Expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 by murine macrophages is up-regulated during differentiation and inflammatory activation.
Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1, CD54) is a cell-surface glycoprotein which has been shown to play an important role for cell/cell interaction. Little is known about its occurrence in the murine monocyte/macrophage (M phi) lineage; hence, we analyzed ICAM-1 expression in cells and cell lines representing different stages of M phi maturation and studied its regulation during inflammatory activation. Flow cytometric analysis of bone marrow-derived M phi cultured in the presence of M-CSF, of thioglycollate-elicited peritoneal M phi and of M1 myeloblasts differentiated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) treatment revealed that ICAM-1 is increasingly expressed during monocytic maturation. Accordingly, the myelomonocytic cell lines RMB.TG, WEHI.TG, J774A and P388D, which can be ordered in a linear differentiation sequence, showed increasing levels of ICAM-1 expression. Furthermore, ICAM-1 expression by bone marrow-derived M phi could be up-regulated by tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interferon-gamma and LPS. In two models of murine experimental inflammation, i.e. induction phase of contact hypersensitivity and cutaneous leishmaniasis, which are both dependent on M phi/T cell interaction, M phi expressing ICAM-1 were found to be highly abundant. In addition, it was demonstrated that co-culture of Leishmania maior parasites with bone marrow M phi led to up-regulation of ICAM-1 on these cells. In conclusion, our data clearly demonstrate that ICAM-1 is increasingly being expressed during maturation of murine M phi. Cytokines and inflammatory stimuli modulate M phi ICAM-1 expression as well thus referring to its considerable role during inflammation, e.g. providing accessory or costimulatory signals for T cell activation.
Goebeler
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Institute of Experimental Dermatology, University of Münster, Germany.
Roth
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Kunz
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Sorg
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D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007249:Inflammation; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D051381:Rats / Q000276:immunology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D016207:Cytokines; D007375:Interleukin-1; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D007371:Interferon-gamma