A sensitive agarose-gel electrophoresis method has been developed for the visualization of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) samples from several Escherichia coli serotypes, such as 026:136, 055:135, 0128:1312, 0111:134, 0127:138, and K235. This method can detect as little as 0.5-6 mug of LPS depending on the serotype by treatment of the plates with toluidine blue, and it is able to measure submicrogram amounts of samples, approx. 0.05-0.5 mug, when the staining with toluidine blue followed by Stains-All procedure is adopted. Treatment of LPS with alkali under anhydrous conditions removes the ester-linked fatty acids and the phosphate groups of the Lipid A component, producing the detoxified LPS. The carbohydrate neutral moiety obtained from the hydrolysate does not migrate during electrophoresis. This was utilized to monitor quantitatively the removal process of the Lipid A component for the formation of the detoxified LPS.

Detection of submicrogram quantities of Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharides by agarose-gel electrophoresis / Maccari, Francesca; Volpi, Nicola. - In: ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0003-2697. - STAMPA. - 322:2(2003), pp. 185-189. [10.1016/j.ab.2003.08.017]

Detection of submicrogram quantities of Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharides by agarose-gel electrophoresis

MACCARI, Francesca;VOLPI, Nicola
2003

Abstract

A sensitive agarose-gel electrophoresis method has been developed for the visualization of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) samples from several Escherichia coli serotypes, such as 026:136, 055:135, 0128:1312, 0111:134, 0127:138, and K235. This method can detect as little as 0.5-6 mug of LPS depending on the serotype by treatment of the plates with toluidine blue, and it is able to measure submicrogram amounts of samples, approx. 0.05-0.5 mug, when the staining with toluidine blue followed by Stains-All procedure is adopted. Treatment of LPS with alkali under anhydrous conditions removes the ester-linked fatty acids and the phosphate groups of the Lipid A component, producing the detoxified LPS. The carbohydrate neutral moiety obtained from the hydrolysate does not migrate during electrophoresis. This was utilized to monitor quantitatively the removal process of the Lipid A component for the formation of the detoxified LPS.
2003
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2
185
189
Detection of submicrogram quantities of Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharides by agarose-gel electrophoresis / Maccari, Francesca; Volpi, Nicola. - In: ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0003-2697. - STAMPA. - 322:2(2003), pp. 185-189. [10.1016/j.ab.2003.08.017]
Maccari, Francesca; Volpi, Nicola
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