AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 263, Issue 6 864-G870, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Human colon cancer cells express ICAM-1 in vivo and support LFA-1-dependent lymphocyte adhesion in vitro

C. P. Kelly, J. C. O'Keane, J. Orellana, P. C. Schroy 3rd, S. Yang, J. T. LaMont and H. R. Brady
Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts.

Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is a cell surface adhesion glycoprotein that mediates leukocyte adhesion through interaction with the leukocyte CD11/CD18 adhesion complex. The aim of this study was to determine whether ICAM-1 is expressed by normal or neoplastic colonic epithelial cells. Immunohistochemical studies on human colonic tissue demonstrated focal ICAM-1 expression by colonic carcinomas but not by normal colonic epithelium. ICAM-1 expression by colonic carcinomas showed a positive correlation with the presence of a peritumoral inflammatory infiltrate. Surface expression of ICAM-1 was also observed in HT-29 cultured human colon cancer cells by both immunohistochemistry and enzyme immunoassay. Interferon-gamma and interleukin-1 beta significantly increased ICAM-1 surface expression by HT-29 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Upregulation of ICAM-1 surface expression became evident some hours after cytokine stimulation and was inhibited by both actinomycin D and cycloheximide, indicating a requirement for de novo RNA and protein synthesis. HT-29 monolayers supported adhesion of human lymphocytes as determined by a quantitative 111In-labeled leukocyte adhesion assay. Adhesion was mediated in part via interaction of ICAM-1 on HT-29 cells with lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (CD11a/CD18) on lymphocytes, as defined by using blocking monoclonal antibodies. Expression of ICAM-1 and/or other leukocyte adhesion receptors by neoplastic epithelial cells may play a role in directing leukocyte trafficking and leukocyte-epithelial cell interactions in colonic carcinoma.

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