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SUBMITTER: Feulner JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC415693 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Feulner J Amelia JA Lu Mingfang M Shelton John M JM Zhang Mei M Richardson James A JA Munford Robert S RS
Infection and immunity 20040601 6
Acyloxyacyl hydrolase (AOAH) is an unusual but highly conserved lipase, previously described only in myeloid cells, that removes secondary fatty acyl chains from bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and may also act on various glycero(phospho)lipids. Deacylation by AOAH greatly reduces the ability of LPS to stimulate cells via CD14-MD-2-Toll-like receptor 4. We report here that renal cortical tubule cells produce AOAH and secrete it into urine, where it can deacylate LPS. In vitro studies reveale ...[more]