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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 281, Issue 3, 1636-1643, January 20, 2006

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Endotoxin (Lipopolysaccharide) Neutralization by Innate Immunity Host-Defense Peptides

PEPTIDE PROPERTIES AND PLAUSIBLE MODES OF ACTION^*

From the Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel

Binding of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to macrophages results in proinflammatory cytokine secretion. In extreme cases it leads to endotoxic shock. A few innate immunity antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) neutralize LPS activity. However, the underlying mechanism and properties of the peptides are not yet clear. Toward meeting this goal we investigated four AMPs and their fluorescently labeled analogs. These AMPs varied in composition, length, structure, and selectivity toward cells. The list included human LL-37 (37-mer), magainin (24-mer), a 15-mer amphipathic -helix, and its D,L-amino acid structurally altered analog. The peptides were investigated for their ability to inhibit LPS-mediated cytokine release from RAW264.7 and bone marrow-derived primary macrophages, to bind LPS in solution, and when LPS is already bound to macrophages (fluorescence spectroscopy and confocal microscopy), to compete with LPS for its binding site on the CD14 receptor (flow cytometry) and affect LPS oligomerization. We conclude that a strong binding of a peptide to LPS aggregates accompanied by aggregate dissociation prevents LPS from binding to the carrier protein lipopolysaccharide-binding protein, or alternatively to its receptor, and hence inhibits cytokine secretion.

Received for publication, April 20, 2005 , and in revised form, November 10, 2005.

^* This work was supported by the Israel Science Foundation. The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

¹ To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel.: 972-8-9342711; Fax: 972-8-9344112; E-mail: Yechiel.Shai{at}weizmann.ac.il.

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