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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-6-17
pubmed:abstractText
Interleukin 10 (IL-10) expression has been found to be correlated with the extent of malignancy in gliomas. In vitro, IL-10 increases proliferation and migratory capacity in human glioma cell lines. In this study, we localized the site of IL-10 synthesis in gliomas to cells of microglial origin. Biopsy specimens from 11 patients with malignant glioma were processed on native tissues and at early cell culture passages (0-4). IL-10 mRNA was analyzed by RT-PCR and in situ hybridization. Protein was quantitatively assessed by ELISA in cell culture supernatants, and cells expressing IL-10 were determined by a combination of immunohistochemistry for CD68 (specific for microglia/macrophage lineage) and IL-10 in situ hybridization. IL-10 mRNA decreased from passage 0 to 4 in all samples and was undetectable beyond passage 5. Such downregulation of mRNA leads to a steep decrease of IL-10 protein in culture supernatants (below detection level, 0.05 ng/ml, beyond passage 1). The combination of in situ hybridization for IL-10 and CD68 immunostaining revealed that only cells of the microglia/macrophage lineage produced IL-10 mRNA. Our results identify microglia/macrophage cells as the major source of IL-10 expression in gliomas which decreases markedly during early passages of primary cultures of human gliomas due to a progressive reduction of microglia/macrophages present.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
12-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Microglial/macrophage expression of interleukin 10 in human glioblastomas.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Würzburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't