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Differential Regulation of Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) Activation Pathways in Mouse Macrophages by LPS-Binding Proteins¹

Claudia R. Amura^2,*, Takayuki Kamei^3,, Noriko Ito^4,*, Michael J. Soares and David C. Morrison^5,*,

^* Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, and Immunology, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, and Kansas Cancer Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160

LPS binding to its receptor(s) on macrophages induces the synthesis of inflammatory mediators involved in septic shock. While the signaling mechanism(s) remains to be fully defined, the human LPS-binding protein (LBP) is known to regulate responses to LPS by facilitating its binding to CD14 on human monocytes. The structurally related bactericidal permeability increasing protein (BPI) differs from LBP by inhibiting LPS-induced human monocyte activation. We have demonstrated that, unlike the human monocyte response to LPS, both LBP and BPI inhibited LPS-stimulated TNF- production in mouse peritoneal macrophages. In contrast, LPS-dependent nitric oxide release was not affected by LBP. LPS induces the phosphorylation of a number of proteins in a dose and time-dependent manner, however, the pattern of LPS-induced phosporylation was not reduced by either LBP or BPI under conditions that result in selective TNF- inhibition. Further, activation of the transcription factor NF-B in response to LPS was also not modified by either LBP or BPI. Finally, no differences were detected in TNF- or inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA accumulations induced by LPS in the presence or absence of either protein, whereas a slight decreased mRNA stability was observed in the group with LPS treatment. These results would suggest that many of the early signaling events contribute to LPS-induced macrophage signaling at a point preceding the divergence of pathways that differentially regulate TNF- and NO production.

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