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Paired Ig-Like Receptors Bind to Bacteria and Shape TLR-Mediated Cytokine Production¹

Masafumi Nakayama^*, David M. Underhill, Timothy W. Petersen^2,*, Bin Li^*, Toshio Kitamura, Toshiyuki Takai and Alan Aderem^3,*

^* Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA 98103; Immunobiology Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048; Divisions of Cellular Therapy and Hematopoietic Factors, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and Department of Experimental Immunology, Institute of Development, Aging, and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

The innate immune system uses a wide variety of pattern recognition receptors including TLRs, scavenger receptors, and lectins to identify potential pathogens. A carefully regulated balance between activation and inhibition must be kept to avoid detrimental and inappropriate inflammatory responses. In this study, we identify murine-paired Ig-like receptor (PIR)-B, and its human orthologs Ig-like transcript 2 and Ig-like transcript 5 as novel receptors for Staphylococcus aureus. PIR-B contains four ITIM motifs and is thought to be an inhibitory receptor. Expression of these receptors enables NIH3T3 cells to bind S. aureus. In mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages, masking of PIR-B by anti-PIR mAb or genetic deletion of PIR-B shows significantly impaired recognition of S. aureus and enhanced TLR-mediated inflammatory responses to the bacteria. These data suggest a novel mechanism for innate immune regulation by paired Ig-like receptor family members.

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¹ This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health. M.N. was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from Uehara Memorial Foundation.

² Current address: Cytopeia Incorporated, 12730 28th Avenue Northeast, Seattle, WA 98125.

³ Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Alan Aderem, Institute for Systems Biology, 1441 North 34th Street, Seattle, WA 98103. E-mail address: aderem{at}systemsbiology.org

⁴ Abbreviations used in this paper: PIR, paired Ig-like receptor; DC, dendritic cell; ILT, Ig-like transcript; LILR, leukocyte Ig-like receptor; TRITC, tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate; WT, wild type.

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