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(Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 2004;76:271-277.)
© 2004 by Society for Leukocyte Biology

Cross-linking of FcR triggers shedding of the hemoglobin-haptoglobin scavenger receptor CD163

Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire

¹Correspondence at current address: Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Physiology Program, 665 Huntington Ave., Building I, 13^th Floor, Boston, MA 02115. E-mail: tsulahia{at}hsph.harvard.edu

CD163, the hemoglobin (Hb)-haptoglobin scavenger receptor, is a monocyte/macrophage-restricted member of the scavenger receptor, cysteine-rich family of proteins. In addition to being expressed on the cell surface, a soluble form of CD163 has also been reported. Like tumor necrosis factor (TNF-), surface CD163 is proteolytically cleaved from the plasma membrane in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation. As cross-linking of the Fc receptor (FcR) is similarly known to induce TNF- shedding, the effect of FcR stimulation on CD163 shedding was investigated. We found that FcR stimulation resulted in a rapid release of surface CD163 into the supernatant that was blocked by inhibitors of protein kinase C and tyrosine kinases. Although LPS and FcR stimulation in short-term cultures suppressed CD163 mRNA expression, long-term cultures of monocytes treated with LPS—but not with a FcR cross-linking reagent—resulted in an interleukin-10-dependent recovery of surface CD163 expression. These studies suggest that the presence of immune complexes in infection or autoimmunity may radically alter the nature of CD163-dependent monocyte/macrophage processes. This may be particularly important in disease states in which immune complexes and high levels of free Hb are present, such as in autoimmune hemolytic anemia, transfusion reactions, or infections by hemolytic bacteria.

Key Words: lipopolysaccharide • protein kinase C • SRCR family • monocyte • tyrosine kinases

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