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  • Title: The lipooligosaccharide (LOS) of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B strain NMB contains L2, L3, and novel oligosaccharides, and lacks the lipid-A 4'-phosphate substituent.
    Author: Rahman MM, Stephens DS, Kahler CM, Glushka J, Carlson RW.
    Journal: Carbohydr Res; 1998 Feb; 307(3-4):311-24. PubMed ID: 9675370.
    Abstract:
    The complete structure of the lipooligosaccharide (LOS) from Neisseria meningitidis strain NMB (serotype 2b:P1.2,5), a serogroup B cerebrospinal fluid isolate, was determined. Two oligosaccharide (OS) fractions and lipid-A were obtained following mild acid hydrolysis of the LOS. The structures in these fractions were determined using glycosyl composition and linkage analyses, N spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. One oligosaccharide fraction (OS1) consists of a molecule having a glycosyl sequence identical to that previously reported for the LOS from immunotype L2 N. meningitidis [A. Gamain, M. Beurret, F. Michon, J.-R. Brisson, and H.J. Jennings, J. Biol. Chem.,267,(112) 922-925] i.e., a lacto-N-neotetraose is attached to heptose I (Hep I), with terminally linked N-acetylglucosaminosyl and glucosyl residues attached to Hep II of the inner core. Approximately 70% of this structure is acetylated at O-6 of the terminally linked alpha-N-acetyl-glucosaminosyl residue. As with the L2 structure, the NMB LOS contained phosphoethanolamine (PEA) at O-6 or O-7 of the Hep II residue. The second oligosaccharide fraction (OS2) contains a a mixture of three different molecules, all of which vary from one another in their glycosyl substitution patterns of the Hep II residue. The most abundant molecule in OS2 has a structure identical to that of OSI, i.e., it has the L2 glycosyl sequence. A second molecule (OS2a) lacks the terminal glucosyl residue at O-3 of Hep II; i.e., it has a glycosyl sequence identical to that of the mild acid released oligosaccharide of N. meningitidis immunotype L3, L4, or L7 LOSs. The third molecule (OS2b) is a novel structure that lacks the terminal N-acetylglucosaminosyl residue linked to O-2 of Hep II. Overall, 76% of OS released from NMB LOS has the L2 structure, 15% is OS2a (L3), and 9% is OS2b. A portion (20%) of the molecules in the NMB LOS preparation also contained terminally linked sialic acid attached to O-3 of the lacto-N-neotetraose galactosyl residue, which is also consistent with the L3, or L4 LOS structures. In contrast to the previously reported structure of N. meningitidis lipid-A [V. A. Kulshin, U. Zähringer, B. Linder, C.E. Frasch, C-M. Tsai, B.A. Dmitriev, and E.T Rietschel, J. Bacteriol., 174, (1992)1793-1800], only 30% of the lipid-A from NMB LOS possesses 4'-phosphate. Comparison with the lipid-A of LOS purified from an isogenic acapsulate mutant, M7, revealed that the 4'-position was almost completely occupied with phosphate. These data emphasize the structural heterogeneity of the OS and phosphate substituents of Hep II, and 4'-phosphorylation of lipid-A of meningococcal LOS.
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