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Date publication

juillet 2015

Journal

Journal of lipid research

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr LAGROST Laurent , Dr PAIS DE BARROS Jean-Paul


Tous les auteurs :
Pais de Barros JP, Gautier T, Sali W, Adrie C, Choubley H, Charron E, Lalande C, Le Guern N, Deckert V, Monchi M, Quenot JP, Lagrost L

Résumé

Quantitation of plasma lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) might be used to document Gram-negative bacterial infection. In the present work, LPS-derived 3-hydroxymyristate was extracted from plasma samples with an organic solvent, separated by reversed phase HPLC, and quantitated by MS/MS. This mass assay was combined with the limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) bioassay to monitor neutralization of LPS activity in biological samples. The described HPLC/MS/MS method is a reliable, practical, accurate, and sensitive tool to quantitate LPS. The combination of the LAL and HPLC/MS/MS analyses provided new evidence for the intrinsic capacity of plasma lipoproteins and phospholipid transfer protein to neutralize the activity of LPS. In a subset of patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome, with documented infection but with a negative plasma LAL test, significant amounts of LPS were measured by the HPLC/MS/MS method. Patients with the highest plasma LPS concentration were more severely ill. HPLC/MS/MS is a relevant method to quantitate endotoxin in a sample, to assess the efficacy of LPS neutralization, and to evaluate the proinflammatory potential of LPS in vivo.

Mots clés

Animals, Blood Chemical Analysis, methods, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Female, Horseshoe Crabs, Humans, Lipopolysaccharides, blood, Male, Membrane Proteins, metabolism, Mice, Middle Aged, Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Référence

J. Lipid Res.. 2015 Jul;56(7):1363-9