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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
Volume 195, Issue 2, Pages 277-282Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20011741
Keywords
tetraspanins; macrophages; expression cloning; placenta; PSG
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- NICHD NIH HHS [R01 HD035832, R29 HD035832, HD35832] Funding Source: Medline
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Pregnancy-specific glycoproteins (PSGs) are a family of highly similar secreted proteins produced by the placenta. PSG homologs have been identified in primates and rodents. Members of the human and murine PSG family induce secretion of antiinflammatory cytokines in mononuclear phagocytes. For the purpose of cloning the receptor, we screened a RAW 264.7 cell cDNA expression library. The PSG17 receptor was identified as the tetraspanin, CD9. We confirmed binding of PSG17 to CD9 by ELISA, flow cytometry, alkaline phosphatase binding assays, and in situ rosetting. Anti-CD9 monoclonal antibody inhibited binding of PSG17 to CD9-transfected cells and PAW 264.7 cells. Moreover, PSG 17 binding to macrophages front CD9-deficient mice was significantly reduced. We theta tested whether PSG 17 binds to other members of the marine tetraspanin family. PSG17 did not bind to cells transfected with CD53, CD63, CD81, CD82, or CD151, suggesting that PSG17-CD9 binding is a specific interaction. We have identified the first receptor for a murine PSG as well as the first natural ligand for a member of the tetraspanin superfamily.
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