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Query: UNIPROT:P43026 (lipopolysaccharide)
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Ribosomal preparations obtained from Salmonella typhimurium by differential centrifugation and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) treatment of the bacillary lysate were found to be immunogenic in F(1) hybrid (C(3)H/HeJ x DBA/2J) and albino Swiss mice, as determined by progressive host survival. The immunity obtained was independent of the need for adjuvant and dependent on the dosage of immunogen given. Immunizations with the ribosomal preparations induced an immune response comparable to that obtained by vaccination with living organisms and significantly greater than that obtained by immunization with heat-killed salmonellae, purified lipopolysaccharide, or crude and SDS-treated endotoxin preparations. No effect on the immunogenicity of the ribosomal fraction was observed by enzymatic treatment with trypsin, Pronase, deoxyribonuclease, and pancreatic ribonuclease. Linear sucrose density gradient resolution of the preparations showed that the immunogenicity of the ribosomal fraction was not unique to any one of its subcomponents. Ethyl alcohol-precipitated, crude ribonucleic acid preparations obtained from the ribosomal and sucrose density-resolved ribosomal preparations were found to induce an immune response comparable to that obtained by immunization with the entire ribosomal fraction. Dialysis in doubly distilled demineralized water slightly reduced the immunogenicity of the preparation; however, comparable dialysis in 10(-4)m MgCl(2)-phosphate buffer did not. Chemical assays of the preparations found to be immunogenic were performed.
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PMID:Isolation and partial characterization of an immunogenic moiety obtained from Salmonella typhimurium. 489 82

In mice, active protection against Pseudomonas aeruginosa could be induced with two fractions derived from a crude preparation of ribosomes from P. aeruginosa. The two fractions were obtained by gel filtration chromatography of the crude ribosomal preparation on Sepharose CL-2B. In fraction I, less than 1% of the ribonucleic acid (RNA) applied to the column was recovered. Fraction II contained RNA and protein in a ratio of 1.94. The presence of ribosomes in this fraction was confirmed by analysis on a sucrose density gradient. The protection by fraction I was not affected by treatment with ribonuclease; in contrast, incubation of fraction II with ribonuclease completely abolished active protection. Fraction I contained lipopolysaccharide (LPS) as was indicated by the presence of 2-keto-3-deoxyoctonic acid. No LPS was found in fraction II. The adjuvant dimethyl dioctadecyl ammonium bromide enhanced the protection by fraction II; however, immunity by a low dose of fraction I was abolished by dimethyl dioctadecyl ammonium bromide. Protection by fractions I and II appeared to be restricted to the homologous serotype of P. aeruginosa. These results indicate that RNA is required for protection by fraction II. Active protection by fraction I is likely due to LPS.
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PMID:Ribonuclease-sensitive ribosomal vaccine of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 615 37

Ribosomal and ribonucleic acid (RNA)-rich preparations derived from Salmonella typhimurium were examined for their ability to enhance the primary in vitro antibody response of normal mouse spleen cell cultures to sheep erythrocytes. Both of these fractions were consistently more active in elevating the antibody response of normal mouse splenocytes from lipopolysaccharide (LPS) responder mice than was LPS. Furthermore, injection of mice with either the ribosomal or RNA-rich fraction induced antibody response helper factor activity in 2-h post-treatment serum similar to that induced by LPS. Endotoxin low-responding C3H/HeJ mice were stimulated to release helper factors by ribosomes and the RNA extracts but not by LPS. Treatment of the ribosomes and RNA fractions with ribonuclease destroyed their ability to stimulate the production of the helper factor in serum of treated mice. Therefore, it appears likely that ribosomes and RNA-rich fractions stimulated an intermediate helper factor due to the presence of RNA and not LPS.
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PMID:Induction of immunoenhancing factors for murine splenocyte cultures by Salmonella typhimurium ribosome and ribonucleic acid extracts. 616 65

To obtain information about the nature of the immunogens in the ribosomal vaccine (fraction II) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, we studied the specificity of rabbit antibodies to fraction II. Crossed immunoelectrophoresis demonstrated the presence of antibodies which precipitated with ribosomal antigens, but not with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). By means of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, antibodies to LPS were detected in antibodies to fraction II. Antibodies to fraction II could protect mice against a lethal challenge with P. aeruginosa. Absorption experiments demonstrated that the protective ability of antibodies to fraction II was due to antibodies to cell envelope antigens, whereas antibodies to ribosomal antigens did not contribute to the protection. Antibodies to LPS could be detected in mice 1 week after a single vaccination with fraction II. It was concluded that the protective activity of fraction II was due, at least in part, to the presence of LPS in the ribosomal vaccine. Treatment of fraction II with ribonuclease decreased the protective activity of the ribosomal vaccine. Addition of synthetic polyadenylic acid-polyuridylic acid restored the protective activity of ribonuclease-treated fraction II, indicating that RNA in the ribosomal vaccine might act as an adjuvant or a carrier in the presentation of the of the contaminating cell envelope antigens. The protective activity and the toxicity of fraction II were compared with the protective activity and the toxicity of fraction I, which contained cell envelope components, including LPS, and of purified LPS. The results indicated that protection by the ribosomal vaccine was associated with a slightly higher toxicity than was protection by fraction I, whereas purified LPS was the most toxic vaccine.
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PMID:Evidence for the presence of lipopolysaccharide in a ribonuclease-sensitive ribosomal vaccine of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 678 42

The antitumor activity of a marine bacterium, Vibrio anguillarum, against Ehrlich carcinoma cells in ddY mice was investigated. The aqueous layer obtained by the hot phenol-water procedure exhibited more antitumor activity than did the middle layer or the phenol layer. This finding indicates that lipopolysaccharide (LPS) derived from V. anguillarum exhibits significant antitumor activity. In fact, mice injected with LPS obtained by ultracentrifugation and treatment with RNase had a longer mean survival period than the control mice. V. anguillarum LPS also inhibited the growth of syngeneic fibrosarcoma induced by 3-methylcholanthrene in C57BL/6 mice. V. anguillarum LPS possesses no 2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate, a regular sugar component of the core region of most gram-negative bacterial LPS, suggesting that 2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate is unnecessary for the antitumor activity of LPS.
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PMID:Antitumor activity of 2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate-free lipopolysaccharide of Vibrio anguillarum in mice. 686 49

Lipid A induced bone marrow cells derived from lipopolysaccharide responder strain C3H/HeN to release a component to the extracellular fluid that enhanced DNA synthesis of splenocytes derived from the lipopolysaccharide nonresponder strain C3H/HeJ. The mitogenic component was not selected when C3H/HeN splenocytes were used instead of bone marrow. The target cell in splenocyte populations responding to the mitogenic component released by lipid A-stimulated bone marrow cells is a B cell, as judged by the corresponding of individual cells undergoing DNA synthesis determined by autoradiograph and the presence of surface immunoglobulin detected by immunofluorescence. The mitogenic factor is heat-labile, sensitive to trypsin, and intensive to RNase.
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PMID:A novel mitogen released by lipid A-stimulated bone marrow cells. 697 87

Hemolin is an insect protein which belongs to the immunoglobulin superfamily and is strongly induced upon bacterial infection. It has been isolated from two moths, Hyalophora cecropia and Manduca sexta. We have isolated and sequenced a genomic clone for hemolin in H. cecropia, in order to resolve its organization and as a basis for investigating hemolin gene regulation. According to Southern-blot analysis, hemolin is encoded by a single gene, Hemolin. It contains six exons ranging over 32-603 bp. The introns are positioned both within and between the immunoglobulin-like domains, a feature typical for cell-adhesion molecules belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily. By an RNase protection assay, we show that the Hemolin transcript is strongly induced not only by bacteria, but also by lipopolysaccharide and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. Analysis of the upstream region and introns revealed potential binding sites for the Cecropia immunoresponsive factor (CIF), which recognizes the kappa B-like consensus GGGRA YYYYY.
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PMID:Structure and expression of Hemolin, an insect member of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily. 760 Nov 54

Spontaneous production of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) by inflammatory macrophages contributes to aberrant wound healing, but little is known about regulation of IGF-I synthesis in myeloid cells. The T cell-derived cytokine interferon-gamma (IFN gamma) inhibits several fibrogenic and angiogenic components of the wound-healing response. We have used metabolic labeling of primary colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1)-derived macrophages and a transformed macrophage cell line (PU5-1R) followed by immunoprecipitation to demonstrate that synthesis of the 17 kilodalton (kDa) prepro-IGF-I protein by these cells is substantially inhibited by IFN gamma. An exon 4 IGF-I/beta-actin riboprobe expression cassette was used in RNase protection assays to show that IFN gamma also reduces steady state levels of IGF-I mRNA in three different populations of macrophages in a time- and dose-dependent manner. This effect is specific for IFN gamma because neither the IFNs-alpha/beta nor lipopolysaccharide (LPS) affects expression of steady state IGF-I transcripts. Down-regulation of IGF-I mRNA by IFN gamma is dependent on de novo protein synthesis and is abrogated by coculture with cycloheximide. Nuclear run-on assays revealed that elongation of IGF-I transcripts is absent in fresh bone marrow cells but is induced several-fold after cells are cultured for 6 days with CSF-1. Treatment of these CSF-1-derived macrophages with IFN gamma for 6 h substantially inhibits synthesis of IGF-I mRNA. Studies on the decay of IGF-I mRNA in PU5-1R macrophages treated with an RNA polymerase inhibitor confirmed that the decline in IGF-I steady state mRNA in IFN gamma-treated cultures arises from an inhibition of transcription rather than from a reduction in mRNA stability. Since a variety of inflammatory mediators can induce expression of IGF-I in macrophages, inhibition of macrophage IGF-I synthesis by IFN gamma provides a mechanism by which leukocytes regulate levels of this growth factor in their microenvironment.
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PMID:Interferon-gamma inhibits macrophage insulin-like growth factor-I synthesis at the transcriptional level. 777 81

Treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with metal ion chelators, especially ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), causes both release of protein-lipopolysaccharide complexes and cell death. We have examined the effect of EDTA on P. aeruginosa and found that EDTA does not induce the rapid solubilization of the peptidoglycan sacculus and complete lysis as previously thought; the decrease in optical density of cultures incubated with EDTA is primarily due to the loss of the outer membrane. Of the other potential solubilizers examined, only ethylene-bis(oxyethylenenitrilo)tetraacetic acid (EGTA) resulted in some decrease in optical density. The lytic effect of EDTA on 12 strains of P. aeruginosa was examined and was found to vary greatly between strains; the sensitivity to EDTA varies from between 96% and 10% of the decrease in optical density resulting from incubation of cells with both EDTA and lysozyme. Sensitivity to EDTA is not constant during the growth of P. aeruginosa; in the early exponential phase of growth, cells treated with EDTA exhibit a 82% decrease in optical density after 30 min while in the stationary phase the optical density decreases by only 40%. Nucleic acids were observed to leak from cells following treatment with EDTA and this was greatly facilitated by DNase and RNase. The release of genetic material was much reduced when cells were incubated at 4 degrees C, supporting an enzymatic role in cell wall solubilization. We propose that only small areas of the sacculus become hydrolysed via specific peptidoglycan hydrolases, or autolysin(s), which are activated or de-regulated by EDTA.
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PMID:Role of autolysins in the EDTA-induced lysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 800 62

The expression of neurotrophin and neurotrophin receptor mRNAs was examined using RNase protection assays and Northern-blot analysis in rat thymus, spleen tissue and immunocompetent mononuclear cells purified from these two organs. Nerve growth factor, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, neurotrophin-3 and neurotrophin-4 mRNAs were all expressed in thymus and spleen tissue although at different levels, while immunocompetent cells expressed neurotrophin-3 and neurotrophin-4 mRNAs. Thymus and spleen tissue expressed mRNAs encoding the low-affinity nerve-growth-factor receptor, the non-neuronal TrkA I receptor, the truncated (kinase deficient) and full-length TrkB, and the TrkC receptor. Low-affinity nerve-growth-factor receptor and non-neuronal TrkA I mRNAs were detected in both thymus and spleen immunocompetent cells. In addition, thymus cells expressed neuronal TrkA II mRNA and spleen cells expressed truncated TrkB mRNA. The expression of TrkA I and TrkA II mRNAs was enhanced in both thymus and spleen cells after cell culture. Enhanced levels of neurotrophin-4 mRNA were observed in spleen immunocompetent cells after adrenalectomy. Moreover, the expression of neurotrophin-4 mRNA was up-regulated after stimulation of immune cells with the mitogens concanavalin A or lipopolysaccharide or with the inflammatory mediator leukotriene B4. This suggests that neurotrophin-4 could be secreted by immunocompetent cells and may be involved in inflammatory processes.
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PMID:Expression of mRNA encoding neurotrophins and neurotrophin receptors in rat thymus, spleen tissue and immunocompetent cells. Regulation of neurotrophin-4 mRNA expression by mitogens and leukotriene B4. 805 49


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