PMID- 19779605 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100201 LR - 20231213 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 4 IP - 9 DP - 2009 Sep 25 TI - SOCS2 influences LPS induced human monocyte-derived dendritic cell maturation. PG - e7178 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0007178 [doi] LID - e7178 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are highly specific antigen presenting cells, which link innate and adaptive immune responses and participate in protecting hosts from invading pathogens. DCs can be generated in vitro by culturing human monocytes with GM-CSF and IL-4 followed by LPS induced DC maturation. We set out to study the suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) proteins during maturation and activation of human monocyte-derived DCs from peripheral blood in vitro. We found that the expression of SOCS2 mRNA and protein is dramatically up-regulated during DC maturation. Silencing of SOCS2 using siRNA, inhibited DC maturation as evidenced by a decreased expression of maturation markers such as CD83, co-stimulatory molecules CD40, CD86 and HLA-DR. Furthermore, silencing of SOCS2 decreased LPS induced activation of MAP kinases (SAKP/JNK, p38, ERK), IRF3, decreased the translocation of the NF-kappaB transcription factor and reduced downstream gene mRNA expression. These results suggest a role for SOCS2 in the MyD88-dependent and -independent TLR4 signaling pathways. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that SOCS2 is required for appropriate TLR4 signaling in maturating human DCs via both the MyD88-dependent and -independent signaling pathway. FAU - Hu, Jin AU - Hu J AD - Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. FAU - Winqvist, Ola AU - Winqvist O FAU - Flores-Morales, Amilcar AU - Flores-Morales A FAU - Wikstrom, Ann-Charlotte AU - Wikstrom AC FAU - Norstedt, Gunnar AU - Norstedt G LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20090925 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (B7-2 Antigen) RN - 0 (CD40 Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DR Antigens) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulins) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (MYD88 protein, human) RN - 0 (Membrane Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 0 (SOCS2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins) RN - 207137-56-2 (Interleukin-4) RN - 83869-56-1 (Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor) SB - IM MH - Antigens, CD/biosynthesis MH - B7-2 Antigen/biosynthesis MH - CD40 Antigens/biosynthesis MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Dendritic Cells/*cytology MH - Gene Silencing MH - Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/metabolism MH - HLA-DR Antigens/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Immunoglobulins/biosynthesis MH - Interleukin-4/metabolism MH - Lipopolysaccharides/*metabolism MH - Membrane Glycoproteins/biosynthesis MH - Monocytes/*cytology MH - Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88/metabolism MH - RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism MH - Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins/*metabolism/*physiology MH - CD83 Antigen PMC - PMC2744869 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2009/09/26 06:00 MHDA- 2010/02/02 06:00 PMCR- 2009/09/25 CRDT- 2009/09/26 06:00 PHST- 2009/04/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/09/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/09/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/09/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/02/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2009/09/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 09-PONE-RA-09795R1 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0007178 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2009 Sep 25;4(9):e7178. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007178.