title: Basal expression and cytokine induction of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in human pancreatic cancer cell lines.
abstract: Although expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) expression has been demonstrated in many human malignancies, very little is known about the ICAM-1 expression in human pancreatic cancer. We have examined ICAM-1 expression in pancreatic cancer cell lines and the induction of ICAM-1 in these cells by flow cytometry. The degree of baseline ICAM-1 expression was most significant in Panc-1, followed by PMH-2, Capan-2, Bx-PC-3, Capan-1, and PMH-3 in that order. PaCa-2 and AsPC-1 showed very low levels of baseline ICAM-1 expression. After tumor necrosis factor alpha and interferon gamma stimulation, five cell lines exhibited distinct ICAM-1 induction. The degree of induction was remarkable in AsPC-1 (32-fold), and moderate in PMH-3 (6.5-fold), PaCa-2 (3.2-fold), Capan-1 (1.6-fold), and BxPC-3 (1.5-fold). The ICAM-1 expression levels of PMH-2 and Capan-2 after stimulation were nearly the same as those before stimulation (1.2-fold and 1.1-fold, respectively). These results suggest that ICAM-1 is overexpressed and inducible by tumor necrosis factor alpha and interferon gamma in pancreatic cancer cell lines.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Gastroenterological Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimoyama
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gansauge
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gansauge
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaminishi
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Beger
mesh_terms: D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D007371:Interferon-gamma