Altering the length of the lipopolysaccharide O antigen has an impact on the interaction of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium with macrophages and complement
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2006
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Murray, G.
Attridge, S.
Morona, R.
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Journal of Bacteriology, 2006; 188(7):2735-2739
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Gerald L. Murray, Stephen R. Attridge, and Renato Morona
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A panel of isogenic Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strains that vary only in the length of the O antigen was constructed through complementation of a wzz double mutant (displaying unregulated O-antigen length) with one of two homologous (wzzST and wzzfepE) or three heterologous (wzzO139 of Vibrio cholerae and wzzSF and wzzpHS-2 of Shigella flexneri) wzz genes. Each gene was functional in the S. enterica serovar Typhimurium host and specified production of O-antigen polymers with lengths typical of those synthesized by the donor bacteria (ranging from 2 to >100 O-antigen repeat units). By use of this panel of strains, it was found that O-antigen length influences invasion/uptake by macrophage cells; this is the first time this has been shown with Salmonella. O-antigen length was confirmed to be related to complement resistance, with a minimum protective length of >4 and <15 repeat units. O antigen of 16 to 35 repeat units was found to activate complement more efficiently than other lengths, but this was unrelated to complement resistance. No evidence was found to suggest that modifying the length of the O-antigen polymer affected expression of the O1, O4, or O5 antigenic factors
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