title: FK506 suppresses E-selectin, ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 expression on vascular endothelial cells by inhibiting tumor necrosis factor alpha secretion from peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
abstract: FK506 suppresses activation of T cells; however, it down-regulates E-selectin, ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 expression in inflamed tissues. In this study, we investigated the effect of FK506 on expression of those adhesion molecules on human vascular endothelial cells (HMVEC). Culture supernatant from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) stimulated with anti-CD3 plus anti-CD2 antibodies effectively induced the expression of E-selectin, ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 on HMVEC, and treatment with FK506 down-regulated their expression. Culture supernatant contained tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha and interleukin (IL)-1beta, which effectively induced adhesion molecules, and FK506 suppressed both cytokine secretions. TNFalpha content in culture supernatant was parallel to the induction of adhesion molecules by the culture supernatant. IL-1beta content was not enough to induce those adhesion molecules. Anti-TNFalpha antibody completely inhibited those expressions. FK506 did not inhibit either TNFalpha- or IL-1beta-induced expression of adhesion molecules, or viability of HMVEC. These results indicate that FK506 suppresses migration of inflammatory cells through the inhibition of TNFalpha secretion from leukocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Inflammation, Medicinal Biology Research Laboratories, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 2-1-6 Kashima, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532-8514, Japan. tatsuya_sasakawa@po.fujisawa.co.jp
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasakawa
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasakawa
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masunaga
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujitsu
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirayama
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
authors.forename: Seitaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mutoh
mesh_terms: D019040:E-Selectin / Q000187:drug effects*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000187:drug effects*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D019040:E-Selectin; D007375:Interleukin-1; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D016559:Tacrolimus