The MD-2 protein appears to associate with toll-like receptor 4 on the cell surface and confers responsiveness to lipopolysaccharide (LPS), thus providing a link between the receptor and LPS signaling.[3]
↑Abreu MT, Vora P, Faure E, Thomas LS, Arnold ET, Arditi M (August 2001). "Decreased expression of Toll-like receptor-4 and MD-2 correlates with intestinal epithelial cell protection against dysregulated proinflammatory gene expression in response to bacterial lipopolysaccharide". Journal of Immunology. 167 (3): 1609–16. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.167.3.1609. PMID11466383.
↑Re F, Strominger JL (June 2002). "Monomeric recombinant MD-2 binds toll-like receptor 4 tightly and confers lipopolysaccharide responsiveness". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277 (26): 23427–32. doi:10.1074/jbc.M202554200. PMID11976338.
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Dziarski R, Wang Q, Miyake K, Kirschning CJ, Gupta D (February 2001). "MD-2 enables Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2)-mediated responses to lipopolysaccharide and enhances TLR2-mediated responses to Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and their cell wall components". Journal of Immunology. 166 (3): 1938–44. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.166.3.1938. PMID11160242.
Akashi S, Nagai Y, Ogata H, Oikawa M, Fukase K, Kusumoto S, Kawasaki K, Nishijima M, Hayashi S, Kimoto M, Miyake K (December 2001). "Human MD-2 confers on mouse Toll-like receptor 4 species-specific lipopolysaccharide recognition". International Immunology. 13 (12): 1595–9. doi:10.1093/intimm/13.12.1595. PMID11717200.
Abreu MT, Arnold ET, Thomas LS, Gonsky R, Zhou Y, Hu B, Arditi M (June 2002). "TLR4 and MD-2 expression is regulated by immune-mediated signals in human intestinal epithelial cells". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277 (23): 20431–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.M110333200. PMID11923281.
Re F, Strominger JL (June 2002). "Monomeric recombinant MD-2 binds toll-like receptor 4 tightly and confers lipopolysaccharide responsiveness". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277 (26): 23427–32. doi:10.1074/jbc.M202554200. PMID11976338.
Latz E, Visintin A, Lien E, Fitzgerald KA, Monks BG, Kurt-Jones EA, Golenbock DT, Espevik T (December 2002). "Lipopolysaccharide rapidly traffics to and from the Golgi apparatus with the toll-like receptor 4-MD-2-CD14 complex in a process that is distinct from the initiation of signal transduction". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277 (49): 47834–43. doi:10.1074/jbc.M207873200. PMID12324469.
Schröder NW, Morath S, Alexander C, Hamann L, Hartung T, Zähringer U, Göbel UB, Weber JR, Schumann RR (May 2003). "Lipoteichoic acid (LTA) of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus activates immune cells via Toll-like receptor (TLR)-2, lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP), and CD14, whereas TLR-4 and MD-2 are not involved". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (18): 15587–94. doi:10.1074/jbc.M212829200. PMID12594207.
Thompson PA, Tobias PS, Viriyakosol S, Kirkland TN, Kitchens RL (August 2003). "Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-binding protein inhibits responses to cell-bound LPS". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (31): 28367–71. doi:10.1074/jbc.M302921200. PMID12754215.
Visintin A, Latz E, Monks BG, Espevik T, Golenbock DT (November 2003). "Lysines 128 and 132 enable lipopolysaccharide binding to MD-2, leading to Toll-like receptor-4 aggregation and signal transduction". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (48): 48313–20. doi:10.1074/jbc.M306802200. PMID12960171.
Re F, Strominger JL (November 2003). "Separate functional domains of human MD-2 mediate Toll-like receptor 4-binding and lipopolysaccharide responsiveness". Journal of Immunology. 171 (10): 5272–6. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.171.10.5272. PMID14607928.
Hamann L, Kumpf O, Müller M, Visintin A, Eckert J, Schlag PM, Schumann RR (June 2004). "A coding mutation within the first exon of the human MD-2 gene results in decreased lipopolysaccharide-induced signaling". Genes and Immunity. 5 (4): 283–8. doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6364068. PMID15057266.
Gruber A, Mancek M, Wagner H, Kirschning CJ, Jerala R (July 2004). "Structural model of MD-2 and functional role of its basic amino acid clusters involved in cellular lipopolysaccharide recognition". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279 (27): 28475–82. doi:10.1074/jbc.M400993200. PMID15111623.
Cario E, Golenbock DT, Visintin A, Rünzi M, Gerken G, Podolsky DK (April 2006). "Trypsin-sensitive modulation of intestinal epithelial MD-2 as mechanism of lipopolysaccharide tolerance". Journal of Immunology. 176 (7): 4258–66. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.176.7.4258. PMID16547263.
Jia HP, Kline JN, Penisten A, Apicella MA, Gioannini TL, Weiss J, McCray PB (August 2004). "Endotoxin responsiveness of human airway epithelia is limited by low expression of MD-2". American Journal of Physiology. Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 287 (2): L428–37. doi:10.1152/ajplung.00377.2003. PMID15121639.