K. Huang et al., LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-INDUCED E-SELECTIN EXPRESSION REQUIRES CONTINUOUS PRESENCE OF LPS AND IS INHIBITED BY BACTERICIDAL PERMEABILITY-INCREASING PROTEIN/, Inflammation, 19(3), 1995, pp. 389-404
Endothelial cells stimulated by LPS express E-selectin, which plays an
important role in mediating neutrophil adhesion during inflammation.
E-selectin is induced within 1-2 h, peaks at 4-6 h, and gradually retu
rns to basal level by 24 h. rBPI(21), a recombinant N-terminal fragmen
t of human bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI), inhibit
ed LPS-induced E-selectin expression when added at the same time as, a
nd up to 6 h after, LPS. Delayed administration of rBPI(21) also affec
ted LPS-mediated activation of the nuclear factor, NF-kappa B. Two to
4 h following LPS addition to endothelial cells, when NF-kappa B was a
lready activated, addition of rBPI(21) resulted in marked reduction of
NF-kappa B detectable at 4 or 6 h. These results indicate that endoth
elial activation requires continuous presence of LPS, and rBPI(21) act
s to reverse LPS-mediated endothelial activation by interrupting the o
n-going LPS signal.