Tollip isoforms as key regulators of macrophage phenotype and response to LPS
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ABSTRACT: Pathogen recognition via the Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling pathways leads to inflammatory responses by innate immune cells. The Toll-interacting protein (Tollip) is an ubiquitin-binding protein which negatively regulates TLR signaling. We have previously described extensive alternative splicing of Tollip in human and mouse macrophages. In the current study we examined the role of two mouse Tollip isoforms in innate immune responses: the canonical full-length form (Tollip.a), and a novel 220 amino acid isoform (Tollip.b), which lacks the Ub-binding domain. We hypothesized that alternative splicing of this negative regulator contributes to the diversification of macrophage responses to pathogens. The function of the two Tollip isoforms was studied by over-expressing the variants in the macrophage-like cell line, RAW264.7.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Yu-Lan-Sandra Lo
PROVIDER: E-TABM-795 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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