title: AILIM/ICOS: a novel lymphocyte adhesion molecule.
abstract: The adhesive interaction between T cells and antigen-presenting cells is required for the formation of the immunological synapse. Inducible co-stimulator (ICOS) is a third member of the CD28 family of co-stimulatory molecules. Here we describe a novel lymphocyte adhesion molecule, of relative molecular mass 47,000, designated AILIM, that is a rat homolog of ICOS. Rat AILIM was constitutively expressed on thymocytes and was induced on naive T cells after activation. Human thymoma cells bound to purified AILIM. Furthermore, cells transfected with the AILIM gene aggregated in an AILIM-dependent manner. These results suggest a novel function for AILIM/ICOS as an adhesion molecule, which plays an important role in T cell activation.
authors.affiliation: Pharmaceutical Frontier Research Laboratories, JT Inc., 1-13-2 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0004, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamatani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tezuka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hanzawa-Higuchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology; D017951:Antigen Presentation; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000235:genetics; D018106:CD28 Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D060889:Inducible T-Cell Co-Stimulator Protein; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D018106:CD28 Antigens; C556692:ICOS protein, human; C556694:Icos protein, mouse; C556695:Icos protein, rat; D060889:Inducible T-Cell Co-Stimulator Protein; D011994:Recombinant Proteins