scholarly journals Human Blastocysts and Endometrial Epithelial Cells Express Activated Leukocyte Cell Adhesion Molecule (ALCAM/CD166)

2003 ◽  
Vol 88 (7) ◽  
pp. 3437-3443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Fujiwara ◽  
Keiji Tatsumi ◽  
Kenzo Kosaka ◽  
Yukiyasu Sato ◽  
Toshihiro Higuchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Adhesion ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Adhesion Molecule ◽  
Cell Adhesion Molecule ◽  
Endometrial Epithelial Cells

scholarly journals Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Is Expressed by Cortical Thymic Epithelial Cells and Mediates Thymocyte Adhesion. Implications for the Function of α4β1 (VLA4) Integrin in T-Cell Development

Blood ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 89 (7) ◽  
pp. 2461-2471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel R. Salomon ◽  
Laura Crisa ◽  
Christopher F. Mojcik ◽  
Jennifer K. Ishii ◽  
George Klier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Adhesion ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Adhesion Molecule ◽  
Cell Adhesion Molecule ◽  
T Cell Development ◽  
Vascular Cell Adhesion ◽  
Vascular Cell ◽  
Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule ◽  
Cell Adhesion Molecule 1

Abstract T-cell development requires a series of discrete selection and activation signals delivered to maturing progenitors in the thymic cortex and medulla. We have previously shown the constitutive activity of the integrin, α4β1 (VLA4), on a unique subpopulation of immature cortical thymocytes and proposed a role for integrin-mediated adhesion in positive selection by cortical epithelium. In the present report we show that thymic epithelial cell lines express vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) a high-affinity ligand for α4β1, and that VCAM-1 mediates thymocyte binding to these lines. Immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy show that VCAM-1 is selectively expressed in situ by thymic epithelium in the cortex and corticomedullary junction, two locations at which VCAM-1 could determine the interaction between immature thymocytes and selecting elements on epithelial cells. In parallel, we confirmed that fibronectin (FN), the alternative ligand for α4β1, is expressed predominantly in the medulla. These results suggest that VCAM-1 is an adhesive ligand in the thymic cortex for the activated form of α4β1 constitutively expressed during development by immature double positive thymocytes. The structural segregation of the alternative ligand, FN, to the medulla suggests that medullary FN may regulate the migration, development, and export of more mature thymocytes.

scholarly journals Cell-adhesion molecule uvomorulin is localized in the intermediate junctions of adult intestinal epithelial cells.

1985 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 327-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Boller ◽  
D Vestweber ◽  
R Kemler
Keyword(s):  
Cell Adhesion ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Adhesion Molecule ◽  
Cell Adhesion Molecule ◽  
Intestinal Epithelial Cells ◽  
Rabbit Antiserum ◽  
Preimplantation Embryos ◽  
Intestinal Epithelial ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
A Cell

Uvomorulin is a cell-adhesion molecule implicated in the compaction process of mouse preimplantation embryos and the aggregation of embryonal carcinoma cells. A rabbit antiserum against purified uvomorulin also reacts with epithelial cells of various adult tissues. In this study, we investigated the localization of uvomorulin on adult intestinal epithelial cells using electron microscopic analyses. Uvomorulin was shown to exhibit a highly restricted localization in the intermediate junctions of these cells. The results are discussed with respect to a possible adhesive function of uvomorulin on intestinal epithelial cells.

scholarly journals Evidence for regulated dimerization of cell-cell adhesion molecule (C-CAM) in epithelial cells

1996 ◽  
Vol 320 (3) ◽  
pp. 847-853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene HUNTER ◽  
Hiroki SAWA ◽  
Magnus EDLUND ◽  
Björn ÖBRINK
Keyword(s):  
Cell Adhesion ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Adhesion Molecule ◽  
Cell Adhesion Molecule ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Immunoglobulin Superfamily ◽  
Dimer Formation ◽  
Rat Liver Plasma Membranes ◽  
Self Association ◽  
Covalently Linked

C-CAM is a Ca2+-independent cell adhesion molecule (CAM) belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily. Addition of chemical cross-linkers to isolated rat liver plasma membranes, intact epithelial cells and purified preparations of C-CAM stabilized one major C-CAM-containing product whose apparent molecular mass was approximately twice that of the C-CAM monomer. The failure to detect additional proteins after cleavage of the cross-linked species demonstrated that C-CAM exists as non-covalently linked dimers both in solution and on the cell surface. Dimerization occurred to the same extent in adherent monolayers and in single cell populations, indicating that dimer formation was the result of cis- interactions within the membranes of individual cells. Using isoform-specific anti-peptide antibodies, both C-CAM1 and C-CAM2 were found to be involved in dimerization, forming predominantly homo-dimeric species. Both calmodulin and Ca2+ ionophore modulated the level of dimer formation, suggesting a role for regulated self-association in the functional activity of C-CAM.

Effects of periodontopathic bacteria on the expression of endothelin-1 in gingival epithelial cells in adult periodontitis

2002 ◽  
Vol 103 (s2002) ◽  
pp. 327S-331S ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshihiro ANSAI ◽  
Eri YAMAMOTO ◽  
Shuji AWANO ◽  
Weixian YU ◽  
Anthony J. TURNER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Adhesion ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Inflammatory Cytokines ◽  
Adhesion Molecule ◽  
Cell Adhesion Molecule ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Endothelin 1 ◽  
Periodontopathic Bacteria ◽  
Gingival Epithelial Cells ◽  
Cell Adhesion Molecule 1

Adult periodontitis, which is the major cause of adult tooth loss, is commonly characterized by chronic inflammatory disease caused by infection with periodontopathic bacteria such as Porphyromonas gingivalis. Our aims in the present study were to examine the expression of endothelin-1 (ET-1) in cultured HEp-2 epithelial cells after infection with P. gingivalis, and in gingival tissue from adult periodontitis patients. The cell lines were infected with the strains P. gingivalis 33277 and 381 for assessment of bacterial invasion using an antibiotic protection assay, and the expression of ET-1, inflammatory cytokines and cell adhesion molecules was examined by ELISA and reverse transcription–PCR. The expression of ET-1, as well as that of interleukin-1β, interleukin-8 and ICAM-1 (intercellular cell adhesion molecule 1), was induced significantly in a time-dependent manner, whereas the expression of MCP-1 (monocyte chemotactic protein-1), RANTES (regulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted) and VCAM-1 (vascular cell adhesion molecule 1) was not. Furthermore, in gingival tissues from adult periodontitis patients, we also observed increased expression of ET-1 mRNA compared with tissue from normal healthy donors. These results suggest that infection by periodontopathic bacteria up-regulates the expression of ET-1, together with that of inflammatory cytokines and ICAM-1, in gingival epithelial cells, and that ET-1 expression may be closely involved in the regulation of cytokine responses and cell–cell adhesion in adult periodontitis lesions.

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