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American Journal of Pathology, Vol 133, 472-484, Copyright © 1988 by American Society for Investigative Pathology

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Activation of glomerular mesangial cells by gram-negative bacterial cell wall components

DH Lovett, SL Bursten, D Gemsa, W Bessler, K Resch and JL Ryan
Medical Service, San Francisco VAMC-University of California 94121.

The cell walls of gram-negative bacteria contain several biologically active components, including lipopolysaccharide (LPS), lipoprotein, and protein 1. The effects of these individual components and a synthetic analog of lipoprotein, TPP, on several activation parameters of glomerular mesangial cells (MC) were examined. Prostaglandin secretion, synthesis of the autogrowth factor, mesangial interleukin-1 (IL-1), and new synthesis of cellular proteins were assessed as markers of MC activation. All bacterial cell wall components evaluated were active in varying degrees as stimulants of prostaglandin secretion. In general, PGE was the predominant product. TPP and protein 1 also induced substantial secretion of thromboxane. Each cell-wall component was effective in stimulating mesangial IL-1 secretion. The activation of MC was associated with the enhanced synthesis of many cellular proteins in addition to IL-1. Stimulation by these bacterial components was dependent on the state of the mesangial cell cycle, because nonproliferating cells did not respond to these factors. Activation of MC by gram-negative bacterial cell wall components, with release of vasoactive prostaglandins and peptide mitogens, may be responsible for some of the glomerular hemodynamic alterations and cellular proliferative events associated with sepsis or chronic bacterial infection.

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