title: Mycobacterium-induced transmesothelial migration of monocytes into pleural space: role of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in tuberculous pleurisy.
abstract: The pleural mesothelium is a dynamic cellular membrane with multiple key functions. It plays a pivotal role in pleural inflammation through its release of several cytokines and the expression of cell-surface molecules. The expression of intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 in the pleural mesothelium of patients with active pleural tuberculosis and the role of ICAM-1 in monocyte transmigration across pleural mesothelium during tuberculous inflammation was investigated. Results indicate pleural mesothelial cells (PMCs) express ICAM-1 in tuberculous pleuritis. When PMCs were stimulated with bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) in vitro, they expressed ICAM-1 in a time-dependent manner. Monocyte transmigration was higher across PMC monolayers that had been stimulated with BCG. Blocking ICAM-1 on BCG-activated PMC monolayers inhibited monocyte transmigration against chemotactic gradient generated by macrophage inflammatory protein 1-alpha or monocyte chemotactic protein-1. These results indicate that ICAM-1 expression in PMCs facilitates monocyte transmigration during tuberculous pleural inflammation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nasreen
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Mohammed
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Antony
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D054405:Chemokine CCL3; D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D004848:Epithelium / Q000276:immunology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D009000:Monocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000276:immunology*; D010994:Pleura / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D054405:Chemokine CCL3; D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1