A cyanobacterial lipopolysaccharide antagonist inhibits cytokine production induced by Neisseria meningitidis in a human whole-blood model of septicemia
A cyanobacterial lipopolysaccharide antagonist inhibits cytokine production induced by Neisseria meningitidis in a human whole-blood model of septicemia
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DOI:
10.1128/iai.00110-08
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发表时间:
2008-07-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Christodoulides, Myron
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作者:
Jemmett, Kim;Macagno, Annalisa;Christodoulides, Myron
Septicemia caused by Neisseria meningitidis is characterized by increasing levels of meningococcal lipopolysaccharide (Nm-LPS) and cytokine production in the blood. We have used an in vitro human whole-blood model of meningococcal septicemia to investigate the potential of CyP, a selective Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-MD-2 antagonist derived from the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria planktothrix FP1, for reducing LPS-mediated cytokine production. CyP (>= 1 mu g/ml) inhibited the secretion of the proinflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), and IL-6 (by >90%) and chemokines IL-8 and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (by similar to 50%) induced by the treatment of blood with pure Nm-LPS, by isolated outer membranes, and after infection with live meningococci of different serogroups. In vitro studies with human dendritic cells and TLR4-transfected Jurkat cells demonstrated that CyP competitively inhibited Nm-LPS interactions with TLR4 and subsequent NF-kappa B activation. These data demonstrate that CyP is a potent antagonist of meningococcal LPS and could be considered a new adjunctive therapy for treating septicemia.