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Serum amyloid P-component-induced enhancement of macrophage listericidal activity.

ABSTRACT

Purified serum amyloid P component (SAP), the major acute-phase reactant of mice, augmented the in vitro listericidal activity of inflammatory (elicited) macrophages, bone marrow-derived monocytes, and macrophages from a subcutaneous site of inflammation. Monocytes and macrophages from C57BL/B6 mice, which are relatively resistant to Listeria monocytogenes, exhibited a significantly greater enhanced killing capacity for listeria than macrophages from listeria-susceptible A/J mice. SAP did not alter the extent of phagocytosis by macrophages of opsonized L. monocytogenes, nor was SAP opsonic for listeria. Mannose-derived simple sugars inhibited the binding of SAP to macrophages and consequently prevented the enhanced SAP-dependent listericidal activity. Macrophages from lipopolysaccharide-hyporesponsive mice also had increased microbicidal activity following incubation with SAP. SAP activated macrophages independently of lymphokine. Therefore, SAP may serve as a mediator of the heightened nonspecific host defense response that is associated with the acute phase of the systemic inflammatory response.

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