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In vitro binding of Campylobacter jejuni/coli outer membrane preparations to INT 407 cell membranes

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Outer membrane fractions (OMs) of nine Campylobacter (C.) jejuni and two C. coli strains belonging to different serovars, from human and various animal origins, were extracted by treatment with sodium N-lauryl sarcosinate. Using n-octyl-β-d-glucopyranoside a 42-kDa protein and a flagella-enriched fraction were obtained. The capacity of the crude bacterial OM preparations, the purified 42-kDa protein and the flagella to bind to membranes of the human embryonic intestinal cell line INT 407 was tested by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The crude OM and the 42-kDa-enriched fraction were found to bind very well to the cell membranes, whereas the flagella preparation showed only a weak binding. Using monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) with HS 2-lipopolysaccharide (LPS) specificity, binding of crude HS 2 strain OM preparations to cell membranes was detected in a significant range, whereas with flagellin-specific mAbs binding of OMs and flagella to cell membranes was only detected to a very low extent. Binding of OMs to cell membranes was inhibited by preincubation of OMs with serovar-specific mouse hyperimmune serum, whereas on preincubation with mAbs directed against LPS or flagella binding was practically not inhibited. OMs extracted after pretreatment of the bacteria with proteinase K showed an altered SDS-PAGE pattern especially for the 42-kDa protein subunit and and their capacity to bind to cell membranes was significantly reduced. The binding was also reduced by preincubation of the OMs with l-fucose or d-mannose.

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  1. Institut für Mikrobiologie und Tierhygiene, Fachbereich Veterinärmedizin, Fabeckstrasse 36A, W-1000, Berlin, Germany

    Irmgard Moser & Ernst Hellmann

  2. Institut für Biochemie, SFB 344, Freie Universität Berlin, Fabeckstrasse 36A, W-1000, Berlin, Germany

    Werner F. K. J. Schröder

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Moser, I., Schröder, W.F.K.J. & Hellmann, E. In vitro binding of Campylobacter jejuni/coli outer membrane preparations to INT 407 cell membranes. Med Microbiol Immunol 180, 289–303 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00191550

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