title: Inhibitory effect of lipopolysaccharide on apoptotic cell death in macrophages infected with Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.
abstract: We have reported that the macrophage-like cell line J774.1, when infected with the periodontopathic bacterium Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, undergoes apoptosis. In this study, we examined whether stimulation of J774.1 cells with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) before the infection affects the subsequent apoptosis. Cytotoxicity on the LPS-stimulated cells was about half of the unstimulated control cells. DNA fragmentation in the LPS-stimulated cells was also significantly lower than in the control cells, whereas it was increased to a level similar to that of the control cells by addition of a nitric oxide (NO) inhibitor. In addition, significantly smaller numbers of live A. actinomycetemcomitans were recovered from the LPS-stimulated macrophages at 8 h after the infection as compared with the control cells. These findings suggest that the inhibitory effect of LPS on apoptosis results from an enhanced NO-mediated bactericidal activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology and Endodontology, School of Dentistry, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muro
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tomioka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishihara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kowashi
mesh_terms: D016976:Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D002460:Cell Line; D053938:DNA Fragmentation; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008262:Macrophage Activation; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D010587:Phagocytosis
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D009569:Nitric Oxide