Macrophage activation by monosaccharide precursors of Escherichia coli lipid A.

AUTOR(ES)

Nishijima, M

RESUMO

Certain Escherichia coli mutants defective in phosphatidylglycerol biosynthesis accumulate two novel glycolipids, designated X and Y. Lipid X is a diacylglucosamine 1-phosphate bearing beta-hydroxymyristoyl groups at positions 2 and 3, and lipid Y has the same structure as X, except for the additional presence of a palmitoyl moiety on the N-linked beta-hydroxymyristate. We have examined the activities of X, Y, and several related compounds as activators of macrophages. Both X and Y induce morphological changes (spreading), prostaglandin E2 synthesis, and killing of tumor cells by mouse peritoneal macrophages in vitro, properties with which lipopolysaccharide and lipid A are also endowed. Both glycolipids have similar effects on the macrophage-like mouse cell line J774.1. Selective removal from lipid X of either the ester-linked beta-hydroxymyristate at position 3 or the phosphate at position 1 abolishes activity. Our results show that the monosaccharides X and Y retain some of the properties of intact lipopolysaccharide and lipid A with respect to macrophage activation. Because the structures of X and Y are defined, our findings should facilitate the elucidation of the molecular mechanism of macrophage activation by lipid A.

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