Leptospira icterohemorrhagiae and leptospire peptidolgycans induce endothelial cell adhesiveness for polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

Infection and Immunity
A DobrinaP Patriarca

Abstract

We have examined the effect of the virulent Leptospira interrogans strain Teramo, serotype icterohemorrhagiae, on the adherence of human neutrophilic polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) to cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HEC). Selective pretreatment of HEC with intact or sonicated leptospires caused a dose- and time-dependent increase of HEC-PMN adhesion (13.2% +/- 2.5% adherence to untreated HEC versus 46.3% +/- 5.6% adherence to HEC pretreated for 4 h with 10(8) intact leptospires per ml [mean +/- standard error of six experiments; P < 0.001]). In contrast, selective leptospire pretreatment of PMN or the addition of leptospires during the adherence assay did not alter HEC-PMN adherence. Leptospire induction of endothelial-cell adhesiveness occurred without detectable HEC damage and was prevented by RNA and protein synthesis inhibitors and by monoclonal antibodies to the CD11/CD18 adhesion complex of neutrophils and to the endothelial-leukocyte adhesion molecule 1 (ELAM-1) of endothelial cells. Similar results were obtained with pretreatment of HEC with interleukin-1 or with the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of the gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli. The possibility that contamination by the LPS of gram-negati...Continue Reading

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