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Infection and Immunity, December 2000, p. 6519-6525, Vol. 68, No. 12
0019-9567/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Human Lactoferrin Interacts with Soluble CD14 and Inhibits Expression of Endothelial Adhesion Molecules, E-Selectin and ICAM-1, Induced by the CD14-Lipopolysaccharide Complex

S. Baveye,1 E. Elass,1 D. G. Fernig,2 C. Blanquart,1 J. Mazurier,1 and D. Legrand1,*

Laboratoire de Chimie Biologique et Unité Mixte de Recherche n°8576 du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France,1 and School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom2

Received 22 February 2000/Returned for modification 15 May 2000/Accepted 8 September 2000

Lipopolysaccharides (LPS), either in the free form or complexed to CD14, a LPS receptor, are elicitors of the immune system. Lactoferrin (Lf), a LPS-chelating glycoprotein, protects animals against septic shock. Since optimal protection requires administration of Lf prior to lethal doses of LPS, we hypothesized that interactions between Lf and soluble CD14 (sCD14) exist. In a first step, human sCD14 and human Lf (hLf) were used to determine the kinetic binding parameters of hLf to free sCD14 in an optical biosensor. The results demonstrated that hLf bound specifically and with a high affinity (Kd = 16 ± 7 nM) to sCD14. Affinity chromatography studies showed that hLf interacted not only with free sCD14 but also, though with different binding properties, with sCD14 complexed to LPS or lipid A-2-keto-3-deoxyoctonic acid-heptose. In a second step, we have investigated whether the capacity of hLf to interact with sCD14 could modulate the expression of endothelial-leukocyte adhesion molecule 1 (E-selectin) or intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) induced by the sCD14-LPS complex on human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). Our experiments show that hLf significantly inhibited both E-selectin and ICAM-1 expressions at the surface of HUVEC. In conclusion, these observations suggest that the anti-inflammatory effects of hLf are due not only to the ability of the molecule to chelate LPS but also to its ability to interact with sCD14 and with the sCD14 complexed to LPS, thus modifying the activation of endothelial cells.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de Chimie Biologique, UMR CNRS 8576, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France. Phone: 33 3 20 33 72 38. Fax: 33 3 20 43 65 55. E-mail: Dominique.Legrand{at}univ-lille1.fr.

Infection and Immunity, December 2000, p. 6519-6525, Vol. 68, No. 12
0019-9567/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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