Antibodies to liposomal phosphatidylserine and phosphatidic acid

Polyclonal antisera to phosphatidylserine or phosphatidic acid were induced in rabbits by injecting liposomes containing phosphatidylserine or phosphatidic acid and lipid A. Adsorption of antisera with liposomes containing different phospholipids revealed that some degree of reactivity with one or more phospholipids other than the immunizing phospholipid was often observed. However, cross-reactivity with other phospholipids was not a universal phenomenon, and one antiserum to phosphatidylserine failed to cross-react (i.e., was not adsorbed) with liposomes containing other phospholipids. All of the antisera were inhibited by soluble phosphorylated haptens (e.g., phosphocholine but not choline), but one of the antisera to phosphatidylserine was inhibited both by phosphoserine and by serine alone. Liposomal membrane composition influenced the activity of antiserum to phosphatidylserine. Regardless of whether unsaturated (beef brain) or saturated (dimyristoyl) phosphatidylserine was used in the immunizing liposomes, the antisera reacted more vigorously with liposomes containing unsaturated than saturated phosphatidylserine. We conclude that liposomes containing lipid A can serve as vehicles for stimulating polyclonal antisera to phosphatidylserine and phosphatidic acid. Although cross-reactivity with certain other phospholipids can be observed, sera from selected animals apparently can exhibit a high degree of specific activity to the immunizing phospholipid antigen.Key words: liposomes, antibodies, phospholipids, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidic acid.

Notizen: Isolation of Beef Brain Phosphonolipids by Thin Layer Chromatography: Their Identification and Silicic Acid Column Chromatographic Separation

The isolation and identification of the phosphonolipids from beef brain - right lobe, left lobe and cerebellum - is herein reported. The phosphonolipids were isolated by preparative thin layer chromatography (TLC) using the solvent system methanol/water (2:1, v/v) and identified preliminarily by TLC. The isolated phosphonolipids were subjected to silicic acid column chromatographic separation and the thus separated phosphonolipids were identified by TLC, nitrogen-phosphorus determinations and IR spectroscopy.