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- Title
Molecular basis for lipopolysaccharide mimetic action of Taxol™ and flavolipin.
- Authors
Kawasaki, Kiyoshi; Gomi, Kazunori; Kawai, Yohko; Shiozaki, Masao; Nishijima, Masahiro
- Abstract
We previously reported that Taxol™, which mimics the action of LPS on murine macrophages, induces signals via mouse TLR4/MD-2, but not via human TLR4/MD-2. Here we investigated the molecular basis for this species-specific action of Taxol™. Expression of mouse MD-2 conferred both LPS and Taxol™ responsiveness on HEK293 cells expressing mouse TLR4, whereas expression of human MD-2 conferred LPS responsiveness alone, suggesting that MD-2 is responsible for the species-specificity of Taxol™ responsiveness. Furthermore, mouse MD-2 mutants, in which Gln-22 was changed to other amino acids, showed dramatically reduced ability to confer Taxol™ responsiveness, although their ability to confer LPS responsiveness was not affected. These results indicated that Gln-22 of mouse MD-2 is essential for Taxol™ signaling, but not for LPS signaling. In this study, we also found that the TLR4/MD-2 complex, together with CD14, mediated signal transduction induced by flavolipin, an amino acid-containing lipid unique to Flavobacterium meningosepticum.
- Publication
Innate Immunity, 2003, Vol 9, Issue 5, p301
- ISSN
1753-4259
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/09680519030090050501