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    Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 May 9;369(3):878-83. Epub 2008 Mar 4.

    Siglec-9 enhances IL-10 production in macrophages via tyrosine-based motifs.

    Ando M, Tu W, Nishijima K, Iijima S.

    Department of Biotechnology, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan.

    We examined whether Siglec-9 modulates cytokine production in the macrophage cell line RAW264. Cells expressing Siglec-9 produced low levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha upon stimulation with lipopolysaccharide, peptidoglycan, unmethylated CpG DNA, and double-stranded RNA. On the other hand, interleukin (IL)-10 production was strongly enhanced in Siglec-9-expressing cells. Similar activities were also exhibited by Siglec-5. However, the up-regulation of IL-10 as well as the down-regulation of TNF-alpha was abrogated when two tyrosine residues in the cytoplasmic tail of Siglec-9 were mutated to phenylalanine. A membrane proximal ITIM mutant of Siglec-9 did not enhance IL-10 production but partly inhibited TNF-alpha production, indicating diverse regulation mechanisms of TNF-alpha and IL-10. Siglec-9 also enhanced the production of IL-10 in the human macrophage cell line THP-1. These results demonstrate that Siglec-9 enhances the production of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 in macrophages.

    PMID: 18325328 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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