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Serum proteins modulate lipopolysaccharide and lipoteichoic acid-induced activation and contribute to the clinical outcome of sepsis

Triantafilou, Martha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8489-2602, Mouratis, Marios-Angelos, Lepper, Philipp, Haston, Rowenna Mitch, Baldwin, Fiona, Lowes, Sarah, Ahmed, Mohamed Abd Elrahman, Schumann, Christian, Boyd, Owen and Triantafilou, Kathy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7473-6278 2012. Serum proteins modulate lipopolysaccharide and lipoteichoic acid-induced activation and contribute to the clinical outcome of sepsis. Virulence 3 (2) , pp. 136-145. 10.4161/viru.19077

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Abstract

Bacterial cell wall components, such LPS and LTA, are potent initiators of an inflammatory response that can lead to septic shock. The advances in the past were centered around membrane-bound receptors and intracellular events, but our understanding of the initial interactions of these bacterial components with serum proteins as they enter the bloodstream remain unclear. In this study we identified several serum proteins, which are involved in the innate recognition of bacterial products. Using affinity chromatography and mass spectrometry we performed proteomic analysis of LPS- and LTA-binding serum proteins. We isolated proteins from normal serum that can interact with LPS and LTA. Fluorescent binding experiments and cytokine assays revealed that serum proteins, such as apolipoprotein, LDL, transferrin and holotransferrin could neutralize LPS/LTA binding as well as the subsequent inflammatory response, suggesting that serum proteins modulate LPS/LTA-induced responses. When compared with the proteomic profile of serum from septic patients it was shown that these proteins were in lower abundance. Investigation of serum proteins in 25 critically ill patients with a mortality rate of 40% showed statistically higher levels of these proteins in survivors. Patients surviving sepsis had statistically significant higher levels of apolipoprotein, albumin, LDL, transferrin and holotransferrin than individuals that succumbed, suggesting that these proteins have an inhibitory effect on LPS/LTA-induced inflammatory responses and in their absence there might be an augmented inflammatory response in sepsis.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher: Landes Bioscience
ISSN: 2150-5594
Last Modified: 24 Oct 2022 10:16
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/43640

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