PMID- 10360813 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990617 LR - 20220223 IS - 0020-7136 (Print) IS - 0020-7136 (Linking) VI - 82 IP - 1 DP - 1999 Jul 2 TI - Microglial/macrophage expression of interleukin 10 in human glioblastomas. PG - 12-6 AB - 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. FAU - Wagner, S AU - Wagner S AD - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wurzburg, Germany. FAU - Czub, S AU - Czub S FAU - Greif, M AU - Greif M FAU - Vince, G H AU - Vince GH FAU - Suss, N AU - Suss N FAU - Kerkau, S AU - Kerkau S FAU - Rieckmann, P AU - Rieckmann P FAU - Roggendorf, W AU - Roggendorf W FAU - Roosen, K AU - Roosen K FAU - Tonn, J C AU - Tonn JC LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Int J Cancer JT - International journal of cancer JID - 0042124 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic) RN - 0 (CD68 antigen, human) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Antigens, CD/analysis MH - Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/analysis MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Female MH - Glioblastoma/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-10/*biosynthesis/genetics MH - Macrophages/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Microglia/*metabolism MH - Middle Aged MH - RNA, Messenger/analysis MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction EDAT- 1999/06/09 10:00 MHDA- 2000/06/20 09:00 CRDT- 1999/06/09 10:00 PHST- 1999/06/09 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/06/20 09:00 [medline] PHST- 1999/06/09 10:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990702)82:1<12::AID-IJC3>3.0.CO;2-O [pii] AID - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19990702)82:1<12::aid-ijc3>3.0.co;2-o [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Cancer. 1999 Jul 2;82(1):12-6. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19990702)82:1<12::aid-ijc3>3.0.co;2-o.