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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-8
pubmed:abstractText
Human CD93 (known as C1qRp) has been shown to be a phagocytic receptor involved in the in vitro C1q-dependent enhancement of phagocytosis. However, binding of CD93 to C1q and its function remain controversial. In this study, we have generated CD93-deficient mice (CD93(-/-)) to investigate its biological role(s). The CD93(-/-) mice were viable and showed no gross abnormalities in their development. Thioglycolate-elicited peritoneal macrophages deficient in CD93 showed a similar enhancement in complement- and FcgammaR-dependent uptake of RBC to the wild-type macrophages when plated on C1q-coated surfaces suggesting that the lack of this receptor had no effect on these C1q-mediated events. There was no impairment in either complement- or FcgammaR-dependent phagocytic assays in vivo. By contrast, the CD93(-/-) mice had a significant phagocytic defect in the clearance of apoptotic cells in vivo (human Jurkat T cells and murine thymocytes: p=0.0006 and p=0.0079, respectively) compared with strain-matched controls. However, in vitro, the CD93(-/-) macrophages showed similar engulfment of apoptotic cells to wild-type macrophages. Furthermore, no supporting evidence for a role of CD93 as an adhesion molecule was found using intravital microscopy or analyzing peritoneal cell recruitment in response to three different inflammatory stimuli (thioglycolate, zymosan A, and IL-1beta). Thus, our findings indicate that murine CD93 is expressed on the peritoneal macrophage, especially on thioglycolate-elicited cells, but does not appear to play a key role in C1q-mediated enhancement of phagocytosis or in the intercellular adhesion events tested. However, our results suggest that it may contribute to the in vivo clearance of dying cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adjuvants, Immunologic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, CD44, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/C1QBP protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/C1qbp protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Complement C1q, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Complement C3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Immunoglobulin G, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitochondrial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Opsonin Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Complement, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, IgG, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thioglycolates, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/complement 1q receptor
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
172
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3406-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Adjuvants, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Antigens, CD44, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Complement C1q, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Complement C3, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Erythrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Gene Targeting, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Immunoglobulin G, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Jurkat Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Macrophage Activation, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Macrophages, Peritoneal, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Mitochondrial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Opsonin Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Phagocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Receptors, Complement, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Receptors, IgG, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:15004139-Thioglycolates
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Murine CD93 (C1qRp) contributes to the removal of apoptotic cells in vivo but is not required for C1q-mediated enhancement of phagocytosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Rheumatology Section, Division of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, Hammersmith Campus, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't