Lipopolysaccharides from Escherichia coli O111:B4

Les lipopolysaccharides (LPS) sont des éléments constitutifs caractéristiques de la paroi cellulaire des bactéries à Gram négatif. Les LPS et leur fraction lipidique (lipide A) stimulent les cellules du système immunitaire inné par l'intermédiaire du récepteur TLR4 (Toll-Like Receptor 4), qui appartient à la famille des récepteurs de type Toll et qui reconnaît la signature moléculaire des principaux agents pathogènes (PAMP).

Lipopolysaccharides from Escherichia coli O111:B4 has been used:

• to stimulate an inflammatory response in porcine liver tissues in-vivo and piglet ileum tissues ex vivo
• to stimulate Ex vivo natural killer(NK) cells and hepatic B cells
• to induce arthritis in a standard rabbit model

Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) are distributed on the outer layer of the membrane and in non-capsulated strains, present on the cell surface. LPS maintains the outer membrane integrity. In addition, it protects the cell from bile salts stress and lipophilic antibiotics.

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The product is soluble in water (5 mg/ml) or cell culture medium (1 mg/ml) yielding a hazy, faint yellow solution. A more concentrated, though still hazy, solution (20 mg/ml) has been achieved in aqueous saline after vortexing and warming to 70-80 ^oC. Lipopolysaccharides are molecules that form micelles in every solvent. Hazy solutions are observed in water and phosphate buffered saline. Organic solvents do not give clearer solutions. Methanol yields a turbid suspension with floaters, while water yields a homogeneously hazy solution.