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ArticleInfection and immunity2003

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans serotype d-specific antigen contains the O antigen of lipopolysaccharide.

Laura Lakio, Susanna Paju, Georg Alfthan, Terttu Tiirola, Sirkka Asikainen, Pirkko J Pussinen

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Laura LakioInstitute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland. laura.ukkonen@helsinki.fi
Susanna Paju
Georg Alfthan
Terttu Tiirola
Sirkka Asikainen
Pirkko J Pussinen
University of Helsinki · FIInstitute for Molecular Medicine Finland · FIUmeå University · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is a gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic bacterium which is associated especially with aggressive forms of periodontitis. Contradictory results on the localization of the A. actinomycetemcomitans serotype-specific antigen have been reported. The aim of the present study was to characterize the A. actinomycetemcomitans serotype d-specific antigen. The antigen was isolated by affinity chromatography. The affinity column was prepared from immunoglobulin G isolated from rabbit antiserum raised against A. actinomycetemcomitans serotype d. The isolated antigen was analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, Western blotting, and silver staining, all of which revealed a ladder-like structure typical for the O antigen of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In a displacement enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), the isolated antigen displaced in a concentration-dependent manner the binding of the polyclonal rabbit antiserum raised against A. actinomycetemcomitans serotype d to the competing whole-cell serotype d antigen. The isolated antigen contained LPS, and an equal concentration of LPS isolated from A. actinomycetemcomitans serotype d gave a similar displacement curve in the ELISA. In order to test the immunogenic properties of the isolated antigen, it was used to immunize a rabbit. The antiserum raised against the isolated antigen displayed specificity in Western blotting and ELISA similar to that of antibody raised against LPS isolated from A. actinomycetemcomitans serotype d. In conclusion, our results show that the A. actinomycetemcomitans serotype d-specific antigen contains the O-antigenic structure of LPS.

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Actinobacillus InfectionsAggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitansAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialAntibody SpecificityAntigens, BacterialBlotting, WesternHumansImmunizationImmunoglobulin GLipopolysaccharidesO AntigensPeriodontitisRabbitsSerotypingAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialImmunoglobulin GLipopolysaccharidesO Antigens

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PMID12933843
PMCPMC187330
OpenAlexW1976974700

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