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Immunobiology

Volume 193, Issue 5, August 1995, Pages 456-464
Immunobiology

Synthesis and Surface Expression of ICAM-1 in Polymorphonuclear Neutrophilic Leukocytes in Normal Subiects and during Inflammatory Disease

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Abstract

During bacterial peritonitis of patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) leukocytes, particularly polymorphonuclear neutrophilic granulocytes (PMNs), migrate into the peritoneal cavity. However, at the site of inflammation PMNs are not sufficiently able to protect the host against micro-organisms. Adhesion molecules, such as ICAM-1 (CD54), are involved in the interaction between endothelial cells and PMNs leading to the accumulation of PMNs at the site of inflammation. As PMNs are the predominant cell type in the peritoneal cavity in peritonitis, the aim of this study was to find out whether PMNs from CAPD peritonitis patients were able to express ICAM-1. Flow cytometric analyses with the anti-CD54 monoclonal antibody demonstrated that normal PMNs constitutively express slight amounts of ICAM-1. In contrast to normal PMNs, peritoneal PMNs from patients with CAPD peritonitis expressed high amounts of ICAM-1 (p=0.003). Furthermore, ICAM-1 expression on peripheral blood PMNs of these patients significantly differed from PMNs from healthy donors (p = 0.01 ). Furthermore, Northern blot analysis revealed a weak signal of ICAM-1 mRNA in normal PMNs. However, peritoneal PMNs from CAPD peritonitis patients expressed a strong signal for ICAM-1 mRNA, suggesting that ICAM-1 is newly synthesized when PMNs invade the peritoneal cavity. In summary, this study clearly demonstrates that peritoneal PMN s of CAPD peritonitis express high amounts of I CAM -1 receptor on the level of mRNA and on the surface. Therefore, it is tempting to speculate that peritoneal PMNs interact amongst each other between ICAM-1 and its counter receptors CD11a,b/CD18 receptor. Whether these interactions could possibly hinder peritoneal PMNs in their action against micro-organisms leading to severe peritonitis of CAPD patients must be proved in further experiments.

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