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  • Title: Regulation of the host response to bacterial lipopolysaccharides.
    Author: Ulevitch RJ, Tobias PS, Mathison JC.
    Journal: Fed Proc; 1984 Sep; 43(12):2755-9. PubMed ID: 6468671.
    Abstract:
    Bacterial endotoxins or lipopolysaccharides (LPS) are unique glycolipids present in the outer cell membrane of all gram-negative bacteria. It is now generally recognized that LPS is of primary importance in initiating the pathophysiological changes that often accompany gram-negative bacillary infections in humans including hypotensive shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and metabolic abnormalities. Although the biochemical mechanisms of these changes are not well understood, increasing emphasis has been placed on defining the biochemical response of the macrophage (M phi) to LPS. In this paper we describe two M phi-derived factors induced by LPS that may be important in the expression of endotoxic activity in the host. These are a procoagulant activity, which is present on the cell membrane of LPS-treated rabbit liver M phi and acts by directly activating coagulation factor X, and a factor released into the supernatant by LPS-treated peritoneal exudate M phi, which suppresses steroidogenesis in explanted adrenocortical cells. The potential role of the M phi in regulating the binding of LPS to high-density lipoproteins through the induction of acute phase proteins is also considered.
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