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STAT-1 Mediates the Stimulatory Effect of IL-10 on CD14 Expression in Human Monocytic Cells¹

Ali Akbar Rahim Rahimi, Katrina Gee, Sasmita Mishra, Wilfred Lim and Ashok Kumar^2,*,,

Departments of^* Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, and Division of Virology and Molecular Immunology, Research Institute, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

IL-10, an anti-inflammatory cytokine, has been shown to exhibit stimulatory functions including CD14 up-regulation on human monocytic cells. CD14-mediated signaling following LPS stimulation of monocytic cells results in the synthesis of proinflammatory cytokines. Our results show that LPS-induced CD14 expression on monocytic cells may be mediated by endogenously produced IL-10. To investigate the molecular mechanism by which IL-10 enhances CD14 expression, both human monocytes and the promyelocytic HL-60 cells were used as model systems. IL-10 induced the phosphorylation of PI3K and p42/44 ERK MAPK. By using specific inhibitors for PI3K (LY294002) and ERK MAPKs (PD98059), we demonstrate that LY294002 either alone or in conjunction with PD98059 inhibited IL-10-induced phosphorylation of STAT-1 and consequently CD14 expression. However, IL-10-induced STAT-3 phosphorylation remained unaffected under these conditions. Finally, STAT-1 interfering RNA inhibited IL-10-induced CD14 expression. Taken together, these results suggest that IL-10-induced CD14 up-regulation in human monocytic cells may be mediated by STAT-1 activation through the activation of PI3K either alone or in concert with the ERK MAPK.

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