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  • 1
    ISSN: 1574-6968
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide, LPS) induces the production of mediators of inflammation, which exerts pathophysiological effects such as fever or shock in mammals. In the present study we have investigated the modulation of LPS by the synthetic non-active tetraacylated precursor Ia of lipid A (compound 406) in the induction of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin 1 (IL-1) and interleukin 6 (IL-6) in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and in human peripheral blood monocytes (PBMo). PBMC stimulated with LPS released TNF in a concentration dependent manner. Release of biologically active TNF, IL-1 and IL-6 was first detectable 4 h after LPS stimulation. Compound 406 alone in all concentrations tested did not induce TNF, IL-1 or IL-6 release, intracellular TNF or IL-1β, or mRNA for TNF or IL-1. Added to PBMC 1 h before LPS compound 406 enhanced or suppressed TNF release and suppressed IL-1 and IL-6 release depending on the ratio of concentrations between stimulator (LPS) and modulator (compound 406). In contrast to LPS stimulation alone TNF, IL-1 and IL-6 release in presence of compound 406 was delayed and first detectable after 6 to 8 h. Compound 406 was able to suppress LPS-induced intracellular TNF and IL-1β in PBMC. Added to PBMo 1 h before LPS it totally inhibited the production of mRNA for TNF and IL-1. When added to PBMC 1 h after LPS, TNF release was suppressed in a concentration-dependent way and release of biologically active TNF, IL-1 and IL-6 could again be detected for the first time after 4 h. Compound 406 was not able to inhibit phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-induced TNF and IL-1 release in PBMo which suggests that its modulating effect is LPS-specific. This study provides evidence that the modulating effect of compound 406 on the LPS induction of TNF, IL-, 1 and IL-6 could be due to competitive binding.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1574-6968
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Experiments were designed to investigate the significance of lipid A partial structures, precursor Ia (compound 406), and lipid X (compound 401) to serve as antagonists of interleukin 1 (IL-1) release from human mononuclear cells and monocytes induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS, endotoxin) of Salmonella aborus equi or synthetic Escherichia coli lipid A (compound 506). A definite inhibition mediated by lipid A partial structures on IL-1 release induced by LPS or lipid A was found in repeated experiments. The inhibitory effect was exterted not only on IL-1 release, but also on IL-1 peptide synthesis at the intracellular level. The results also show that lipid A partial structures have suppressive effects even when added 1–4 after LPS or lipid A. We conclude from these results that lipis A partial structures (precursor Ia and lipid X) have potent immunomodulatory effects on LPS- and lipid A-induced IL-1 release and may become useful reagents to study the mechanism of interaction of LPS and lipid A with cells of the immune system.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1574-695X
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Five high molecular weight glycolipids capable of stimulating human peripheral whole-blood cell cultures to cause interleukin 6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α induction were isolated from one of the lipoteichoic acid fractions (LTA-2) extracted from Enterococcus hirae ATCC 9790 (Tsutsui et al., (1991) FEMS Microbiol. Immunol. 76, 211–218) by a combination of hydrophobic interaction and anion-exchange chromatographies. This purification procedure resulted in a remarkable increase in the cytokine-inducing activities on the weight basis of isolated glycolipids (a maximum of 36- and 17-fold increases of IL-6 and TNF-α induction, respectively). The total yield of these bioactive glycolipids amounted to 6 wt% of the parent LTA-2 fraction, while the recovery rate in terms of the cytokine-inducing activities was estimated to be sufficient. The chemical composition and the profile, using SDS-PAGE, revealed that all of the isolated bioactive components were high molecular weight glycolipids, which were distinct from each other and from the parent LTA-2 fraction. These findings suggest that the IL-6 and TNF-α-inducing activities previously noted in the parent LTA-2 fraction are not attributable to a chemical entity, the structure of which had been proposed elsewhere (Fischer, W. (1990) in Glycolipids, Phosphoglycolipids and Sulfoglycolipids (Kates, M. ed.) pp. 123–234, Plenum Press, New York), but to the other high molecular weight glycolipids described here.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1574-695X
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: A synthetic lipid A of Helicobacter pylori strain 206-1 (compound HP206–1), which is similar to its natural lipid A, exhibited no or very low endotoxic activities as compared to Escherichia coli-type synthetic lipid A (compound 506). Furthermore, compound HP206-1 as well as its natural lipid A demonstrated no or very low mitogenic responses in murine spleen cell. On the other hand, compound HP206-1 showed a weaker but significant production of interleukin-8 in a gastric cancer cell line, MKN-1, in comparison with compound 506. Furthermore, compound HP206-1 exhibited induction of tumor necrosis factor-α production in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells and the cytokine production was clearly inhibited by mouse anti-human Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 monoclonal antibody HTA125. Our findings indicate that the chemically synthesized lipid A, mimicking the natural lipid A portion of lipopolysaccharide from H. pylori strain 206-1, has a low endotoxic potency and immunobiological activities, and is recognized by TLR4.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1574-695X
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Nα-[3-(Hexadecanoyloxy)hexadecanoyl]-ornithine is a typical bacterial ornithine-containing lipid (OL). The configuration of the 3-hydroxy fatty acids in the OL was proved to be d by using HPLC with chiral column. For this analysis, Nα-(d or l)-[3-(hexadecanoyloxy)hexadecanoyl]-l-ornithine were synthesized and used as standards. The typical bacterial OL, as well as the synthesized one, exhibited strong interleukin-1- and prostaglandin E2-inducing activities, and further, it induced the production of high IgG anti-tetanus toxoid antibodies in mice. The typical OL is expected to be utilized as a nontoxic, potent adjuvant.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1365-2958
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Monoclonal antibodies against the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of the deep rough mutant I-69 Rd−/b+ of Haemophilus influenzae were obtained after immunization of mice with sheep erythrocytes which had been coated with de-O-acylated LPS. Characterization of antibodies was performed by enzyme immuno assay (EIA) using LPS or neoglycoconjugates containing partial structures of LPS as solid-phase antigens and by haemagglutination with sheep erythrocytes coated with de-O-acylated LPS. Binding data were confirmed by EIA inhibition experiments using deacylated LPS or synthetic partial structures thereof. Three antibodies were specific for 3-deoxy-d-manno-octulopyranosonic acid- (Kdo) 5-phosphate, one for Kdo-4-phosphate, and one required, in addition to a Kdo-phosphate, parts of the phosphorylated glucosamine backbone of lipid A. All antibodies also bound in (i) Western blots to bacterial whole-cell lysates or isolated LPS separated by SDS–PAGE, (ii) bacterial colony blots, and (iii) immunofluorescence with live bacteria. The latter result indicated that Kdo-4- and Kdo-5-phosphate are synthesized by the bacteria and are not the result of phosphate migration.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1573-501X
    Keywords: p-Acylaminobenzyl group ; p-Azidobenzyl group ; p-Acylaminophenyl glycoside linker ; DDQ oxidation ; CAN oxidation ; Solid-phase synthesis of oligosaccharides
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Summary Several new para-substituted benzyl- or phenyl-type protecting groups and their application to linkers for solid-phase synthesis are described.p-Acylaminobenzyl groups have higher acid stability than thep-methoxybenzyl (MPM) group, but are readily cleaved with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanobenzoquinone (DDQ). Thep-azidobenzyl (Azb) group also has higher acid stability than the MPM group and can be removed much faster than the MPM group by DDQ oxidation after conversion of the azide group into the corresponding iminophosphorane. The acid stability of thep-azido-m-chlorobenzyl group (Cl-Azb) is higher than that of the Azb group. The former can be readily removed by DDQ oxidation after conversion of the azide group into the iminophosphorane. Thep-acylaminophenyl glycoside linker can be readily obtained fromp-nitrophenyl glycoside and can be readily cleaved by ammonium cerium(IV) nitrate (CAN) oxidation. This type of linker should be useful not only for the solid-phase synthesis of oligosaccharides but also for general solid-phase synthesis.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1573-4986
    Keywords: acetolysis ; IL-6 ; MALDI-TOF-MS ; mannan ; NMR ; poly(glycerophosphate) structure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Previously, we showed that quantitatively minor several glycolipids only less than 5% of the lipoteichoic acid (LTA) fraction from Enterococcus hirae ATCC 9790 possessed cytokine-inducing activity, whereas the major component (over 90%) did not [Suda et al. (1995) FEMS Immun Med Microbiol 12:97–112]. The major inactive component was shown to have the chemical structure as was proposed for the LTA by Fischer [Hashimoto et al. (1997) J Biochem 121:779–86], suggesting that so-called LTA is not a cytokine-inducing component in the Gram-positive bacteria. In the present paper, the structure of the hydrophilic part of one of the cytokine-inducing glycolipid tentatively named GL4 is elucidated. GL4 was first subjected to hydrolysis with aqueous HF to give a polysaccharide and a mixture of low molecular weight products. The polysaccharide was composed mainly of highly branching mannan as concluded from NMR and MS analyses of its acetolysis products. The low molecular weight products consisted of phosphate and glycerol, suggesting the presence of a poly(glycerophosphate) structure in the original GL4. From these observations, the hydrophilic part of GL4 was shown to consist of mannose-rich polysaccharide and poly(glycerophosphate), the latter being bound to the former by a phosphodiester linkage.
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  • 9
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    Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biological Mass Spectrometry 11 (1984), S. 132-141 
    ISSN: 0306-042X
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: The applicability and the present limitations of the laser microprobe mass analyser LAMMA®-500 as an instrument for the structural analysis of higher molecular weight, non-volatile, bio-organic compounds (≤2000 u) were investigated. For this purpose mass spectra of various synthetic and natural compounds representing cell wall components of Gram-negative bacteria, e.g. phospholipids and lipid A-like molecules were studied. In several cases these spectra exhibited relatively simple and interpretable patterns with a prominent quasi-molecular ion originating from alkali attachment. For one group of the compounds studied - synthetic lipid A-like molecules containing a phosphate moiety - the spectra were rather complicated and lacked pronounced quasi-molecular peaks. Possible reasons for this observation are discussed.
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  • 10
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    New York : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biopolymers 20 (1981), S. 1869-1875 
    ISSN: 0006-3525
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: A novel and very accurate method was established for the determination of the optical purity of a peptide by use of the following procedure: (1) hydrolysis of the peptide in deuterium chloride, (2) gas chromatographic separation of each amino acid enantiomer on a chiral phase, and (3) determination of the D/L ratio by mass fragmentography. In this manner, one can estimate the true chiral purity of each amino acid residue with an accuracy of ∼0.2%. The recemization effected during hydrolysis could be eliminated in principle, since the artificially formed DL-amino acids are necessarily labeled at the α-position with deuterium and can thus be distinguished mass spectrometrically from the D- and L-isomer originally present in the peptide. The versatility of the method was proven by analysis of model peptides, as well as by a racemization test in fragment condensation.
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