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Clonado y caracterización de una nueva molécula de adhesión intercelular ICAM-R
R Vazeux1, P A Hoffman, J K Tomita
1ICOS Corporation, Bothell, Washington 98021.
Nature
|December 3, 1992
Resumen
Los investigadores identificaron ICAM-R, una nueva molécula de adhesión intercelular. Esta molécula, relacionada con ICAM-1 e ICAM-2, se une a LFA-1 en leucocitos, distintos de las células endoteliales.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Inmunología Inmunología.
- Biología celular Biología celular.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
Sus antecedentes:
- Las moléculas de adhesión intercelular (ICAM) como ICAM-1 e ICAM-2, junto con las integrinas beta 2 (leukointegrinas), son cruciales para la adhesión de los leucocitos y las células endoteliales, vitales para la función inmune.
- El bloqueo completo de la adhesión dependiente del antígeno LFA-1 asociado a la función leucocitaria utilizando anticuerpos contra ICAM-1 e ICAM-2 sugiere la existencia de otros ligandos LFA-1, como el ICAM-3 identificado previamente.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Clonar molecularmente y caracterizar un nuevo miembro de la familia ICAM, designado ICAM-R.
- Investigar la relación estructural y funcional de ICAM-R con ICAM-1 y ICAM-2.
- Para determinar el patrón de expresión y las propiedades de unión de ligandos de ICAM-R.
Principales métodos:
- La clonación molecular del ADN complementario (ADNc) que codifica el ICAM-R.
- Análisis de la secuencia de proteínas ICAM-R y la estructura del dominio.
- Determinación del peso molecular (M(r)) de la forma de la superficie celular madura de ICAM-R.
- Comparación de la identidad de la secuencia de proteínas con ICAM-1 e ICAM-2.
- Evaluación de la expresión de ICAM-R en diferentes tipos de células (leucócitos y células endoteliales) en estados de reposo y activado.
- Análisis funcional para confirmar el ICAM-R como un ligando para CD11a/LFA-1.
Principales resultados:
- Un nuevo miembro de la familia ICAM, ICAM-R, fue clonado molecularmente. Su ADNc tiene 1.781 pares de bases de largo, codificando una proteína con cinco dominios de tipo de la familia de inmunoglobulinas extracelulares.
- La proteína ICAM-R madura exhibe un peso molecular específico para el tipo de célula que oscila entre 116 y 140K.
- La identidad de secuencia de proteínas entre ICAM-R e ICAM-1 es del 48%, y con ICAM-2 es del 31%, con variaciones en todos los dominios.
- ICAM-R está altamente expresado en leucocitos en reposo de todos los linajes, pero no en células endoteliales en reposo o activadas por citoquinas, diferenciando su expresión de ICAM-1 e ICAM-2.
- El ICAM-R funciona como un ligando para la beta 2-integrina CD11a/LFA-1, similar al ICAM-1 y al ICAM-2.
Conclusiones:
- ICAM-R representa un miembro recién identificado de la familia ICAM con características estructurales y de expresión distintas.
- El patrón de expresión único de ICAM-R en los leucocitos sugiere un papel específico en la adhesión de los leucocitos y las respuestas inmunes.
- La capacidad de ICAM-R para unirse a LFA-1 lo implica aún más en el tráfico de leucocitos e interacciones dentro del sistema inmunológico.
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