title: Priming of polymorphonuclear neutrophilic leukocyte oxidative activity by type 1 pili from Escherichia coli.
abstract: Preincubation of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes with free whole type 1 pili derived from Escherichia coli or with subunits of type 1 pili significantly augmented subsequent stimulation of cellular oxygen uptake by formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine, concanavalin A, opsonized zymosan, or latex particles coated with whole type 1 pili. No such priming of leukocyte activation occurred if phorbol myristate acetate was used as a stimulant or if bovine serum albumin was substituted for the type 1 pili preparations. When free in solution, neither pili preparation directly stimulated cellular oxidative metabolism. Type 1 pili-mediated priming was not inhibited by polymyxin B, by mannose congeners, or by boiling the pili preparations but was prevented by trypsinization of the pili. This priming property indicates a further means by which type 1 pili may modulate the inflammatory response of the host and provides another tool that can be used to dissect the relationship between the structure and function of type 1 pili and to characterize leukocyte receptors for these pili.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Sepulveda Veterans Administration Medical Center, California 91343.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Goetz
mesh_terms: D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000276:immunology*; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D007840:Latex; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008863:Microspheres; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011112:Polymyxin B / Q000494:pharmacology; D012995:Solubility; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D004731:Endotoxins; D007840:Latex; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D003208:Concanavalin A; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D011112:Polymyxin B