title: Intercellular adhesion induced by anti-alpha 3 integrin (VLA-3) antibodies.
abstract: We generated four monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) specific for human alpha 3 integrin (VLA-3 alpha subunit). All of them were found to induce homotypic cell aggregation of HT1080 fibrosarcoma and SN12C renal carcinoma cells, both of which express high levels of alpha 3 integrin. The antibodies also induced the cell aggregation of K562 erythroleukemic cells transfected with alpha 3 integrin cDNA, but not the parental K562 cells. The aggregation was observed in a temperature-dependent manner and was not inhibited by the addition of EDTA. Immunofluorescence microscopic observation showed that alpha 3 integrin on HT1080 cells was translocated into the contact regions after the mAb treatment. The intercellular adhesion between cells expressing alpha 3 integrin and cells without alpha 3 integrin was also induced by the anti-alpha 3 antibody treatment.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemical Toxicology and Immunochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hakomori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Irimura
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002449:Cell Aggregation / Q000502:physiology; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D004915:Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute / Q000473:pathology*; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D016029:Receptors, Very Late Antigen / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D016029:Receptors, Very Late Antigen