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ICAM, an adhesion ligand of LFA-1, is homologous to the neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM

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Antigen-specific cell contacts in the immune system are strengthened by antigen-nonspecific interactions, mediated in part by lymphocyte-function associated (LFA) antigens1,2. The LFA-1 antigen is widely expressed on cells of haematopoietic origin and is a major receptor of T cells, B cells and granulocytes3. LFA-1 mediates the leukocyte adhesion reactions underlying cytolytic conjugate formation, helper T-cell interactions, and antibody-dependent killing by natural killer cells and granulocytes. Recently, ICAM-1 (intercellular adhesion molecule-1) has been defined as a ligand for LFA-14–6. Monoclonal antibodies to ICAM-1 block T lymphocyte adhesion to fibroblasts and endothelial cells and disrupt the interaction between cytotoxic T cells and target cells. In addition, purified ICAM-1 reconstituted into artificial membranes binds LFA-1+ cells6. ICAM-1 is found on leukocytes, fibroblasts, epithelial cells and endothelial cells and its expression is regulated by inflammatory cytokines. LFA-1 has been placed in the integrin family of cell surface receptors by virtue of the high sequence similarity between the LFA-1 and integrin β chains7,8. The adhesion ligands of the integrin family are gly-coproteins bearing the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) sequence motif, for example, fibronectin, fibrinogen, vitronectin and von Willebrand factor9. Here we show that a complementary DNA clone ICAM-1 contains no RGD motifs, but instead is homologous to the neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM10,11.

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Simmons, D., Makgoba, M. & Seed, B. ICAM, an adhesion ligand of LFA-1, is homologous to the neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM. Nature 331, 624–627 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/331624a0

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