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  • Title: New-found phenolic glycolipids in Mycobacterium bovis BCG. Presence of a diglycosylated glycolipid.
    Author: Vercellone A, Puzo G.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1989 May 05; 264(13):7447-54. PubMed ID: 2651440.
    Abstract:
    A crude phenolic glycolipid extract from Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) was fractionated until homogeneity at the intact level into four phenolic glycolipids called B, B-1, B-2, and B-3 according to their polarity. The apolar one, which is the most abundant was assigned to the well-known mycoside B. The B-2 and B-3 phenolic glycolipids were purified by direct-phase high performance liquid chromatography using a 5 micron Spherisorb column but were only recovered in small amounts (3 mg). A linear gradient of 0-20% methanol in chloroform was used. The B-1, B-2, and B-3 glycolipids were subjected to suitable modern analytical techniques selected for their potential to elucidate the structure at the intact level. Desorption chemical ionization-mass spectrometry allowed the molecular mass of B-3 to be determined as 1652 Da for the major homolog establishing the molecular formula as C103H192O14. Thus, the B-3 polar phenolic glycolipid contained two deoxyhexoses, one molecule of phenolphthiocerol esterified by two molecules of mycocerosic acid. Using two-dimensional 1H NMR (correlated chemical shift and nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy) at the intact level the B-3 oligosaccharide structure was determined as an alpha-L-Rhap-(1----3)-2-O-Me-alpha-L-Rhap. This is the first report of a diglycosylated phenolic glycolipid in a nonpathogenic mycobacteria. The disaccharide unit, the antigenic determinant, appears to be characteristic of M. bovis BCG. This polar glycolipid B-3 and the apolar ones, B-1 and B-2, were reactive in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay against serum from rabbit hyperimmunized with M. bovis BCG.
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