Immunological evaluation of the entirely carbohydrate-based Thomsen-Friedenreich - PS B conjugate

Org Biomol Chem. 2016 Apr 7;14(13):3350-5. doi: 10.1039/c6ob00176a. Epub 2016 Mar 9.

Abstract

PS B, a naturally occurring CD4(+) T-cell simulating zwitterionic polysaccharide from Bacteroides fragilis ATCC 25285/NCTC 9343, was conjugated with aminooxy Thomsen Friedenreich (TF or T) [α-d-Gal-(1,3)-β-d-GalNAc-ONH2] tumor antigen. Immunization in Jax C57BL/6, followed by ELISA revealed IgM and IgG antibody TF specificity. FACS data noted preferential binding to TF-laced MCF-7 cells but not to HCT-116 cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigen-Antibody Reactions
  • Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / chemistry
  • Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / immunology*
  • Bacteroides fragilis / chemistry
  • Carbohydrate Conformation
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • HCT116 Cells
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / chemistry
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology
  • Immunoglobulin M / chemistry
  • Immunoglobulin M / immunology
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Polysaccharides / chemistry
  • Polysaccharides / immunology*

Substances

  • Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Polysaccharides
  • Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen