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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 282, Issue 46, 33805-33816, November 16, 2007

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Development of Peptide Mimics of a Protective Epitope of Vibrio cholerae Ogawa O-antigen and Investigation of the Structural Basis of Peptide Mimicry^*

Madushini N. Dharmasena, David A. Jewell, and Ronald K. Taylor¹

From the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Department of Genetics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755

As an alternative approach toward the development of a cholera vaccine, the potential of peptide mimics of Vibrio cholerae lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to elicit cross-reactive immune responses against LPS was investigated. Two closely related protective monoclonal antibodies, S-20-4 and A-20-6, which are specific for Ogawa O-antigen (O-specific polysaccharide; O-SP) of V. cholerae O1, were used as the target antibodies (Abs) to pan phage display libraries under different elution conditions. Six phage clones identified from S-20-4 panning showed significant binding to both S-20-4 and A-20-6. Thus, it is likely that these phage-displayed peptides mimic an important conformational epitope of Ogawa antigens and are not simply functionally recognized by S-20-4. Each of the six phage clones that could bind to both monoclonal antibodies also competed with LPS for binding to S-20-4, suggesting that the peptides bind close to the paratope of the Ab. In order to predict how these peptide mimics interact with S-20-4 compared with its carbohydrate counterpart, one peptide mimic, 4P-8, which is one of the highest affinity binders and shares motifs with several other peptide mimics, was selected for further studies using computer modeling methods and site-directed mutagenesis. These studies suggest that 4P-8 is recognized as a hairpin structure that mimics some O-SP interactions with S-20-4 and also makes unique ligand interactions with S-20-4. In addition, 4P-8-KLH was able to elicit anti-LPS Abs in mice, but the immune response was not vibriocidal or protective. However, boosting with 4P-8-KLH after immunizing with LPS prolonged the LPS-reactive IgG and IgM Ab responses as well as vibriocidal titers and provided a much greater degree of protection than priming with LPS alone.

Received for publication, August 30, 2007 , and in revised form, September 19, 2007.

^* This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant AI 25096 (to R. K. T.). The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

¹ To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel.: 603-650-1632; E-mail: Ronald.K.Taylor{at}dartmouth.edu.

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