Journal
INFLAMMATION
Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 177-188Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1023/B:IFLA.0000049042.73926.eb
Keywords
platelets; dendritic cells; cell adhesion; ICAM; integrin
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- NIAMS NIH HHS [R01AR47243] Funding Source: Medline
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Intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-2 is highly expressed on platelets and endothelium and is a counter-receptor for the leukocyte integrin, lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) and for the dendritic cell-specific, ICAM-grabbing non-integrin (DC-SIGN) protein. In this study, we investigated structural and functional differences between ICAM-2 from platelets and that from endothelial cells. The isoelectric point (pI) of ICAM-2 from HUVEC was pH 3.5 - 4.3, whereas that of platelet ICAM-2 was more acidic at pH 3.0 - 3.7. This charge difference was abolished by treatment with N-glycanase or neuraminidase, thus it was due to cell-specific N-linked glycosylation. Purified, immobilized platelet ICAM-2 supported 50% less adhesion of LFA-1-bearing T cells than did purified HUVEC ICAM-2 and no adhesion was observed of monocyte-derived immature dendritic cells via DC-SIGN to platelet ICAM-2. Treatment of platelet ICAM-2 with neuraminidase abolished these functional differences. These findings demonstrated that physiologic sialylation of platelet ICAM-2 renders it less able than endothelial ICAM-2 to support adherence of leukocytes.
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