title: Biological characterization of endotoxins released from antibiotic-treated Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli.
abstract: The supernatants taken from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli cultures in human sera or chemically defined M9 medium in the presence of ceftazidime (CAZ) contained high levels of endotoxin, while those taken from the same cultures in the presence of imipenem (IPM) yielded a very low level of endotoxin. The biological activities of endotoxin in the supernatants were compared with those of phenol water-extracted lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The endotoxin released from the organisms as a result of CAZ treatment (CAZ-released endotoxin) contained a large amount of protein. The protein, however, lacked endotoxic activity, since the endotoxin did not show any in vivo toxic effects in LPS-hyporesponsive C3H/HeJ mice sensitized with D-(+)-galactosamine (GalN) or any activation of C3H/HeJ mouse macrophages in vitro. The activities of CAZ- and IPM-released endotoxin (as assessed by a chromogenic Limulus test) were fundamentally the same as those of P. aeruginosa LPS, since their regression lines were parallel. The CAZ-released endotoxin was similar to purified LPS with respect to the following biological activities in LPS-responsive C3H/HeN mice and LPS-hyporesponsive C3H/HeJ mice: lethal toxicity in GalN-sensitized mice, in vitro induction of tumor necrosis factor- and NO production by macrophages, and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation in macrophages. The macrophage activation by CAZ-released endotoxin as well as LPS was mainly dependent on the presence of serum factor and CD14 antigen. Polymyxin B blocked the activity. These findings indicate that the endotoxic activity of CAZ-released endotoxin is due primarily to LPS (lipid A).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Jichi Medical School, Japan. tkirikae@jichi.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kirikae
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kirikae
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tominaga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokochi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D002442:Ceftazidime / Q000494:pharmacology; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000494:pharmacology; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000378:metabolism; D018950:Lipopolysaccharide Receptors / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000633:toxicity; D008262:Macrophage Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D002511:Cephalosporins; D004731:Endotoxins; D015850:Interleukin-6; D018950:Lipopolysaccharide Receptors; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; C029294:toxin A (Pseudomonas); D009569:Nitric Oxide; C044101:endotoxin, Escherichia coli; D002442:Ceftazidime; D011494:Protein Kinases