Hypervariable region IV of Salmonella gene fliCd encodes a dominant surface epitope and a stabilizing factor for functional flagella
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- 1 April 1994
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 176 (8) , 2406-2414
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.176.8.2406-2414.1994
Abstract
To identify the major antigenic determinant of native Salmonella flagella of antigenic type d, we constructed a series of mutated fliCd genes with deletions and amino acid alterations in hypervariable region IV and in region of putative epitopes as suggested by epitope mapping with synthetic octameric peptides (T.M. Joys and F. Schödel, Infect. Immun. 59:3330-3332, 1991). The expressed product of most of the mutant genes, with deletions of up to 92 amino acids in region IV, assembled into functional flagella and conferred motility on flagellin-deficient hosts. Serological analysis of these flagella with different anti-d antibodies revealed that the peptide sequence centered at amino acids 229 to 230 of flagellin was a dominant B-cell epitope at the surface of d flagella, because replacement of these two amino acids alone or together with their flanking sequence by a tripeptide specified by a linker sequence eliminated most reactivity with antisera against wild-type d flagella as tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or by Western immunoblot. Functional analysis of the mutated flagellin genes with or without an insert suggested that amino acids 180 to 214 in the 5' part of hypervariable region IV (residues 181 to 307 of the total of 505) is important to the function of flagella. The hybrid proteins formed by insertion of peptide sequence pre-S1 12-47 of hepatitis B virus surface antigen into the deleted flagellins assembled into functional flagella, and antibody to the pre-S1 sequence was detected after immunization of mice with the hybrid protein. This suggests that such mutant flagellins containing heterologous epitopes have potential as vaccines.Keywords
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