Construction of Polymeric Antigenic Diagnosticum Based on Vibrio cholera О1 Lipopolysaccharide

Representatives of the genus Vibrio cholerae differ in the structure of lipopolysaccharide, in particular, its O-polysaccharide chains (O-antigen), which determines the serological specificity of vibrios. Currently, the water-phenolic method is used to obtain the lipopolysaccharide preparation. However, this technique relates to harsh chemical methods, leads to a change in original molecular organization of biopolymer, violating its structure and biological properties. Modern technologies in the development of diagnostic kits for the immunosuspension reaction of volume agglomeration allow for obtaining synthetic carriers with different reaction groups on the particle surface capable to bind antigens/antibodies. The aim of this study was to construct cholera antigenic polymeric diagnostic kit based on the lipopolysaccharide of Vibrio cholerae O1 serogroup. Materials and methods. The lipopolysaccharide was used as a sensitizer obtained through the author's modification of enzymatic purification from the cell membranes of Vibrio cholerae using ultrasonic disintegration. Results and discussion. The resulting sensitin contains small impurities of protein (1.5 %) and nucleic acids (0.1 %). Diagnosticum is characterized by high analytical sensitivity in agglomeration reaction with commercial and experimental rabbit serum to Vibrio cholerae O1 serogroup (1:640 - 1:5120) and analytical specificity (the diagnosticum does not interact with heterologous sera, with serums to pathogens of acute intestinal infections, as well as with sera from healthy donors). A polymeric antigenic cholera diagnosticum designed to detect antibodies to lipopolysaccharide of Vibrio cholerae in the blood serum of patients who were ill, suspected of the disease or vaccinated people has been constructed.

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