OBJECTIVETo explore the role of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and regulated upon activation normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) in bronchiolitis and their correlation in the pathogenesis of this disorder.

METHODSThe expression of ICAM-1 was detected by flow cytometry on lymphocytes of peripheral blood in 28 infants with bronchiolitis, 23 infants with bronchopneumonia and 24 healthy infants. Serum level of RANTES was assayed using ELISA. The correlation between ICAM-1 and RANTES levels was evaluated using Pearson correlation coefficient.

RESULTSThe ICAM-1 level in the bronchiolitis group (35.0+/-10.3%) was much higher than that in the bronchopneumonia (29.9+/-8.6%; p<0.05) and the control groups (24.6+/-6.9%; p<0.01). The bronchopneumonia group had higher ICAM-1 level than the control group (p<0.05). The RANTES level in the bronchiolitis (32.1+/-6.0 ng/mL) and the bronchopneumonia groups (30.6+/-6.2 ng/mL) was significantly higher than that in the control group (27.1+/-5.1 ng/mL) (p<0.01, p<0.05, respectively), however, no significant difference was found between the bronchopneumonia and bronchiolitis groups. There was a positive correlation between ICAM-1 and RANTES levels in the bronchiolitis group (r=0.675, P<0.01).

CONCLUSIONSICAM-1 and RANTES are involved in the pathogenesis of bronchiolitis and show a synergistic effect.

Bronchiolitis ; etiology ; metabolism ; Chemokine CCL5 ; analysis ; physiology ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 ; analysis ; physiology ; Male

PURPOSE: To establish new in vitro model systems that better reflect in vivo condition, multicellular tumor spheroids(MTS) and raft culture were developed using cell lines of squamous cell carcinoma(SCCHN) of the head and neck. In these 3-dimensional systems, the expression of cell surface molecules which are important for modulation of physiology of tumor cells were studied with or without the treatment of interferon(IFN)-gamma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Four SCCHN cell lines were used for MTS and raft culture. The effects of interferon-gamma on SCCHN cells were examined by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: All cell lines formed MTS, but only Tu-138 showed a good stratification at the air-liquid interface in the raft culture system. Immunohistochemical studies of MTS using monoclonal antibodies revealed a strong staining for MHC class I, no staining for MHC-DR, a weak patch expression of ICAM-1 and a central strong staining for integrin a 6. Staining patterns were similar for the raft cultures except integrin a 6(intense full-thickness positivity). In both systems, IFN-gamma enhanced the expression of MHC-DR and ICAM-1. No significant change was found in the expression of MHC class I and integrin a 6. CONCLUSIONS: MTS and raft culture system were established successfully from the SCCHN cell lines. IFN-gamma can modulate the surface molecules of tumor cells in the 3-dimensional culture systems.
Antibodies, Monoclonal ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell* ; Cell Line ; Head* ; Immunohistochemistry ; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 ; Interferon-gamma ; Neck* ; Physiology

OBJECTIVETo observe the changes of the levels of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1(sICAM-1) in serum of patients with cerebral infarct and to explore the effect of sICAM-1 on cerebral infarct.

METHODSThe serum levels of sICAM-1 in 55 patients with cerebral infarct both in acute stage(within 2 days) and convalescence(2 weeks after attack) were detected by using ELISA. At the same time, we compare the results with those of 32 patients having other neurologic diseases(20 patients with sciatica, 12 with trigeminal neuralgia) and 30 healthy subjects.

RESULTS(1) The serum levels of sICAM-1 of patients with cerebral infarct (acute stage: 766+/-179 microgram/L, convalescence: 602+/-155 microgram/L, respectively) were significantly higher than those of the control groups(530+/-77 microgram/L and 521+/-116 microgram/L, respectively, P<0.01). (2)There was a positive correlation of SICAM levels with the amount of leukocytes in acute stage(r=0.285,P<0.05), but negative correlation to clinical severity of cerebral infarct(r= 0.333,P<0.05). And there was no significant correlation between the level of sICAM-1 and the levels of cholesterol and triglyceride in serum(r= 0.042 and r=0.061, respectively, P>0.05). (3)There was no significant difference between sICAM levels of patients of cerebral cortex infarct and those of patients with basal ganglia infarct(773+/-178 microgram/L and 758+/-183 microgram/L, respectively, P>0.05). (4)The levels of sICAM-1 between patients of cerebral infarct with or without hypertension were no significant difference(774+/-189 microgram/L and 754+/-165 microgram/L, respectively, P>0.05).

CONCLUSIONThe levels of sICAM-1 increase significantly in patients with cerebral infarct. sICAM-1 may participate in the pathophysiologic process through inflammatory mechanism.

Aged ; Cerebral Infarction ; blood ; Female ; Humans ; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 ; blood ; physiology ; Leukocyte Count ; Lipids ; blood ; Male ; Middle Aged

OBJECTIVETo investigate the changes of adhesion molecules, cyclic adenosine monophosphate(cAMP) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) in divers post 480 heliox saturation diving.

METHODSFour divers were compressed within 96 hours to depths of 480 m with heliox-oxygen and held at the designated depth for 49 hours, excursion to 493 m during their saturation stay, then decompressed within 302 hours to the surface. The blood samples were collected before compression and post decompression, the expression level of intercellular adhesion molecule-1(ICAM-1), E-selectin, P-selectin, cAMP, cGMP were detected with ELISA analysis box.

RESULTSCompared with the levels of CAMs before compression, the levels of ICAM-1, E-selectin, P-selectin and cGMP in the serum were changed post decompression (P > 0.05). The levels of cAMP were significantly elevated post decompression (629.91 +/- 75.01) nmol/L vs (66.72 +/- 83.15) (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONThe decompression schedule in this heliox saturation diving is safe, the decompression sickness pathology in this diving has not been induced. But the stress response of divers are enhanced by this great depth saturation diving.

Cyclic AMP ; blood ; Diving ; physiology ; E-Selectin ; blood ; Helium ; Humans ; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 ; blood ; Oxygen ; P-Selectin ; blood

LFA-1 and ICAM-1 mediate a bi-directional signaling across the cell membrane which is essential for biological functions of lymphocyte, including exudation, activation, adhesion, immunosurveillance as well as immuno-logical synapse formation. The signal transducing is a dynamic process and dependent on the binding capacity between LFA-1 and ICAM-1. The affinity and the avidity of LFA-1 are two major regulation forms in this process. Phosphorylation of LFA-1 and cytoskeleton protein talin 1 play a critical role in signal transducing. In biology of lymphocyte, LFA-1 and ICAM-1 interaction forms the co-stimulatory signal to promote activation, proliferation and division. In this article the regulation of binding capacity between LFA-1 and ICAM-1, the regulation of LFA-1 subunit phosphorylation, the role of talin1 in signaling transduction of LFA-1 and ICAM-1, the synergic stimulatory signaling of LPA-1 and ICAM-1 were reviewed.
Humans ; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 ; metabolism ; physiology ; Ligands ; Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 ; metabolism ; physiology ; Lymphocytes ; cytology ; immunology ; metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; Signal Transduction ; physiology ; Talin ; metabolism

OBJECTIVE: Growth-arrest-specific protein 6 (Gas6) is a vitamin K-dependent protein and involved in cell proliferation, survival, adhesion and migration . Also it has been shown to play an important role in the inflammatory response .The aim of present study was to investigate the role of Gas6 in the process of the expression of adhesion molecules and chemokines of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) induced by Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide(P.g-LPS). METHODS: After up-regulation and down-regulation of the expression of Gas6, the vascular endothelial cells were stimulated with 1 mg/L P.g-LPS for 3 h and 24 h. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction(real-time PCR) was taken to detect the expression of the cell adhesion molecules:intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and E-selectin, as well as chemokines:interleukin-8 (IL-8) and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1). Wound healing assay was taken to observe the migration ability of endothelium cells in different groups. RESULTS: After 3 h of P.g-LPS stimulation, the expression of adhesion molecules and chemokine in the down-regulation group was not significantly different from that in the control group,while in the up-regulation group the decrease of E-selectin, ICAM-1, IL-8 and MCP-1 was 81%±0%, 47%±3%, 76% ± 3%, 26% ± 6% respectively. After 24 h of P.g-LPS stimulation, the expression of adhesion molecules and chemokine in down-regulation group was significantly higher than that in control group (2.06±0.07, 1.99±0.11, 3.14±0.15, 1.84±0.03 flod), while these molecules in the down-regulation group was significantly lower than in the control group (29%±1%, 62%±3%, 69%±1%, 41%±2%). Differences were statistically significant (P<0.01). Wounding healing assay showed that down-regulation of Gas6 enhanced migration ability of endothelial cells while up-regulation of Gas6 weakened this ability,which was consistent with the trend of real-time PCR result. CONCLUSION Down-regulation of the Gas6 gene enhanced the expression of ICAM-1, E-selectin, IL-8 and MCP-1 in HUVECs after P.g- LPS stimulating, while up-regulaiton of the Gas6 gene weakened the expression of ICAM-1, E-selectin, IL-8 and MCP-1 in HUVECs after P.g-LPS stimulating,suggesting that Gas6 may play a role in the process of endothelial cell adhesion.
Cell Adhesion ; Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 ; Cells, Cultured ; Chemokines/metabolism* ; E-Selectin/metabolism* ; Endothelium, Vascular ; Humans ; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/physiology* ; Lipopolysaccharides ; Porphyromonas gingivalis/metabolism* ; Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/metabolism* ; Vitamin K

LFA-1/ICAM-1 costimulation plays an important role in immunologic reaction of many different T cell populations. After TCR/CD3 complex cross-linking MHC/peptide, LFA-1, expressed on T cell increases a higher affinity and avidity for ICAM-1 rapidly. LFA-1 is a key molecule in formation of the immune synapse. LFA-1/ICAM-1 costimulation can engage various signaling events of T cell by up-regulating the activities of PI 3-kinase, sphingomyelinase, and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase. With the costimulation of LFA-1/ICAM-1, engagement of TCR molecules results in a significant increase of T cell activities, including higher Th1 cytokines production, strongly proliferative response and higher T cell cytotoxicity.
Animals ; Cytokines ; biosynthesis ; Cytotoxicity, Immunologic ; Humans ; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 ; physiology ; Lymphocyte Activation ; Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 ; physiology ; Signal Transduction ; T-Lymphocytes ; immunology

OBJECTIVETo study the role of serum from asphyxiated neonates in the inducement of human renal proximal tubular epithelial cells (HK-2) adhesion to neutrophils and possible mechanisms.

METHODSHK-2 cells were cultured randomly with 20% serum from neonates (1, 3, and 7 days after asphyxia), pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) or placebo. The activity of myeloperoxidase (MPO), an indicator of adhesion ability of HK-2 cells to neutrophils in suspensions, was detected by the biochemistry assay. Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) of HK-2 cells were examined with the immunohistochemical staining.

RESULTSThe expression of MPO in the post-asphyxial 1-day serum treatment group were significantly higher than that in the PDTC treatment and the control groups as well as the post-asphyxial 3 and 7-day serum treatment groups (P<0.01). The expression of ICAM-1 and NF-kappaB in the post-asphyxial 1-day serum treatment group was also significantly higher than that in the other groups (P<0.01).

CONCLUSIONSSerum from asphyxiated neonates can induce HK-2 cell adhesion to neutrophils, possibly through activating NF-kappaB and increasing the synthesis and expression of ICAM-1 on the surface of renal tubular epithelial cells.

Asphyxia Neonatorum ; blood ; complications ; Cell Adhesion ; Cells, Cultured ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 ; analysis ; biosynthesis ; Kidney Tubules ; pathology ; NF-kappa B ; analysis ; metabolism ; Neutrophils ; physiology

To explore the roles of regulatory peptides in the process of various anaphylactic inflammation of the airway, we observed the influence of four peptides, i.e., vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), epidermal growth factor (EGF), endothelin-1 (ET-1), and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), on the adhesion of eosinophil (EOS) to unstimulated and O(3)-stressed bronchial epithelial cells (BEC). From the experiments we observed that VIP and EGF decreased EOS adherence to O(3)-stressed BEC and downregulated airway inflammation; ET-1 and CGRP increased the adhesion of EOS to BEC in the inflammatory process; and CGRP aggravated O(3)-stressed reactions. The effects of ET-1 and CGRP were inhibited by W(7)and H(7). Anti-ICAM-1 antibody inhibited the adhesion of EOS to BEC, which brings to light that EOS adherence to BEC may be related to the expression of ICAM-1 of BEC.
Animals ; Antibodies ; pharmacology ; Bronchi ; cytology ; Cell Adhesion ; drug effects ; physiology ; Cells, Cultured ; Endothelin-1 ; pharmacology ; Eosinophils ; physiology ; Epidermal Growth Factor ; pharmacology ; Epithelial Cells ; physiology ; Female ; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 ; immunology ; physiology ; Male ; Rabbits ; Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide ; pharmacology

OBJECTIVETo investigate the interference effects of lymph plasma on endotoxic shock and its mechanism.

METHODSSixty Wistar male rats were randomly divided into three groups: control group, model group and lymph plasma group. The endotoxic shock model of rats were duplicated by jugular intravenous injection with LPS (15 mg/kg), and after 15 minutes the normal lymph plasma was infused in lymph plasma group rats, which amount of lymph plasma was one fifteenth of whole blood volume. The effects of lymph plasma on the mean arterial pressure (MAP), microcirculation of mesentery near the ileum lower, the numbers of leukocytes adherent to the venular wall, the P-selectin and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in plasma were observed.

RESULTSThe normal lymph plasma might be prevent from progressive decreased of MAP, depress the pathologic diameter constriction of mesenteric microvessels, reduce leukocytes adherent to the venular wall, improve blood flow condition of microcirculation, and decrease the level of P-selectin and ICAM-1 in plasma (P < 0.05, P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONA little of normal lymph plasma plays a positive interference effect on microcirculatory dysfunction and hypotension with endotoxic shock induced by LPS challenge. Those mechanisms may be concerned with decreasing the production of cell adhesion molecules.

Animals ; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 ; blood ; Lipopolysaccharides ; Lymph ; physiology ; Male ; Mesentery ; blood supply ; Microcirculation ; physiology ; P-Selectin ; blood ; Random Allocation ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Shock, Septic ; chemically induced ; physiopathology