title: Role of PECAM-1 in the adherence of PMN to hypoxic endothelial cells.
abstract: Hypoxia induces an increase in PMN adherence to endothelial cells for which an interaction between ICAM-1 and CD18/CD11b has been demonstrated. Since PECAM-1 has been shown to be involved in PMN transmigration through the endothelium and to increase the binding capacity of leukocyte CD18/CD11b, the role of this molecule in the hypoxia-induced PMN adherence was investigated. Hypoxia did not change the total surface expression of PECAM-1 on HUVEC and did not change the cell-cell border localization of this molecule as TNF-alpha did. In addition, blocking anti-PECAM-1 antibodies could not inhibit the increased adherence of unstimulated human PMN to hypoxia-incubated HUVEC while anti-ICAM-1 partially inhibited this process. These results indicate that PECAM-1 is probably not involved in the hypoxia-induced PMN adherence to endothelial cells.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire, Facultés Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Michiels
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arnould
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Remacle
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D015687:Cell Hypoxia / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000502:physiology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000502:physiology; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1