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Influence of chondroitinase on indirect hemagglutination titers and phagocytosis of Pasteurella multocida serogroups A, D and F
Veterinary Microbiology (1995)
  • Richard B. Rimler, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Karen B. Register, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Tibor Magyar
  • Mark R. Ackermann, United States Department of Agriculture
Abstract

Capsules of Pasteurella multocida serogroups A, D and F contain mucopolysaccharides which block antigenic determinants and prevent phagocytosis. In this study, capsules of serogroup A, D and F strains of P. multocida were depolymerized by enzyme treatment. Capsule depolymerization of serogroup D and F strains with chondroitinase increased indirect hemagglutination (IHA) test titers and enhanced phagocytosis by swine neutrophils. Capsule depolymerization of serogroup A strains with hyaluronidase increased IHA titers, but depolymerization with chondroitinase did not. When serogroup A strains were treated with a combination of chondroitinase and hyaluronidase, IHA test titers were lower than titers of the same strains treated with hyaluronidase alone. Combined enzyme treatment of serogroup D strains resulted in IHA test titers similar to those of chondroitinase treatment alone.

Keywords
  • Pasteurella multocida,
  • Serology,
  • Phagocytosis,
  • Capsule,
  • Chondroitinase
Publication Date
December, 1995
Publisher Statement
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Citation Information
Richard B. Rimler, Karen B. Register, Tibor Magyar and Mark R. Ackermann. "Influence of chondroitinase on indirect hemagglutination titers and phagocytosis of Pasteurella multocida serogroups A, D and F" Veterinary Microbiology Vol. 47 Iss. 3–4 (1995)
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