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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2011

Elucidation of structural and antigenic properties of pneumococcal serotype 11A, 11B, 11C, and 11F polysaccharide capsules.

Juan J Calix, Moon H Nahm, Edward R Zartler

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Juan J CalixDepartment of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Moon H Nahm
Edward R Zartler
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USUnited States Military Academy · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008361 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI YACOUBIAN, TALENE ALENE · 1992 to 2024
$16.8M
Impact of a new group 6 serotype on pneumococcal vaccinesR01AI031473 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI NAHM, MOON H. · 1991 to 2011
$1.7M
Pneumococcal capsule and host innate immunityR56AI031473 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI NAHM, MOON H. · 2012 to 2012
$366k
The role of wcjE disruption in pneumococcal serotype 11A humoral escapeF31AI093103 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI CALIX, JUAN JOSE · 2011 to 2013
$104k
NIAID NIH HHS AI093103NIAID NIH HHS AI31473NIAID NIH HHS F31 AI093103NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI031473NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI031473NIGMS NIH HHS GM008361NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008361
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the emerging impact of serogroup 11 serotypes in Streptococcus pneumoniae epidemiology, the structures of serogroup 11 capsule types have not been fully elucidated, particularly the locations of O-acetyl substitutions. Here, we report the complete structures of the serotype 11B, 11C, and 11F polysaccharides and a revision to the serotype 11A capsular polysaccharide using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). All structures shared a linear, tetrasaccharide backbone with a pendant phosphopolyalcohol. Three of four saccharides are conserved in all serotypes. The individual serotype capsules differed in the identity of one saccharide, the pendant phosphopolyalcohol, and the O-acetylation pattern. Though the assigned locations of O-acetate substitutions in this study differed from those of previous reports, our findings were corroborated with strong correlations to serology and genetics. We examined the binding of serotyping sera to serogroup 11 polysaccharides by using flow cytometry and an inhibition-type enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and found that de-O-acetylation of capsular polysaccharides by mild hydrolysis decreases its immunoreactivity, supporting the crucial role of O-acetylation in the antigenicity of these polysaccharides. Due to strong correlations between polysaccharide structures and capsule biosynthesis genes, we were able to assign target substrates for the O-acetyltransferases encoded by wcwC, wcwR, wcwT, and wcjE. We identified antigenic determinants for serogroup 11 serotyping sera and highlight the idea that conventional serotyping methods are not capable of recognizing all putative variants of S. pneumoniae serogroup 11.

Indexed as

Bacterial CapsulesEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFlow CytometryMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyPolysaccharides, BacterialSerotypingStreptococcus pneumoniaePolysaccharides, Bacterial

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PMID21803987
PMCPMC3187391
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