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ArticleClinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology2004

2F3 monoclonal antibody recognizes the O26 O-antigen moiety of the lipopolysaccharide of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli strain 4276.

I M Szalo, B Taminiau, F Goffaux, V Pirson, J McCappin, H J Ball, J G Mainil

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Article in Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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I M SzaloBactériologie et Pathologie Bactérienne, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Liège, Campus du Sart Tilman, Liège B4000, Belgium. imszalo@ulg.ac.be
B Taminiau
F Goffaux
V Pirson
J McCappin
H J Ball
J G Mainil
University of Liège · BE

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Abstract

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) and enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) organisms are groups of pathogenic strains whose infections are characterized by a typical lesion of enterocyte attachment and effacement. They are involved in enteric diseases both in humans and in animals, and EHEC strains can be responsible for hemolytic uremic syndrome in humans. Previously, it was shown that the 2F3 monoclonal antibody (MAb) is specific for the O26 EHEC and EPEC strains (P. Kerr, H. Ball, B. China, J. Mainil, D. Finlay, D. Pollock, I. Wilson, and D. Mackie, Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 6:610-614, 1999). As these groups of bacteria play an important role in pathology, the aim of this paper was to characterize the antigen recognized by the 2F3 MAb and its genetic determinant. A genomic locus containing the entire O-antigen gene cluster and half of the colanic acid gene cluster from an O26 EHEC strain was shown to be sufficient for the production of the antigen recognized by the 2F3 MAb in an E. coli DH5alpha strain. By transposon mutagenesis performed on the recombinant plasmid, all 2F3 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-negative mutants had their transposons inserted into the O-antigen gene cluster. The O-antigen gene cluster was also cloned from an O26 EHEC strain into the E. coli DH5alpha strain, which then produced a positive result with the 2F3 MAb. Further analysis of the type of lipopolysaccharides (smooth or rough) produced by the clones and mutants and of the O antigen of the 2F3-positive clones confirmed that the epitope recognized by the 2F3 MAb is located on the O antigen in the O26 EHEC and EPEC strains and that its genetic determinant is located inside the O-antigen gene cluster.

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Agglutination TestsAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibody SpecificityBlotting, WesternCattleCloning, MolecularEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayEpitopesEscherichia coliGene LibraryHumansLipopolysaccharidesMutagenesis, InsertionalO AntigensPolymerase Chain ReactionAntibodies, MonoclonalEpitopesLipopolysaccharidesO Antigens

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PMID15138178
PMCPMC404561
OpenAlexW2155113984

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