title: Lipopolysaccharide binding protein is an essential component of the innate immune response to Escherichia coli peritonitis in mice.
abstract: Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) binding protein (LBP) is an acute-phase protein that enhances the responsiveness of immune cells to LPS by virtue of its capacity to transfer LPS to CD14. To determine the role of LBP in the innate immune response to peritonitis, LBP gene-deficient (LBP(-/-)) and normal wild-type mice were intraperitoneally infected with Escherichia coli, the most common causative pathogen of this disease. LBP was detected at low concentrations in peritoneal fluid of healthy wild-type mice, and the local LBP levels increased rapidly upon induction of peritonitis. LBP(-/-) mice were highly susceptible to E. coli peritonitis, as indicated by accelerated mortality, earlier bacterial dissemination to the blood, impaired bacterial clearance in the peritoneal cavity, and more severe remote organ damage. LBP(-/-) mice displayed diminished early tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-6, cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant, and macrophage inflammatory protein 2 production and attenuated recruitment of polymorphonuclear leukocytes to the site of infection, indicating that acute inflammation was promoted by LBP. Locally produced LBP is an essential component of an effective innate immune response to E. coli peritonitis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. s.knapp@amc.uva.nl
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Knapp
authors.forename: Alex F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: de Vos
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Florquin
authors.forename: Douglas T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Golenbock
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van der Poll
mesh_terms: D000209:Acute-Phase Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D000099231:Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein
chemical_list: D000209:Acute-Phase Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D000099231:Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein