NDLI: Sialic Acid-Containing Lipopolysaccharides of Salmonella O48 Strains—Potential Role in Camouflage and Susceptibility to the Bactericidal Effect of Normal Human Serum

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Author	Bugla Płoskońska, Gabriela Rybka, Jacek Futoma Kołoch, Bożena Cisowska, Agnieszka Gamian, Andrzej Doroszkiewicz, Włodzimierz
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Sialic acid (N-acetylneuraminic acid, NeuAc) plays an essential role in protecting gram-negative bacteria against the bactericidal activity of serum and may contribute to the pathogenicity of bacteria by mimicking epitopes that resemble host tissue components (molecular mimicry). The role of sialic acid (NeuAc)-containing lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of Salmonella O48 strains in the complement activation of normal human serum (NHS) was investigated. NeuAc-containing lipooligosaccharides cause a downregulation of complement activation and may serve to camouflage the bacterial surface from the immunological response of the host. Serotype O48 Salmonella strains have the O-antigen structure containing NeuAc while its serovars differ in outer membrane protein composition. In this study, the mechanisms of complement activation responsible for killing Salmonella O48 serum-sensitive rods by NHS were established. Four of such mechanisms involving pathways, which are important in the bactericidal mechanism of complement activation, were distinguished: only the classical/lectin pathways, independent activation of the classical/lectin or alternative pathway, parallel activation of the classical/lectin and alternative pathways, and only the alternative pathway important in the bactericidal action of human serum. To further study the role of NeuAc, its content in bacterial cells was determined by gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry in relation to 3-deoxy-D-manno-2-octulosonic acid (Kdo), an inherent constituent of LPS. The results indicate that neither the presence of sialic acid in LPS nor the length of the O-specific part of LPS containing NeuAc plays a decisive role in determining bacterial resistance to the bactericidal activity of complement and that the presence of sialic acid in the structure of LPS is not sufficient to block the activation of the alternative pathway of complement. We observed that for three strains with a very high NeuAc/Kdo ratio the alternative pathways were decisive in the bactericidal action of human serum. The results indicated that those strains are not capable of inhibiting the alternative pathway very effectively. As the pathogenicity of most Salmonella serotypes remains undefined, research into the interactions between these bacterial cells and host organisms is indispensable.
Starting Page	601
Ending Page	613
Page Count	13
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ISSN	00953628
Journal	Microbial Ecology
Volume Number	59
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	1432184X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2009-10-21
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Nature Conservation Geoecology/Natural Processes Microbial Ecology Ecology Microbiology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Soil Science Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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