title: A monoclonal antibody to the human leukocyte adhesion molecule intercellular adhesion molecule-2. Cellular distribution and molecular characterization of the antigen.
abstract: The DNA of the human leukocyte adhesion molecule intercellular adhesion molecule-2 (ICAM-2) was synthesized by the polymerase chain reaction, and a protein A-ICAM-2 fusion protein was expressed in Escherichia coli. The fusion protein was used as immunogen to obtain mAb to ICAM-2. The 6D5 antibody was selected by its reactivity in immunofluorescence with the endothelial cell line Eahy926. The antibody precipitated a 55,000 m.w. glycoprotein from radioactivity surface labeled cells and also reacted in Western blotting. As measured by immunofluorescence flow cytometry, the antibody reacted with lymphoblastoid B cells of normal origin, some Burkitt lymphoma cell lines, vascular endothelial cells, the endothelial cell line Eahy926, 4 and a subpopulation of Con A-stimulated blood mononuclear cells. The two Ig-like domains of ICAM-2 were separately expressed in E. coli, and the antibody was shown to react with the NH2-terminal domain. The antibody inhibited the CD11/CD18-dependent binding of HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cells to transfected COS-1 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nortamo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salcedo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Timonen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patarroyo
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Gahmberg
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D015703:Antigens, CD; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000276:immunology; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology*; D002460:Cell Line; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015703:Antigens, CD; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; C065289:ICAM2 protein, human