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Structural characterization of lipid A from nontypeable and type f Haemophilus influenzae: Variability of fatty acid substitution
Södertörn University, School of Life Sciences. Karolinska Institutet.
Södertörn University, School of Life Sciences. Karolinska Institutet.
Södertörn University, School of Life Sciences. Karolinska Institutet.
Södertörn University, School of Life Sciences. Karolinska Institutet.
2005 (English)In: Analytical Biochemistry, ISSN 0003-2697, E-ISSN 1096-0309, Vol. 340, no 2, p. 303-316Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Lipid A isolated by mild acid hydrolysis from lipopolysaccharides of 22 nontypeable and 2 type f Haemophilus influenzae strains was investigated using electrospray ionization coupled to quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry. The lengths, positions, and number of acyl chains in the lipid A molecule were determined using multiple-step tandem mass spectrometry (MSn). All of the analyzed strains showed a major lipid A molecule comprising beta-2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose-(1 -> 6)-alpha-2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose phosphorylated at the C4 ' and C1 positions. The C2/C2 ' and C3/C3 ' positions were substituted by amide-linked and esterlinked 3-hydroxytetradecanoic acid chains, respectively. The fatty acid chains oil C3 ' and C2 ' were further esterified by tetradecanoic acid chains. In all strains, minor amounts of lipid A molecules with different acylation patterns were identified. Thus, structures comprising the hexaacylated lipid A with the C2 or C3 position being Substituted by 3-hydroxydecanoic acid, and hexaacylated lipid A with the C3 and C3 ' positions being substituted by 3-hydroxydodecanoic or dodecanoyloxytetradecanoic acid, respectively, were found. In addition, lipid A with an acetyl group attached to the 3-hydroxytetradecanoic acid groups attached to the C2 or C3 position was detected in two nontypeable H. influenzae strains.

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2005. Vol. 340, no 2, p. 303-316
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-14459DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.02.020ISI: 000228779000015PubMedID: 15840504OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-14459DiVA, id: diva2:469390
Available from: 2011-12-23 Created: 2011-12-23 Last updated: 2017-12-08Bibliographically approved
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1. Structural diversity of the lipid A and core oligosaccharide moieties of the lipopolysaccharides from nontypeable and serotype f Haemophilus influenzae
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Structural diversity of the lipid A and core oligosaccharide moieties of the lipopolysaccharides from nontypeable and serotype f Haemophilus influenzae
2005 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
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This thesis describes structural studies of the oligosaccharide and lipid A moieties of lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) isolated from disease-causing Haemophilus influenzae strains. The nontypeable strains were clinical isolates from the middle ear of children suffering from otitis media and the serotype f strains had been collected from three adults with respiratory tract infections. The LPS molecules are situated on the cell wall of H. influenzae strains and they play a very important role in colonization, infection, evasion of host immune system and inflammatory response. Previous studies have implicated the heterogeneous repertoire of LPS structures within a strain and mimicry of human cell wall structures to be involved in the diseasecausing behavior of this organism. Structural analysis of the oligosaccharide moieties with advanced applications of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and various electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) techniques revealed novel structural features in each of the investigated strains. All of the strains displayed a very complex mixture of LPS structures that differed between and within the pathogens. Moreover, all of the strains had the capacity to express mimics of human glycolipids. The genetic basis for LPS biosynthesis for H. influenzae is established for the strain of which the complete genome has been determined. In this thesis the function of the genes involved in the biosynthesis of LPS was investigated in a nontypeable strain by using the combination of genetic engineering and structural analysis. The synergy of genomics and analytical carbohydrate chemistry led to the identification of novel structural epitopes, and furthermore, enabled us to identify a new function for one of these genes. The most recent structural study of lipid A from H. influenzae was conducted in 1988 on a mutant strain. The results of that study established the presence of only one lipid A structure. in this thesis we investigated lipid A from both nontypeable and serotype wild type strains by performing tandem ESI-MS and the results confirmed earlier findings but also evidenced other lipid A structures previously not associated with H. influenzae. Moreover, all of the strains exhibited a heterogeneous population of lipid A molecules.

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Stockholm: Karolinska instiutet, 2005. p. 60
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Biological Sciences
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urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-31887 (URN)91-7140-504-6 (ISBN)
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2005-11-25, 4U Solen, Alfred Nobels allé 8, Huddinge, 09:00 (English)
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