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American Journal of Pathology, Vol 146, 1406-1413, Copyright © 1995 by American Society for Investigative Pathology

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Expression of cell adhesion molecules on liver-associated lymphocytes and their ligands on sinusoidal lining cells in patients with benign or malignant liver disease

M Garcia-Barcina, B Lukomska, W Gawron, M Winnock, F Vidal-Vanaclocha, P Bioulac-Sage, C Balabaud and W Olszewski
Department of Cell Biology and Morphological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, University of Basque Country, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain.

Liver sinusoids, in contrast with the capillaries of other tissues, contain large numbers of sequestered lymphocytes. These blood-borne cells preferentially home in the liver. The mechanism regulating the recruitment of these cells and molecular regulation of the recognition of endothelial cells is as yet unclear. The present study sought to evaluate the cell adhesion molecules on human liver-associated lymphocytes and their ligands on sinusoidal lining cells in 29 patients undergoing partial hepatectomy for liver tumors. Liver-associated lymphocytes and peripheral blood lymphocytes were analyzed by flow cytometry using monoclonal antibodies. Frozen sections of liver tissue were stained according to alkaline phosphatase anti-alkaline phosphatase method. Cytometric analysis showed that virtually all liver- associated lymphocytes expressed on their surface the cell adhesion molecules LFA-1 and VLA-4. This liver-associated lymphocyte population also presented a significantly higher percentage of Mac 1, ICAM-1, and LFA-3 and an increased surface expression of LFA-1, LFA-2, and NCAM in comparison with peripheral blood lymphocytes. It was likewise shown that sinusoidal cells express ICAM-1, ICAM-2, ICAM-3, VCAM-1 and LFA-3 ligands. Liver-associated lymphocytes thus strongly express a number of different adhesion molecules. The corresponding ligands were also detected on sinusoidal lining cells. LFA-1 and VLA-4 would seem to be important pathways of temporary lymphocyte-endothelial adhesion in liver sinusoids.

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