1H NMR, methylation, NMR-2D, GC-MS, HF solvolysis, de-O-acylation, sugar analysis, ESI-MS, mild acid hydrolysis, HPLC, CE-ESI-MS
O-deacylated OS from H. influenzae NTHi 1232
13C NMR data:
Linkage Residue C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7
5,3,2,2,6,0 xXCho 59.9 66.1 ?
5,3,2,2,6 P
5,3,2,2 bDGalp 103.7 70.5 72.3 68.8 ? ?
5,3,2 aXLDmanHepp 100.00 79.3 70.5 ? ? ? ?
5,3,6,0 xXEtN 62.1 40.1
5,3,6 P
5,3 aXLDmanHepp 99.03 79.3 69.0 ? ? 74.9 61.3
5,4,4,3,4,3,5 Ac
5,4,4,3,4,3 aXNeup
5,4,4,3,4 bDGalp
5,4,4,3,2 Ac
5,4,4,3 bDGlcpN
5,4,4 bDGalp
5,4,6,4 bDGlcp 103.3 73.5 75.6 69.9 76.5 61.0
5,4,6,7,4 aDGalp 100.6 68.6 70.4 70.7 70.9 ?
5,4,6,7 bDGalp 103.6 71.2 72.4 77.3 ? ?
5,4,6 aXDDmanHepp 99.3 69.5 ? 78.1 ? 69.1 70.1
5,4 bDGlcp 103.7 73.7 76.8 70.2 73.7 65.7
5 aXLDmanHepp 97.0 70.5 72.4 73.5 ? 68.0 ?
4,0,0 xXEtN
4,0 P
4 P
aXKdop
1H NMR data:
Linkage Residue H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7
5,3,2,2,6,0 xXCho 4.35 3.70 ?
5,3,2,2,6 P
5,3,2,2 bDGalp 4.38 3.58 3.70 3.91 ? ?
5,3,2 aXLDmanHepp 4.97 4.13 3.99 ? ? ? ?
5,3,6,0 xXEtN 4.14 3.29
5,3,6 P
5,3 aXLDmanHepp 5.67 4.18 3.93 ? 3.71 4.56 3.88
5,4,4,3,4,3,5 Ac
5,4,4,3,4,3 aXNeup
5,4,4,3,4 bDGalp
5,4,4,3,2 Ac
5,4,4,3 bDGlcpN
5,4,4 bDGalp
5,4,6,4 bDGlcp 4.57 3.29 3.54 3.39 3.54 3.72-3.95
5,4,6,7,4 aDGalp 4.97 3.83 3.93 4.04 4.38 ?
5,4,6,7 bDGalp 4.53 3.61 3.75 4.05 ? ?
5,4,6 aXDDmanHepp 4.97 4.10 ? 3.96 ? 4.36 3.81-4.28
5,4 bDGlcp 4.49 3.40 3.44 3.53 3.58 3.84-4.00
5 aXLDmanHepp 5.05 3.98 3.99 4.26 ? 4.10 ?
4,0,0 xXEtN
4,0 P
4 P
aXKdop
1H/13C HSQC data:
Linkage Residue C1/H1 C2/H2 C3/H3 C4/H4 C5/H5 C6/H6 C7/H7
5,3,2,2,6,0 xXCho 59.9/4.35 66.1/3.70 ?/?
5,3,2,2,6 P
5,3,2,2 bDGalp 103.7/4.38 70.5/3.58 72.3/3.70 68.8/3.91 ?/? ?/?
5,3,2 aXLDmanHepp 100.00/4.97 79.3/4.13 70.5/3.99 ?/? ?/? ?/? ?/?
5,3,6,0 xXEtN 62.1/4.14 40.1/3.29
5,3,6 P
5,3 aXLDmanHepp 99.03/5.67 79.3/4.18 69.0/3.93 ?/? ?/3.71 74.9/4.56 61.3/3.88
5,4,4,3,4,3,5 Ac
5,4,4,3,4,3 aXNeup
5,4,4,3,4 bDGalp
5,4,4,3,2 Ac
5,4,4,3 bDGlcpN
5,4,4 bDGalp
5,4,6,4 bDGlcp 103.3/4.57 73.5/3.29 75.6/3.54 69.9/3.39 76.5/3.54 61.0/3.72-3.95
5,4,6,7,4 aDGalp 100.6/4.97 68.6/3.83 70.4/3.93 70.7/4.04 70.9/4.38 ?/?
5,4,6,7 bDGalp 103.6/4.53 71.2/3.61 72.4/3.75 77.3/4.05 ?/? ?/?
5,4,6 aXDDmanHepp 99.3/4.97 69.5/4.10 ?/? 78.1/3.96 ?/? 69.1/4.36 70.1/3.81-4.28
5,4 bDGlcp 103.7/4.49 73.7/3.40 76.8/3.44 70.2/3.53 73.7/3.58 65.7/3.84-4.00
5 aXLDmanHepp 97.0/5.05 70.5/3.98 72.4/3.99 73.5/4.26 ?/? 68.0/4.10 ?/?
4,0,0 xXEtN
4,0 P
4 P
aXKdop