title: [Stimulation of adhesion molecule expression in human vascular endothelium by Bacteroides fragilis toxins--influence of polymyxin B].
abstract: The aim of this study was to examine the influence of polymyxin B on the level of expression of adhesion molecules E-selectin, ICAM-1, and VCAM-1 on human vascular endothelium activated with B. fragilis endotoxins or enterotoxin. Lipopolysaccharides were extracted by phenol-water method from one nonenterotoxigenic (NTBF) and three enterotoxigenic (ETBF) B. fragilis strains. LPS preparations were purified with nucleolytic enzymes and ultracentrifugation. Enteotoxin (BFT) was prepared from the supernatant of reference B. fragilis ATCC 43858 culture by precipitation with ammonium sulphate. BFT preparations were purified with the application of ion-exchange chromatography and hydrophobic chromatography. Adhesion molecule expression on the surface of human vascular endothelial cells (HMEC-1 cell line) was determined after simultaneous stimulation with bacterial compounds at the concentration of 10 micrograms/ml and polymyxin B at the concentration of 20 micrograms/ml. Endothelial cells were activated for 4 hours (E-selectin expression) or for 24 hours (ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 expression). Adhesion molecules were detected in immunoenzymatic test (ELISA) with the use of mouse, monoclonal antibodies against human ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and E-selectin. The results of performed experiments suggest, that polymyxin B changes the level of adhesion molecule expression on human vascular endothelium. This antibiotic causes changes in the expression of endothelial ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and E-selectin during simultaneous stimulation of endothelium with B. fragilis endotoxins or enterotoxin. In the majority of cases the addition of polymyxin B leads to the up-regulation of examined adhesion molecules.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Zakład Mikrobiologii Lekarskiej AM w Warszawie.
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rokosz
authors.forename: Felicja
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meisel-Mikołajczyk
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kot
authors.forename: Cezary
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Malchar
authors.forename: Elwira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zawidzka
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nowaczyk
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Górski
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism*; D019040:E-Selectin / Q000378:metabolism; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011112:Polymyxin B / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D019040:E-Selectin; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; C405031:Bacteroides fragilis toxin; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D011112:Polymyxin B