Partially Assembled K99 Fimbriae Are Required for Protection

Confirmed nucleotide sequence of fanF of Escherichia coli K99 fimbriae.

Porphyromonas gingivalis minor fimbriae are required for cell-cell interactions.

Two distinctive types of fimbriae have been identified in Porphyromonas gingivalis. In this report, we demonstrate that minor fimbriae are involved in P. gingivalis autoaggregation and colonization. A mutant with a deficiency in minor fimbriae can bind to a saliva-coated surface but does not form microcolonies as the wild-type strain does.

ISOLATION BY PHAGE DISPLAY OF SINGLE-CHAIN Fv ANTIBODIES AGAINST Escerichia coli K99 FIMBRIAE

Single-chain antibodies (scFv) are small, recombinant proteins in which variable domains from immunoglobulin heavy and light chains are physically linked with a flexible peptide. They are monovalent and lack the heavy chain constant domins for activation of complement and binding to cellular receptors. However scFvs can possess biological activity by binding to and inhibiting the action of thei...

Glycoprotein glycans that inhibit adhesion of Escherichia coli mediated by K99 fimbriae: treatment of experimental colibacillosis.

Calf diarrhea due to infection by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli was treated by administration of glycoprotein glycans derived from bovine plasma. The glycan moieties of the nonimmunoglobulin fraction of plasma mimicked the oligosaccharide moiety of intestinal receptors recognized by K99 pili. These glycoprotein glycans inhibited adhesion of E. coli K99+ ST+ to erythrocyte glycoconjugates in ...

Structural studies on the Escherichia coli O101 lipopolysaccharide found in association with F41 and K99 fimbriae.

In this study it was shown that the O101 lipopolysaccharide isolated from Escherichia coli B41 did not contain an O-specific polysaccharide and that its sugar moiety is probably restricted to the core oligosaccharide. It is characterized by the presence of galactose, glucose, N-acetylglucosamine, heptose and 3-deoxy-D-manno-2-octulosonic acid and the fatty acid composition is typical of an Ente...