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. 1995 Mar;63(3):858–864. doi: 10.1128/iai.63.3.858-864.1995

Lipopolysaccharide regulation of lipoprotein lipase expression in murine macrophages.

M R Hill 1, K Kelly 1, X Wu 1, F Wanker 1, H Bass 1, C Morgan 1, C Wang 1, J M Gimble 1
PMCID: PMC173082  PMID: 7868257

Abstract

The enzyme lipoprotein lipase is expressed in a number of cell types and plays a central role in lipid metabolism. Multiple factors regulate its expression in a tissue-specific manner. In murine macrophages, lipopolysaccharide inhibits lipoprotein lipase enzyme activity. The current work examines this process in the established J774 macrophage line and primary peritoneal macrophages from endotoxin-sensitive (C3HeB/Fej) and endotoxin-resistant (C3H/Hej) murine strains. Lipopolysaccharide inhibition of macrophage lipoprotein lipase occurred at the enzyme and mRNA levels in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. Cells from endotoxin-resistant animals maintained their expression of lipoprotein lipase following treatment with lipopolysaccharide. Results of gel retention assays showed that lipopolysaccharide treatment of the J774 macrophages altered the level of nuclear proteins recognizing and binding the lipoprotein lipase promoter DNA. Nuclear extracts from resting J774 cells contained proteins which bound specifically to the octamer motif and to the CAAT box within the lipoprotein lipase promoter. Exposure of the J774 cells to lipopolysaccharide for 16 h increased the level of protein-octamer DNA complexes. Similar responses were obtained in endotoxin-sensitive, but not endotoxin-resistant, primary macrophages following in vitro treatment with lipopolysaccharide. This finding suggests that transcriptional events may contribute to the lipopolysaccharide regulation of macrophage lipoprotein lipase expression.

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