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American Journal of Pathology, Vol 138, 525-536, Copyright © 1991 by American Society for Investigative Pathology

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Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in human corneal endothelium. Modulation and function

VM Elner, SG Elner, MA Pavilack, RF Todd 3d, BY Yue and AR Huber
Department of Ophthalmology (Kellogg Eye Center), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48105.

The endothelium lining the posterior corneal surface performs physiologic pump functions essential to corneal clarity and integrity. A hallmark of keratitis, anterior ocular inflammation, and corneal allograft rejection is leukocyte adherence to the corneal endothelium (CE) forming keratitic precipitates. To elucidate mechanisms governing cornea-leukocyte interactions, cultured human CE cells and intact corneas were examined for expression of intercellular adhesion molecule- 1 (ICAM-1), which binds the lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) on all leukocytes and enhances delayed-type hypersensitivity mediated by class II major histocompatibility complex antigens. Immunohistochemistry on culture CE cells using monoclonal anti-ICAM-1 antibody yield positive staining that increased after exposure to interleukin-1-beta (IL-1 beta), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF- alpha), and interferon-gamma (gamma-IFN). Standard leukocyte adherence assays demonstrated ICAM-1-mediated CE-neutrophil binding, which was specifically blocked by antibody to ICAM-1 or antibodies to LFA-1 on neutrophils. In whole human corneas, gamma-IFN increased CE and stromal keratocyte ICAM-1 immunoreactivity and enhanced CE-neutrophil adherence. As in CE cell cultures, antibody to ICAM-1 effectively blocked neutrophil binding to the CE cells of whole corneas. These results are the first to demonstrate ICAM-1 in ocular tissue. They indicate that CE cells express functional ICAM-1, which may be modulated by inflammatory cytokines, ICAM-1 provides mechanisms for keratitic precipitate formation, regulation of corneal leukocyte trafficking and the generation of immune responses that may be crucial to allograft rejection.

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