title: A host lipase detoxifies bacterial lipopolysaccharides in the liver and spleen.
abstract: Much of the inflammatory response of the body to bloodborne Gram-negative bacteria occurs in the liver and spleen, the major organs that remove these bacteria and their lipopolysaccharide (LPS, endotoxin) from the bloodstream. We show here that LPS undergoes deacylation in the liver and spleen by acyloxyacyl hydrolase (AOAH), an endogenous lipase that selectively removes the secondary fatty acyl chains that are required for LPS recognition by its mammalian signaling receptor, MD-2-TLR4. We further show that Kupffer cells produce AOAH and are required for hepatic LPS deacylation in vivo. AOAH-deficient mice did not deacylate LPS and, whereas their inflammatory responses to low doses of LPS were similar to those of wild type mice for approximately 3 days after LPS challenge, they subsequently developed pronounced hepatosplenomegaly. Providing recombinant AOAH restored LPS deacylating ability to Aoah(-/-) mice and prevented LPS-induced hepatomegaly. AOAH-mediated deacylation is a previously unappreciated mechanism that prevents prolonged inflammatory reactions to Gram-negative bacteria and LPS in the liver and spleen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas 75390-9113, USA.
authors.forename: Baomei
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Mingfang
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Steven C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Alan W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Varley
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hardwick
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Noredia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ojogun
authors.forename: Donald C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Rockey
authors.forename: Ronald P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Dematteo
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Munford
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000172:deficiency / Q000378:metabolism*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D007728:Kupffer Cells / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000633:toxicity*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology; D051218:Lymphocyte Antigen 96 / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D013154:Spleen / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D051197:Toll-Like Receptor 4 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; C411728:Ly96 protein, mouse; D051218:Lymphocyte Antigen 96; C493487:Tlr4 protein, mouse; D051197:Toll-Like Receptor 4; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C048964:acyloxyacyl hydrolase