CHYLOMICRONS CAN INHIBIT ENDOTOXIN ACTIVITY INVITRO
CHYLOMICRONS CAN INHIBIT ENDOTOXIN ACTIVITY INVITRO
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-4804(91)90143-a
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发表时间:
1991-11-01
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
RAPP, JH
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作者:
EICHBAUM, EB;HARRIS, HW;RAPP, JH
Trauma, thermal injury, and nonlethal doses of endotoxin can promote the translocation of endotoxin across the mucosal barrier of the colon into the mesenteric lymphatics and systemic circulation. Bacterial endotoxemia induces changes in lipid metabolism, including an increase in circulating triglyceride-rich lipoproteins. Because cholesterol-rich lipoproteins can neutralize the toxic activity of endotoxin, bothin vitroandin vivo, we asked whether triglyceride-rich chylomicrons can inhibit endotoxin activityin vitroas measured by a chromogenic Limulus assay. We tested the effect of intact versus heat-denatured chylomicrons on thein vitroactivity of increasing concentrations ofEscherichia coli(055:B5) endotoxin. Intact chylomicrons inhibited up to 12-fold the detection of as much as 1 μg of endotoxin/mg of chylomicron triglyceride, compared to denatured chylomicrons (P< 0.001). This study shows that chylomicrons are potent inhibitors of endotoxin activityin vitro. Because translocated endotoxin from the colon associates with gut-derived chylomicrons in the mesenteric lymphatics, this may represent a natural defensive mechanism against endotoxemia of enteric origin.