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A variety of bacterial O-polysaccharides were covalently linked to enzymes and it was demonstrated with three discrete monoclonal antibodies that enzyme-glycoconjugates function as convenient labelled antigens in direct enzyme immunoassays, particularly competitive assays that quantify bacterial O-antigens. Two strategies, each involving reductive amination, were used to couple O-polysaccharides to enzymes, while retaining high enzymic activity. Reduction of the Schiff base formed between, 1,3-diaminopropane and the terminal reducing ketodeoxyoctanoic acid (KDO) residue present in the majority of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) core domains, following mild acid removal of Lipid A, offered the most direct route to mono-aminated polysaccharide. Alternatively, mild periodate oxidation of KDO and heptose residues generated multiple aldehyde targets for Schiff base formation, without affecting the O-antigenic determinant. Hetero- and homobifunctional coupling reagents, sulphosuccinimidyl 4-(N-maleimidomethyl)-cyclohexane-1-carboxylate and discuccinimidyl suberate, activated polysaccharide for coupling to enzymes at amino and sulphydryl sites and produced conjugates that retained at least 95% of the original enzymic activity. The most suitable enzyme conjugates, especially for competitive inhibition EIA were those bearing one polysaccharide chain, and these were easily prepared from horse-radish peroxidase. Although the extent of conjugation of activated polysaccharide to β-galactosidase and alkaline phosphatase could be controlled by reaction stoichiometry, the use of these enzymes was a less effective utilization of valuable antigen and enzyme.
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Meikle, P.J., Bundle, D.R. Preparation of polysaccharide-enzyme conjugates for competitive binding assays. Glycoconjugate J 7, 207–218 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01050604
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