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Investigation on the agonistic and antagonistic biological activities of synthetic Chlamydia lipid A and its use in in vitro enzymatic assays

Holger Heine

Leibniz Center for Medicine and Biosciences, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany

Sabine Gronow

Leibniz Center for Medicine and Biosciences, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany

Alla Zamyatina

Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Paul Kosma

Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Helmut Brade

Leibniz Center for Medicine and Biosciences, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany, hebra{at}fz-borstel.de

The synthetic 1,4'-bisphosphorylated penta-acyl and tetra-acyl lipid A structures representing the major molecular species of natural chlamydial lipid A were tested for their endotoxic activities as measured by interleukin-8 release from human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells expressing Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2 or TLR4. Both compounds were unable to activate HEK293 cells transiently transfected with TLR2. The penta-acyl lipid A was a weak activator of HEK293 cells expressing TLR4/MD-2/CD14 whereas tetra-acyl lipid A was inactive even at high concentrations. The weak activity of the penta-acyl lipid A could be antagonized by the tetra-acyl derivative of Escherichia coli lipid A (compound 406) or the anti-CD14 monoclonal antibody MEM-18. Both, tetra- and pentaacyl lipid A were unable to antagonize the activity of synthetic E. coli-type lipid A (compound 506) or smooth lipopolysaccharide of Salmonella enterica serovar Friedenau. Tetra- and penta-acyl lipid A served as acceptors for Kdo transferases from E. coli, Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydophila psittaci as shown by in vitro assays and detection of the products by thin layer chromatography and immune staining with monoclonal antibody.

Key Words: Synthetic • Chlamydia • lipid A • tetra-acyl lipid A • penta-acyl lipid A

Journal of Endotoxin Research, Vol. 13, No. 2, 126-132 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0968051907079122
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