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- Title
Characterization and Functional Analysis of Interferon-γ-Induced Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 Expression in Human Keratinocytes and A-431 Cells.
- Authors
Caughman, S. Wright; Lian-Jie, Li; Degitz, Klaus
- Abstract
Human intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is a cell-surface glycoprotein that serves as one of the major ligands for lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1), a member of the integrin supergene family of adhesion molecules that is involved in cell-cell adhesion. Homotypic and heterotypic conjugate formation between leukocytes and between leukocytes and target cells via the LFA-1/ICAM-1 interaction has been demonstrated to be a critical event in numerous immunologic and inflammatory processes. While LFA-1 is expressed by all leukocytes, ICAM-1 is not normally expressed by all tissues with which leukocytes interact, but ICAM-1 may be induced de novo by various cytokines, including interferon-γ (IFN-γ). The constitutive and IFN-γ-induced expression and function of ICAM-1 in human keratinocytes (HK) and A-431 cells in culture has been analyzed. While A-431 cells constitutively express ICAM-1 when assessed by northern blotting, by biosynthetic labeling and immunoprecipitation, and by flow cytometry, HK do not. When these two cell types are exposed to recombinant human (rh-) IFN-γ at 1000 U/ml for 24 h, A-431 cells upregulate ICAM-1 and HK express ICAM-1 to an equal degree when assessed by these same parameters. Furthermore, in an in vitro adhesion assay, rh-IFN-γ treatment of the HK or A-431 cells greatly increases the specific adherence of radiolabeled T cells to these cells. These data provide further evidence for the potential role of the regulated expression of ICAM- 1 by keratinocytes in immunologic and inflammatory responses occurring in the skin.
- Subjects
INTERFERONS; GAMMA particle (Cytology); CELL adhesion molecules; KERATINOCYTES; GLYCOPROTEINS; CELL adhesion
- Publication
Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1990, Vol 94, p22s
- ISSN
0022-202X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1523-1747.ep12875005