These experiments have demonstrated that liver glycogen may rise or fall after endotoxin administration, depending upon the antecedent diet and that total adrenalectomy followed by corticosteroid replacement abolishes the glycogenolytic effect of sublethal doses of endotoxin. It is concluded that the derangements of carbohydrate metabolism observed following the administration of sublethal quan...

Low Endotoxin Recovery (LER) was first presented by Dr. Joseph Chen in April 2013.1 A masking effect of endotoxin was observed with a matrix containing a chelating agent and a detergent, and the endotoxin potency was not successfully recovered by dilution or magnesium replacement, the usual way to overcome the inhibition caused by chelation. The LER brought us some concerns relating to the suit...

What is endotoxin and how are we exposed to it? Endotoxin is a biologically active lipopolysaccharide (LPS), one of a family of molecules that compose the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria. It can be detected in the presence of gram-negative bacteria whether or not the bacteria are alive. Since gram-negative bacteria are ubiquitous in our environment, the population is constantly exposed...

Intravenous administration of Escherichia coli endotoxin at a dose of 0.05 μg/kg bodyweight to pregnant camels resulted in abortion. The injection of endotoxin caused significant increases in the plasma concentration of 13,14-dihydro-15-prostaglandin F2α, the metabolite of prostaglandin F2α (PG F2α) and cortisol and a significant decrease in the concentration of progesterone. It is suggested th...

Incubation of human macrophages with endotoxin resulted in significantly enhanced colony-stimulating activity (CSA) production by these cells. Preincubation of endotoxin with mature granulocytes abolished this stimulatory effect. The stimulatory effect of endotoxin on macrophage CSA production was not abolished, however, by preincubation with NaF-treated granulocytes, granulocyte membranes, or ...

Shiga-like toxin (SLT) and endotoxin may participate in the pathogenesis of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) infection. Levels of release of SLT and endotoxin from EHEC treated in vitro with antibiotics were estimated. There were differential levels of release of SLT and endotoxin from EHEC treated with different antibiotics. Treatment of EHEC strains, namely, E. coli O157, O111, and O...

A study was conducted to examine the effect of endotoxin present in periodontal pockets on the proliferation and attachment of human cell lines on the culture plates (Ca9-22 and gingival fibroblasts). The endotoxin was collected from periodontal pockets of anterior teeth in patients with periodontal disease by subgingival irrigation with sterilized distilled water. The solutions obtained were t...

Anticoagulants have gained increasing attention in the treatment of sepsis. This study used danaparoid to investigate the role of factor Xa in endotoxin-induced coagulation and inflammation and its effectiveness when coagulation activation has already occurred. Thirty healthy volunteers were enrolled in the randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Subjects received 2 ng/kg endotoxin and danaparoid...

Three kinds of affinity membranes utilized for endotoxin removal, namely, chitosan affinity membrane (KFCC517), hydrophobic and cationic charged membrane (KFCG316) and metal chelate affinity membrane (KFCM402) were prepared by using cellulose membrane as support. The adsorbability and applications of the membranes in endotoxin removal were investigated. The results showed that all of these affi...

Endotoxin induces many profound vascular effects, including venous pooling, changes in resistance to blood flow in many organs, and circulatory collapse leading to death. Prominent among the early vascular effects of endotoxin is the rapid development of hepatic and intestinal congestion (2-4). One apparent mechanism of splanchnic blood pooling in endotoxin shock is hepatic venoconstriction. Li...