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  • Title: The polysaccharide portion plays an indispensable role in Salmonella lipopolysaccharide-induced activation of NF-kappaB through human toll-like receptor 4.
    Author: Muroi M, Tanamoto K.
    Journal: Infect Immun; 2002 Nov; 70(11):6043-7. PubMed ID: 12379680.
    Abstract:
    The lipid A portion has been identified as the active center responsible for lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced macrophage activation. However, we found that Salmonella (Salmonella enterica serovars Abortusequi, Minnesota, and Typhimurium) lipid A is inactive in human macrophages, despite its LPS being highly active. Thus we investigated the critical role of polysaccharide in Salmonella LPS-induced activation of NF-kappaB. In human monocytic cell line THP-1, Salmonella lipid A and synthetic Salmonella-type lipid A (516) did not induce NF-kappaB-dependent reporter activity up to 1 micro g/ml, whereas strong activation was observed in response to Salmonella LPS. The difference in activity between this lipid A and LPS was further examined by using 293 cells expressing human CD14/Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)/MD-2, and similar results were obtained in these cells as well. A polysaccharide preparation obtained from Salmonella LPS was inactive in 293 cells expressing human CD14/TLR4/MD-2 even in combination with 516. Salmonella enterica serovar Minnesota Re LPS, whose structure consists of lipid A and two molecules of 2-keto-3-deoxyoctonic acid, but not its lipid A exhibited strong activity in THP-1 cells and 293 cells expressing human CD14/TLR4/MD-2. These results indicate that the polysaccharide portion covalently bound to lipid A plays the principal role in Salmonella LPS-induced activation of NF-kappaB through human CD14/TLR4/MD-2.
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