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Kawasaki K, Ernst RK, Miller SI
Purification and characterization of deacylated and/or palmitoylated lipid A species unique to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
Journal of Endotoxin Research 11(1) (2005) 57-61
 

The Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium virulence gene products PhoP/PhoQ sense host microenvironments to regulate the expression of a lipid A 3-O-deacylase, PagL, and a lipid A palmitoyltransferase, PagP. Therefore, deacylation and/or palmitoylation of lipid A could occur in Salmonellae adapted to host environments. The PhoP/PhoQ-regulated modification of lipid A alters host recognition and signaling, and may play an important role in host defense against Salmonellae infection. Here we report the purification and characterization of modified lipid A species. Deacylated lipid A, deacylated and palmitoylated lipid A, and palmitoylated lipid A species were generated in Escherichia coli cells heterologously expressing salmonellae PagL and/or PagP, and then purified by sequential thin-layer chromatography. The purified lipid A species showed m/z values that correspond to single lipid A species on mass spectrometry analysis. The modified lipid A species showed reduced ability to induce cellular signaling through Toll-like receptor 4, suggesting a specific function of the lipid A modifications in the pathogenesis of salmonellae infection.

deacylated lipid A, palmitoylated lipid A, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

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