Health 3Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Size, charge and structural heterogeneity of Brucella abortus lipopolysaccharides demonstrated by twodimensional gel electrophoresis Phenol extracted, alkali-treated lipopolysaccharide (aLPS)fromvaccine strain (S 19)Brucella abortus was demonstrated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis to consist of at least ten silver staining, polydisperse analogues having different pZs. When tested on nitrocellulose immunoblots, all ten were antigenically reactive with bovine anti-B. abortus polyclonal sera, but only six reacted with anti-B. abortus 0-antigen murine monoclonal antibody. Analogues focusing at different pZs were concluded to arise from differences in either core or 0-antigen side chain structure or because of covalently bound protein. While not qualitatively different, aLPS from pathogenic B. abortus strain 2308 had lesser amounts of analogues 1,2,5,6, and 8 than did aLPS from strain 19 (vaccine). The 2-D gel electrophoresis method was demonstrated to be of value in the analysis of aLPS from B. abortus and may be useful in the study of lipopolysaccharides from other sources. Abbreviations: LPS, lipopolysaccharide; aLPS, alkali-treated lipopolysaccharide; SDS-PAGE, one-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; IEF, isoelectric focusing; 2-D, two-dimensional; CBB, Coomassie Brilliant Blue R-250; NMR, nuclear magnetic resonance; ELISA, enzyme-linked immuno-sorbent assay: CFU, colony forming unit; HRPO, horseradish peroxidase; C/M, chargdmass ratio 0 VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, D-6940 Weinheim, 1986
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