Halobacterial nano vesicles displaying murine bactericidal permeability-increasing protein rescue mice from lethal endotoxic shock

Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 20:6:33679. doi: 10.1038/srep33679.

Abstract

Bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) had been shown to possess anti-inflammatory and endotoxin neutralizing activity by interacting with LPS of Gram-negative bacteria. The current study examines the feasibility of using murine BPI (mBPI) expressed on halophilic Archaeal gas vesicle nanoparticles (GVNPs) for the treatment of endotoxemia in high-risk patients, using a murine model of D-galactosamine-induced endotoxic shock. Halobacterium sp. NRC-1was used to express the N-terminal 199 amino acid residues of mBPI fused to the GVNP GvpC protein, and bound to the surface of the haloarchaeal GVNPs. Our results indicate that delivery of mBPIN-GVNPs increase the survival rate of mice challenged with lethal concentrations of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and D-galactosamine. Additionally, the mBPIN-GVNP-treated mice displayed reduced symptoms of inflammation, including inflammatory anemia, recruitment of neutrophils, liver apoptosis as well as increased pro-inflammatory serum cytokine levels.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / metabolism
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / genetics*
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / metabolism
  • Apoptosis
  • Blood Proteins / genetics*
  • Blood Proteins / metabolism
  • Cytokines / metabolism
  • Cytoplasmic Vesicles / metabolism*
  • Cytoplasmic Vesicles / ultrastructure
  • Female
  • Gene Expression
  • Halobacterium / drug effects*
  • Halobacterium / physiology*
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions / genetics*
  • Inflammation Mediators / metabolism
  • Lipopolysaccharides / adverse effects
  • Lipopolysaccharides / metabolism
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Liver / microbiology
  • Liver / pathology
  • Mice
  • Protein Binding
  • Shock, Septic / genetics*
  • Shock, Septic / metabolism
  • Shock, Septic / microbiology*
  • Shock, Septic / mortality

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
  • Blood Proteins
  • Cytokines
  • Inflammation Mediators
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • bactericidal permeability increasing protein