Products of enteric bacteria, including endotoxin [lipopolysaccharide (LPS)], have been implicated in the acute inflammatory responses elicited by ischemia and reperfusion (I/R) of the small intestine. The objective of this study was to assess the contribution of LPS to the increased E-selectin expression observed in the intestinal vasculature after I/R. The dual radiolabeled monoclonal antibody technique was used in LPS-sensitive (C3HeB/FeJ) and LPS-insensitive (C3H/HeJ) mice that were exposed to either exogenous LPS or to gut I/R (45 min ischemia, 5 h reperfusion). LPS elicited a dose-dependent (0.5-50 µg LPS/animal) increase in E-selectin expression (at 3 h) in LPS-sensitive mice, whereas LPS-insensitive mice were largely unresponsive. E-selectin expression was increased fivefold by I/R in the small bowel of both LPS-sensitive and -insensitive mice. These results indicate that, although exogenous LPS is capable of eliciting profound dose-dependent increases in E-selectin expression, endogenous LPS does not contribute significantly to I/R-induced expression of this endothelial cell adhesion molecule.

lipopolysaccharide; endotoxin-resistant mice; enteric bacteria; tumor necrosis factor-

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