title: Lipopolysaccharide-dependent induction of IL-10 receptor expression on murine fibroblasts.
abstract: Although various biologic activities of IL-10 have been identified, little is known about IL-10's molecular mechanism of action. Herein we report the characterization of IL-10R on different murine cell lines and demonstrate the LPS inducibility of this protein. With the use of purified recombinant murine IL-10 and labeled IL-10-specific mAb, IL-10Rs were detected by flow cytometry. Radioligand binding analyses showed that RAW264.7 cells expressed 238 +/- 87 receptors per cell and bound ligand with a single affinity of 8.3 +/- 2.4 x 10(9) M-1. Similar studies documented IL-10R expression on murine B cells (CH27) and CD4+ Th1 cells but not murine Th2 cells, L929 or WA-17 fibroblasts, or fibrosarcoma cells. Exposure of fibroblasts to LPS-induced cellular IL-10 binding activity in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Radioligand binding analyses performed on LPS-treated fibroblasts showed cellular expression of 325 +/- 59 IL-10 binding sites and a binding affinity of Ka = 7.5 +/- 2.5 x 10(8) M-1. RT-PCR analysis confirmed the induction of the IL-10R. Functional analyses of IL-10R-expressing cells revealed that IL-10 activated a cellular transcription factor in RAW264.7 cells that bound a DNA probe containing the IFN-gamma response region from the Fc gamma RI gene. In contrast, IL-10 did not induce gamma response region binding activity in L929 fibroblasts either treated with LPS or transfected with the murine IL-10R cDNA. These results thus indicate that cellular responses to IL-10 may be influenced by both the external environment and the presence of additional signaling components within the cell.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Weber-Nordt
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Meraz
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Schreiber
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin / Q000502:physiology*; D053701:Receptors, Interleukin-10; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin; D053701:Receptors, Interleukin-10; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016753:Interleukin-10