PMID- 19395472 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090902 LR - 20211020 IS - 1938-3673 (Electronic) IS - 0741-5400 (Print) IS - 0741-5400 (Linking) VI - 86 IP - 2 DP - 2009 Aug TI - Hemopexin down-regulates LPS-induced proinflammatory cytokines from macrophages. PG - 229-35 LID - 10.1189/jlb.1208742 [doi] AB - Detection of LPS in tissues is an integral component of innate immunity that acts to protect against invasion by Gram-negative bacteria. Plasma down-regulates LPS-induced cytokine production from macrophages, thereby limiting systemic inflammation in blood and distant tissues. To identify the protein(s) involved in this process, we used classical biochemical chromatographic techniques to identify fractions of mouse sera that suppress LPS-induced TNF from bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs). Fractionation yielded microgram quantities of a protein that was identified by MS to be hemopexin (Hx). Mouse Hx purified on hemin-agarose beads and rhHx decreased the production of cytokines from BMDMs and peritoneal macrophages induced by LPS. Preincubation of LPS with Hx did not affect the activity of LPS on LAL, whereas preincubation of Hx with macrophages followed by washing resulted in decreased activity of these cells in response to LPS, suggesting that Hx acts on macrophages rather than LPS. Heme-free Hx did not stimulate HO-1 in the macrophages. Purified Hx also decreased TNF and IL-6 from macrophages induced by the synthetic TLR2 agonist Pam3Cys. Our data suggest that Hx, which is an acute-phase protein that increases during inflammation, limits TLR4 and TLR2 agonist-induced macrophage cytokine production directly through a mechanism distinct from HO-1. FAU - Liang, Xueya AU - Liang X AD - Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. FAU - Lin, Tian AU - Lin T FAU - Sun, Guangjie AU - Sun G FAU - Beasley-Topliffe, Laura AU - Beasley-Topliffe L FAU - Cavaillon, Jean-Marc AU - Cavaillon JM FAU - Warren, H Shaw AU - Warren HS LA - eng GR - AI059010/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - GM59694/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20090424 PL - England TA - J Leukoc Biol JT - Journal of leukocyte biology JID - 8405628 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Dipeptides) RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Lipoproteins) RN - 0 (Tlr2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Tlr4 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptor 2) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptor 4) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 9013-71-2 (Hemopexin) RN - 98598-79-9 (2,3-bis-(palmitoyloxy)-2-propyl-N-palmitoyl-cysteinylserine) SB - IM CIN - J Leukoc Biol. 2009 Aug;86(2):203-4. PMID: 19643739 CIN - J Leukoc Biol. 2010 Jan;87(1):1-2; author reply 3, 5. PMID: 20047881 MH - Acute-Phase Reaction/immunology/physiopathology MH - Animals MH - Bacterial Infections/complications/*immunology/physiopathology MH - Cytokines/*metabolism MH - Dipeptides/pharmacology MH - Down-Regulation/drug effects/immunology MH - Hemopexin/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - Immune Tolerance/drug effects/*immunology MH - Immunity, Innate/drug effects/immunology MH - Inflammation/*immunology/microbiology/physiopathology MH - Inflammation Mediators/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Interleukin-6/metabolism MH - Lipopolysaccharides/immunology/pharmacology MH - Lipoproteins/pharmacology MH - Macrophages/drug effects/*immunology/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C3H MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Toll-Like Receptor 2/agonists/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Toll-Like Receptor 4/agonists/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism PMC - PMC2726768 EDAT- 2009/04/28 09:00 MHDA- 2009/09/03 06:00 PMCR- 2010/08/01 CRDT- 2009/04/28 09:00 PHST- 2009/04/28 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/04/28 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/09/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jlb.1208742 [pii] AID - 1208-742 [pii] AID - 10.1189/jlb.1208742 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Leukoc Biol. 2009 Aug;86(2):229-35. doi: 10.1189/jlb.1208742. Epub 2009 Apr 24.