Immunological relationships betweenSalmonella flagellins and between these and flagellins from other species of Enterobacteriaceae

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Abstract
Ten antisera raised in rabbits, against polymeric flagellins from ten differentSalmonella serotypes were used to determine the relative cross-activities between salmonella flagellins in monomeric form. The results showed a high degree of cross-reactivity between the antisera (IgG antibodies) and all monomeric flagellins investigated. Consequently, it was possible to detect the tenSalmonella serotypes, after heat depolymerization of flagella using radioimmunometric assay with only one antiserum raised against polymeric flagellin from one serotype. The results also showed that native flagella differed antigenically from repolymerized and monomeric flagellins. This is possibly due to changes in the tertiary structure of sub-units of flagella when depolymerized with acid or heat resulting in unfolding and unmasking of common antigenic determinants. The unfolded and unmasked antigenic determinants were not only common to theSalmonella serotypes investigated, but also to other members of Enterobacteriaceae.

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