title: Cross-linking of brain endothelial intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 induces association of ICAM-1 with detergent-insoluble cytoskeletal fraction.
abstract: Intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 plays a vital role in the process of leukocyte transmigration through endothelial cell (EC) barriers and has been shown to mediate signal transduction events in ECs induced either by its cross-linking or by the binding of T lymphocytes. Immunoblotting of ICAM-1 of Triton X-100 detergent fractions demonstrated that the majority of ICAM-1 was contained within the detergent-soluble fraction (noncytoskeletal associated) under basal conditions. After cross-linking of endothelial ICAM-1 with monoclonal antibody or coculture with T lymphocytes, EC ICAM-1 was observed to partition with a Triton X-100-insoluble (cytoskeletal associated) fraction in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Redistribution of ICAM-1 was specific, inasmuch as no association with the Triton X-100-insoluble fraction was observed after cross-linking of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1, nor did cross-linking of ICAM-1 result in a redistribution of the platelet and EC adhesion molecule. ICAM-1 association with the endothelial cytoskeleton after cross-linking was unaffected after treatment of the cells with cytochalasin D, C3-transferase, removal of extracellular calcium ions, or chelation of intracellular calcium ions. These data show that ICAM-1 colocalizes with the endothelial cytoskeleton and associates with a detergent-insoluble fraction after cross-linking.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endothelial and Epithelial Cell Biology, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Amos
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schültze
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rousell
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greenwood
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Adamson
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D051242:Caveolin 1; D022461:Caveolins / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D017830:Octoxynol / Q000737:chemistry; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D012995:Solubility; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000276:immunology; D020742:rhoA GTP-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D051242:Caveolin 1; D022461:Caveolins; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D017830:Octoxynol; D020742:rhoA GTP-Binding Protein; D002118:Calcium