Protective activities of ribosomal ribonucleic acid and lipopolysaccharide of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a comparative study
Protective activities of ribosomal ribonucleic acid and lipopolysaccharide of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a comparative study
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铜绿假单胞菌核糖核酸和脂多糖的保护活性的比较研究
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10.1007/bf00393676
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发表时间:
1983
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C. P. V. Boven
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R. Gonggrijp;W. Mullers;C. P. V. Boven
Ribosomal ribonucleic acid (RNA) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) fromP. aeruginosawere compared with respect to their protective activities in mice against an infection withP. aeruginosa. This study is concentrated on the protective activity of RNA. RNA isolated from purified ribosomes did not contain LPS as determined with the Limulus test. Injection of RNA with the adjuvant dimethyldioctadecylammonium bromide (DDA) protected mice againstP. aeruginosawithout inducing LPS-specific antibodies. C3H/HeJ mice which are relatively insensitive to the protective activity of LPS could be protected with RNA. The protective activities of RNA and LPS from a mutant strain ofP. aeruginosa, PAC 605, containing defective lipopolysaccharide, were compared with the protective activities of RNA and LPS from the parent strain, PAC IR. The protective activity of LPS from PAC 605 was 1000 fold lower than the protective activity of LPS from PAC IR. RNA preparations of both strains induced similar percentages of survival. The protective activity of ribosomal RNA fromP. aeruginosawas nonspecific since mice were also protected against a heterologous serotype ofP. aeruginosaand againstEscherichia coli. RNA from ribosomes ofP. aeruginosa, E. coliand the non-lipopolysaccharide containingSaccharomyces cerevisiaehad similar protective activities. No protection was obtained with the ribonucleic acid from theE. coliphage MS 2. It is concluded that ribosomal RNA has protective activities distinct from those of LPS.