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Program in Human Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
All bacteria contain proteins in which their amino-terminal cysteine residue is modified with N-acyl S-diacylglycerol functions, and peptides and proteins bearing this modification are immunomodulatory. The major outer membrane lipoprotein of Escherichia coli, the Braun lipoprotein (BLP), is the prototypical triacylated cysteinyl-modified protein. We find it is as active as LPS in stimulating human endothelial cells to an inflammatory phenotype, and a BLP-negative mutant of E. coli was less inflammatory than its parental strain. While the lipid modification was essential, the lipidated protein was more potent than a lipid-modified peptide. BLP associates with CD14, but this interaction, unlike that with LPS, was not required to elicit endothelial cell activation. BLP stimulated endothelial cell E-selectin surface expression, IL-6 secretion, and up-regulation of the same battery of cytokine mRNAs induced by LPS. Quantitative microarray analysis of 4400 genes showed the same 30 genes were induced by BLP and LPS, and that there was near complete concordance in the level of gene induction. We conclude that the lipid modification of at least one abundant Gram-negative protein is essential for endotoxic activity, but that the protein component also influences activity. The equivalent potency of BLP and LPS, and their complete concordance in the nature and extent of endothelial cell activation show that E. coli endotoxic activity is not due to just LPS. The major outer membrane protein of E. coli is a fully active endotoxic agonist for endothelial cells.
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