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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7019
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
Although iron is required to sustain life, its free concentration and metabolism have to be tightly regulated. This is achieved through a variety of iron-binding proteins including transferrin and ferritin. During infection, bacteria acquire much of their iron from the host by synthesizing siderophores that scavenge iron and transport it into the pathogen. We recently demonstrated that enterochelin, a bacterial catecholate siderophore, binds to the host protein lipocalin 2 (ref. 5). Here, we show that this event is pivotal in the innate immune response to bacterial infection. Upon encountering invading bacteria the Toll-like receptors on immune cells stimulate the transcription, translation and secretion of lipocalin 2; secreted lipocalin 2 then limits bacterial growth by sequestrating the iron-laden siderophore. Our finding represents a new component of the innate immune system and the acute phase response to infection.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1476-4687
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
432
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
917-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15531878-Acute-Phase Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15531878-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15531878-Enterobactin, pubmed-meshheading:15531878-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:15531878-Escherichia coli Infections, pubmed-meshheading:15531878-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15531878-Immunity, Innate, pubmed-meshheading:15531878-Iron, pubmed-meshheading:15531878-Lipocalins, pubmed-meshheading:15531878-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15531878-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:15531878-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15531878-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:15531878-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15531878-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:15531878-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15531878-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:15531878-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:15531878-Toll-Like Receptors
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Lipocalin 2 mediates an innate immune response to bacterial infection by sequestrating iron.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington 98103, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't