Cutting Edge: Combined Treatment of TNF-α and IFN-γ Causes Redistribution of Junctional Adhesion Molecule in Human Endothelial Cells
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- 15 July 1999
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Immunology
- Vol. 163 (2) , 553-557
Abstract
Proinflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α and IFN-γ induce cell adhesion molecules in endothelial cells and promote transmigration of leukocytes across endothelial cells. However, when those two were administered together, leukocyte transmigration paradoxically decreased. We cloned a human and bovine homologue of the junctional adhesion molecule (JAM), a novel molecule at the tight junction, and examined the effects of proinflammatory cytokines on JAM in HUVECs. The combined treatment of TNF-α plus IFN-γ caused a disappearance of JAM from intercellular junctions. However, flow cytometry, cell ELISA, and subcellular fractionation analysis demonstrated that the amount of JAM was not reduced. This suggested that JAM changed its distribution in response to proinflammatory cytokines. This redistribution of JAM might be involved in a decrease in transendothelial migration of leukocytes at inflammatory sites.Keywords
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