Trehalose-containing lipooligosaccharides from mycobacteria: structures of the oligosaccharide segments and recognition of a unique N-acylkanosamine-containing epitope

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Abstract

The structures of the oligosaccharide segments of nine trehalose-containing lipooligosaccharides (LOS) of Mycobacterium kansasii have been established by positive and negative fast-atom bombardment mass spectrometry, acetolysis, partial acid hydrolysis, methylation analyses, and nuclear magnetic resonance. Upon acetolysis, all produce the alpha,alpha-trehalose-containing tetraglucose (Glc4) "core" -beta-D-Glcp(1----3)-beta-D-Glcp(1----4)-alpha-D-Glcp(1----1)-alpha-D-Gl cp. The simplest (LOS I') contains an additional alpha 1----3-linked 3-O-methyl-L-rhamnopyranose (3-O-Me-L-Rhap) unit; those of intermediate complexity (LOS I-III) contain an additional D-xylopyranose (D-Xylp) residue or xylobiose in beta 1----4 linkage; and those of ultimate complexity (LOS IV-VIII) contain further D-Xylp residues and the distal N-acylkanosamine- (KanNAcyl) and fucopyranosyl- (Fucp) containing disaccharide KanNAcyl(1----3)Fucp. Thus, the structure of the oligosaccharide from LOS VII is KanNAcyl(1----3)Fucp(1----4) [-beta-D-Xylp(1----4)]6-alpha-L-3-O-Me-Rhap(1----3)Glc4++ +. Polyclonal rabbit and murine monoclonal antibodies react only with the more complex KanNAcyl-Fucp-containing lipooligosaccharides, indicating that the KanNAcyl distal end, not the trehalose end, contains the antibody binding site unique to M. kansasii and is responsible for the serological distinctiveness of M. kansasii among mycobacterial species.

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