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- Title
Alleles carried at positions -819 and -592 of the IL10 promoter affect transcription following stimulation of peripheral blood cells with Streptococcus pneumoniae.
- Authors
Temple, Suzanna E L; Lim, Esther; Cheong, Karey Y; Almeida, Coral-Ann M; Price, Patricia; Ardlie, Kristin G; Waterer, Grant W
- Abstract
IL-10 inhibits the production of many pro-inflammatory cytokines. Polymorphisms in the IL10 gene promoter at positions -1082G-->A, -819C-->T and -592C-->A occur as three haplotypes, ATA, GCC and ACC. These influence several infectious and inflammatory diseases including community-acquired pneumonia, where a role for IL-10 is suggested by fluctuations in plasma levels of the cytokine. However, the effects of the haplotypes on IL-10 production are unclear. We stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from at least five individuals homozygous for each of the three haplotypes with lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 10 microg/ml) or heat-killed Streptococcus pneumoniae (10(7)cfu/ml) and measured IL-10 mRNA by RT-PCR. Following S. pneumoniae stimulation, PBMC with the ATA haplotype had higher IL-10 mRNA levels than those with the GCC haplotype at 4 h (independent t-test; P=0.024), or the ACC haplotype at 4 h ( P<0.0001) and 8 h ( P=0.007). Following LPS stimulation, IL-10 mRNA levels were not significantly influenced by the IL10 haplotype, but similar trends were observed, consistent with the variable outcome of published studies. The results suggest that the -819 and/or -592 alleles affect transcription.
- Publication
Immunogenetics, 2003, Vol 55, Issue 9, p629
- ISSN
0093-7711
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00251-003-0621-6