STRUCTURE OF A NOVEL LIPID A AND METHODS UTILIZING SAME

• Main Author: CARLSON, RUSSELL, W
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 18.06.1997
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PROCESSES USING MICROORGANISMS; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; SPIRITS; SUGARS; VINEGAR; WINE

A purified lipid A from Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar phaseoli CE3, as well as analogs and derivatives of the purified lipid A are provided. Compositions containing heterogenous mixtures of lipid A from R. leguminosarum bv. phaseoli CE3 are also provided. The lipid A provided herein can be combined with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods of stimulating the immune system in a subject, treating or preventing toxic shock in a subject, and methods of treating and preventing a lipopolysaccharide mediated disorder in a subject using the novel lipid A are provided.