Neutralization and Lipoprotein Binding of Lipopolysaccharides in Tolerant Rabbit Serum

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We examined the ability of sera drawn from rabbits made tolerant to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Escherichia coli O18 to inhibit heterologous LPS-induced gelation of Limulus lysate. Compared with a pool of pretolerant sera, a pool of tolerant sera from these rabbits neutralized 5.5-fold more LPS from Salmonella typhimurium, 4.9-fold more LPS from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and lO.O-fold more LPS from Klebsiella pneumoniae. Because previous studies have found that LPS bound to lipoprotein is less toxic than unbound LPS, we also studied the binding of LPS lipoprotein fractions in the serum pools by using fractionation with a cesium chloride—equilibrium density gradient. Radiolabeled LPS from E. coli O113 bound much more rapidly to lipoprotein fractions in tolerant serum than in pretolerant serum (after 11 min of incubation, 66.1% vs. 16.5% binding, respectively).

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