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L/ß2 integrin, potently induced
secretion of MIP-1
, IL-8, and MCP-1 by monocytes and triggered IL-8
secretion by neutrophils. These chemokines are products of
immediate-early genes that are induced when myeloid cells are
activated. Chemokine secretion induced by "triggering" Abs was
greater than that induced by isotype-matched immobilized Abs against
ICAM-1, ICAM-2, PECAM-1, control Igs, or immobilized control proteins.
Coengagement of ICAM-3 and Fc receptors (Fc
RI or Fc
RII) was
required for maximal chemokine secretion by monocytes. Microscopy
documented that there is also dramatic spreading of monocytes when
surface ICAM-3 is engaged by immobilized Abs. Spreading was induced by
Fab and F(ab')2 fragments of triggering anti-ICAM-3
mAb, demonstrating direct outside-in signaling, but was not required
for chemokine secretion. These experiments indicate that ICAM-3 may
transmit outside-in signals when it is engaged by ß2
integrins during myeloid cell-cell interactions in inflammatory
lesions. Binding of Fc receptors by Ig in the local environment can
amplify the responses. | Introduction |
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L/ß2 integrin (CD11a/CD18; LFA-1)
(4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9). There are also differences in the three ICAM adhesion proteins.
ICAM-1 binds to a second ß2 integrin,
M/ß2, whereas ICAM-3 does not (10).
ICAM-3 is preferentially recognized by
D/ß2 integrin, the most recently
identified leukocyte integrin, when binding is compared with that of
ICAM-1 (11). With the exception of certain tumor endothelial
cells (reviewed in 12 , ICAM-3 is restricted to circulating and
fixed leukocytes, whereas ICAM-1 and ICAM-2 have different cellular
distributions (4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15). These features suggest that the three
family members subserve overlapping but different biologic functions.
Furthermore, there is structural variation between the three proteins.
ICAM-3 differs considerably from ICAM-1 and ICAM-2 in the transmembrane
and cytoplasmic domains (5, 6, 7). The difference in the sequence of the
cytoplasmic domain of ICAM-3 from those of ICAM-1 and ICAM-2 suggests
the possibility that it has unique intracellular associations and
signaling functions (6, 7). Under some conditions, engagement of surface adhesion molecules induces activation of intracellular signaling cascades, a process that is termed outside-in signaling and that causes altered cellular function and responses. Outside-in signaling mediates juxtacrine activation during adhesive interactions involving leukocytes and other cells (2). Here we show that engagement of extracellular domains of ICAM-3 on freshly isolated human monocytes and neutrophils (PMNs)3 by mAbs induces synthesis and secretion of chemokines and causes cellular spreading. Thus, ICAM-3 may be a juxtacrine signaling ligand on myeloid cells when it binds ß2 integrins on other leukocytes in inflamed vessels and tissues.
| Materials and Methods |
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HBSS and medium 199 (M199) (with EBSS, L-glutamine and HEPES) were from BioWhittaker (Walkersville, MD). Human serum albumin (25%) was from Baxter Healthcare (Glendale, CA). Polymyxin B sulfate, fatty acid-free BSA, LPS (Escherichia coli serotype 0111:B4), herbimycin A (from Streptomyces hygroscopicus, in DMSO), and cytochalasin D (from Zygosporium mansonii, in DMSO) were from Sigma (St. Louis, MO).
Antibodies
mAbs against ICAM-3, ICAM-1, and ICAM-2 (Table I
) were developed and characterized as
described (6, 16) and stored in PBS. Anti-ICAM-3 mAb Cal3.10 was
purchased from R&D Systems (Minneapolis, MN). William Muller (Cornell
University) generously provided mAb hec-7, which is directed against
PECAM-1. mAb IV.3 was from Medarex, Annandale, NJ. Nonimmune mouse
myeloma IgG1
and IgG2a
(in TBS, pH 8, 0.02% sodium azide) were
from Sigma. Irrelevant isotype control Abs of the IgG2a and IgG1
classes (R&D Systems) were raised against keyhole limpet hemocyanin and
reconstituted in sterile PBS without azide.
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MIP-1
) and Genzyme (Cambridge, MA) (MCP-1). Conjugated
affinity-isolated goat anti-mouse Igs used in flow cytometry were
from Biosource International, Camarillo, CA. Cells
Adult human PMNs were isolated from blood as described (17). Human blood monocytes were isolated by countercurrent elutriation (18). Procedures for collection of blood samples were approved by the University of Utah Institutional Review Board.
Flow cytometry
Isolated monocytes or PMNs were incubated on ice for 1 h in the presence of 10 µg/ml of anti-ICAM-3 or control Abs. Cells were washed with FACS media (HBSS/10% goat serum/2.5% human albumin), centrifuged at 8000 x g, and incubated with a FITC-conjugated goat anti-mouse Ab for 30 min. Cells were washed and fixed with 1% paraformaldehyde and examined by flow cytometry.
Measurement of chemokine and cytokine secretion
Four-well tissue culture plates (Intermed; Nunc, Naperville, IL) were coated with Abs (300 µl/well, 10 µg/ml) overnight at 4°C, washed, and then blocked with 2% HSA for 1.5 h at room temperature. The wells were washed with 0.1% Tween-20 in HBSS three times and with HBSS twice. Purified monocytes (0.5 x 106 cells/ml) or PMNs (0.5 to 5.5 x 106 cell/ml) resuspended in M199 containing polymyxin B (1 µg/ml) were added to the wells (450 µl cell suspension/well) under sterile conditions. Buffer alone (HBSS with 2% human albumin) or LPS in buffer was added in 50-µl aliquots to some of the wells in some experiments. The plates were incubated at 37°C in 5%CO2/95% air for the indicated times. After the incubation period, the supernatants were removed and centrifuged at 15,800 x g in a microcentrifuge for 5 min. The cell-free supernatants were aspirated and frozen at -20°C or -70°C for subsequent analysis by ELISA.
Measurements of leukocyte binding by immobilized Abs
Monocytes were labeled with 111In (18). Monocytes (2 x 105 cells/ml in serum-free M199 with 1 µg/ml polymyxin B) were added to wells coated with immobilized Abs as described above. After a 5- to 60-min incubation at 37°C in 5%CO2/95% air, adherence in each well was assessed by removing loosely adherent cells by aspiration followed by lysis of adherent cells with 1 M NH4OH and scraping. Cellular fractions were pooled and radioactivity was measured using a Beckman Gamma 5500 counter (Torrance, CA).
Assays of leukocyte spreading
Plastic chamber slides (Nunc) were incubated overnight with 200 to 300 µl/well of HBSS alone or HBSS with 10 µg/ml of Ab. Unbound sites were blocked by incubating each well with 500 µl of 2% serum albumin for 2 h at room temperature. The plates were washed with 0.1% Tween-20 in HBSS three times and then with HBSS twice. Monocytes (300450 µl, 0.250.5 x 106 cells/ml) in serum-free M199 were added under sterile conditions. Control buffer (HBSS containing 2% human albumin) or LPS in buffer was added in 50-µl aliquots to some of the wells in some experiments. The cells were incubated for the designated time period at 37°C in 5%C02/95% air. The wells were then washed with HBSS and adherent cells were fixed and stained using a Diff-Quick (Baxter McGaw Park, IL) staining kit. Fixed cells were scored as rounded (no spreading) or spread using morphologic characteristics previously illustrated (18). Random fields were examined under x40 magnification until 100 cells were characterized. Observations of live cells by inverse light microscopy were also made during incubations in experiments measuring chemokine secretion.
ELISAs
ELISAs for chemokines and cytokines were done as described (18)
or using minor modifications of this method. Briefly, Costar
(Cambridge, MA) 96-well E.I.A. plates were coated with anti-human
mAbs (4 µg/ml) against MIP-1
, IL-8, MCP-1, or TNF-
. After an
overnight incubation at 4°C, the plates were blocked with 2% BSA in
PBS, and then washed four times with PBS/0.05% Tween-20. Standards and
unknown samples were added in 50-µl aliquots (neat, or diluted 1:2 to
1:10 with PBS/BSA) and incubated for 90 min for IL-8 and TNF-
or 60
min for MIP-1
and MCP-1. Biotinylated anti-human mAbs against
the respective chemokines were added and incubated for 90 min for IL-8
and TNF-
and 45 min for MCP-1 or MIP-1
. In all, 50 µl/well of
avidin-peroxidase (8 µg/10 ml) were added and incubated for 30 min
for assays of IL-8 or TNF-
and 60 min for assays of MCP-1 or
MIP-1
. Plates were developed with 100 µl/well of peroxidase
substrate. The reaction was stopped with 50 µl/well of 1N
H2SO4 and the OD was measured at 492
nm.
| Results |
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To test the hypothesis that engagement of ICAM-3 on myeloid
leukocytes mediates outside-in signaling, we immobilized Abs against
ICAM-3 and determined whether their binding to monocytes triggered the
synthesis and secretion of chemokines and cytokines. In parallel
studies, engagement of ICAM-3 on monocytes induced transcripts for IL-8
and MIP-1
and engagement of ICAM-3 on a human myeloid cell line via
immobilized Ab induced rapid sustained up-regulation of messenger RNA
for MIP-1
and reporter gene activity linked to MIP-1
promoter
elements (J. Kessel, unpublished observations; J. Hayflick et al.,
unpublished observations). In the current experiments, however, we
focused on secretion of MIP-1
and other chemokines as the
biologically relevant "readout" since there is evidence that
adhesion-dependent signaling can induce mRNAs without synthesis of the
corresponding proteins by monocytes under some circumstances (19).
Secretion of MIP-1
was potently induced when ICAM-3 was engaged by
immobilized mAb 8.1 and mAb 5.1 (Table I
) but was at basal levels when
monocytes were incubated with a control protein, albumin (Figs. 1
and 2). Secretion of IL-8 was also
induced (Figs. 1
and 2
). MIP-1
and
IL-8 secretion triggered by mAb 5.1 or 8.1 was greater than that by
monocytes incubated with irrelevant Igs or Abs to other surface
determinants (Figs. 1
and 3
, and Table I
;
also see below). In an additional experiment, Abs 8.1 and 5.1 also
triggered MCP-1 secretion (950 pg/ml MCP-1 induced by mAb 8.1, 1000
pg/ml induced by mAb 5.1, 200 pg/ml induced by immobilized albumin at
8 h of incubation).
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L/ß2 integrin (6, 16, 20, 21).
Several other immobilized anti-ICAM-3 Abs studied in parallel were
much less potent as inducers of chemokine secretion, including some Igs
directed against domain 1 determinants (Table I
Engagement of ICAM-3 by mAb 5.1 or 8.1 induced time-dependent secretion
of chemokines by monocytes. Release of MIP-1
and IL-8 was below the
thresholds of detection for the assays immediately following isolation
of the leukocytes, but rose rapidly between 2 and 8 h after ICAM-3
was engaged and continued at 18 to 24 h (Fig. 3
and data not
shown). Monocytes examined at 2 to 24 h of serum-free incubation
were viable, as assessed by trypan blue exclusion.
To determine the functional significance of chemokine secretion
triggered by outside-in signaling via ICAM-3, we incubated monocytes
with immobilized mAb 8.1 for 8 h, a time point that corresponded
to near-maximal stimulation (Fig. 3
), and asked whether the conditioned
supernatants contained activity that induced PMN chemotaxis. The
conditioned supernatants stimulated PMN transmigration across 5-µM
filters; the magnitude of stimulated migration was threefold greater
than that induced by conditioned supernatants from monocytes incubated
on immobilized albumin in parallel, and approached that stimulated by
the chemoattractant FMLP (not shown). Transmigration of PMNs across
endothelial monolayers grown on filters was also induced. The presence
of chemotactic activity in conditioned supernatants from monocytes
incubated with immobilized mAb 8.1 is consistent with secretion of IL-8
(
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), a known chemoattractant for PMNs. Direct assay of the
IL-8 concentration in these samples revealed 23.0 ng/ml in the
conditioned supernatant from monocytes incubated on immobilized mAb 8.1
compared with 0.7 ng/ml in the supernatant from monocytes incubated on
immobilized albumin.
Minimal or no TNF-
secretion was induced by engagement of ICAM-3
using any of the immobilized Abs (threshold of detection, 0.2 ng/ml).
This finding indicated that the release of MIP-1
and IL-8 induced by
triggering Abs (
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, Table I
) was not due to contamination of
the Ab preparations with LPS, since monocytes stimulated with LPS in
parallel secreted TNF-
as well as these chemokines (not shown). In
addition, polymyxin B, an inhibitor of LPS (23, 24), was included in
most incubations and did not block secretion of MIP-1
, IL-8, or
MCP-1 induced by immobilized Abs against ICAM-3.
Triggering of outside-in signals in monocytes is a specific property of certain anti-ICAM-3 mAbs
Analysis of the abilities of individual Abs against ICAM-3 to
trigger outside-in signals for chemokine secretion by monocytes
indicated that this feature is a characteristic of some of the Igs but
not others, implying that they recognize specific regions of the
adhesion protein involved in signaling (see above and Table I
). To
further insure that signaling induced by the triggering Abs is specific
and is not reproduced by Abs that engage random regions of molecules of
similar structure that are also represented on the monocyte surface, we
examined mAbs against ICAM-1, ICAM-2, and ICAM-3 in parallel. We first
used mAbs 8.1 and 5.1 against ICAM-3 and additional Abs against ICAM-1
and ICAM-2 (Table I
) to examine the distribution of these adhesion
proteins on freshly isolated myeloid leukocytes. We found that ICAM-3
is more highly expressed on monocytes than are ICAM-1 or ICAM-2; on
PMNs, ICAM-3 is more highly expressed than ICAM-1, and ICAM-2 is not
detectable (not shown). These patterns are similar to those in previous
experiments using different Abs (4, 6). We then compared mAb 8.1 and
Abs of the same isotype directed against ICAM-1 and ICAM-2 as inducers
of outside-in signaling in monocytes. The rank order of potency of
these immobilized Abs as triggers for chemokine secretion was
anti-ICAM-3 >> anti-ICAM-2 > anti-ICAM-1 (Fig. 4
). In additional experiments, we
compared engagement of ICAM-3 to ligation of another member of the IgG
superfamily that is expressed on monocytes and that mediates outside-in
signaling in leukocytes, PECAM-1 (2527; reviewed in 28 . An
immobilized Ab against PECAM-1, hec-7 (IgG2a, directed against the
first N-terminal extracellular domain; Refs. 29, 30), triggered no more
secretion of chemokines than did immobilized albumin or anti-ICAM-1
studied in parallel, whereas immobilized mAbs 5.1 and 8.1 induced
release of MIP-1
and IL-8, as expected from previous experiments
(Fig. 5
). When examined by flow
cytometric analysis, hec-7 bound only slightly less well to monocytes
than did the Abs against ICAM-3 (not shown), indicating that PECAM-1
and ICAM-3 have roughly equivalent representation on the monocyte
surface.
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We found that PMNs release IL-8 when ICAM-3 is engaged by
triggering anti-ICAM-3 Abs (Fig. 6
).
In contrast to the result with monocytes, no MIP-1
or MCP-1
secretion was induced. Again, no TNF-
secretion was triggered when
PMNs were incubated with activating anti-ICAM-3 Abs. The relative
potencies of anti-ICAM-3 mAb as triggers for chemokine secretion
were similar in PMNs and monocytes (Figs. 1
, 2
, and 6
), although this
was not examined as extensively in PMNs as in the latter cell
type.
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We analyzed chemokine secretion by monocytes incubated with
full-length anti-ICAM-3 mAbs, with F(ab')2 or Fab
fragments of the same Abs, or with irrelevant murine IgG1 or IgG2a to
examine the interplay between Fc receptors and ICAM-3. We first
examined coengagement involving Fc
RII, which recognizes murine IgG1
(reviewed in 31 , using mAb 8.1 (IgG1 class). Separate engagement
of ICAM-3 and Fc
RII triggered a low level of or no chemokine
secretion. This was shown in experiments in which a F(ab')2
fragment of mAb 8.1 or full-length murine IgG1 was immobilized
separately, and chemokine secretion by adherent monocytes was compared
with that of monocytes incubated on full-length mAb 8.1 (Fig. 7
). In a second strategy, we used a
blocking Ab against Fc
RII, mAb IV.3. Preincubation of monocytes with
Fab or full-length IV.3 reduced IL-8 secretion by
85% when ICAM-3
was engaged by mAb 8.1 as the complete Ig (Fig. 8
).
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RI alone with immobilized
murine IgG2a, or ICAM-3 alone with the F(ab')2 fragment of
mAb 5.1, triggered submaximal MIP-1
and IL-8 secretion when compared
with full-length mAb 5.1 (not shown). mAb 5.1 is of the IgG2a isotype,
which is recognized by Fc
RI (31). As previously reported (32),
nonimmune full-length murine IgG2a alone induced IL-8 secretion.
However, the levels of chemokine release were lower than those induced
by mAb 5.1. Ligation of Fc
RI alone with murine IgG2a also induced
MIP-1
secretion but, again, at levels lower than those observed with
coengagement of ICAM-3. In some experiments, an IgG2a mAb directed
against a different surface adhesion molecule (PECAM-1) did not induce
chemokine secretion above that of monocytes incubated on albumin,
whereas mAb 5.1 triggered release (Fig. 5Engagement of ICAM-3 induces monocyte spreading
Cellular spreading is linked to induction of genes in a variety of
cell types (33, 34) and may be important in the mechanism of expression
of chemokine genes in monocytes (35, 36, 37). We next examined the
relationship of cellular spreading to chemokine secretion when ICAM-3
is engaged on monocytes. We found that there was dramatic spreading of
monocytes on immobilized mAb 8.1 (Fig. 9
A). Spreading was also
induced by immobilized Fab and F(ab')2 fragments of mAb
8.1, demonstrating direct signaling by engagement of ICAM-3 that does
not require Fc coengagement (Fig. 9
B). The spreading
response was time and temperature dependent, with the greatest
difference seen in cells incubated with anti-ICAM-3 Abs vs control
surfaces for 5 min (Fig. 9
A). Spreading was most
rapid when monocytes interacted with full-length immobilized Abs
against ICAM-3, suggesting that coengagement of Fc receptors enhances
the signal. This interpretation was supported by experiments in which
incubation of monocytes with immobilized IgG alone induced spreading
but with delayed kinetics compared with cells with ICAM-3 coengaged
(Fig. 9
A).
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90%, cytochalasin D did not consistently inhibit secretion of
MIP-1
or IL-8 induced by triggering mAbs 8.1 or 5.1
(n = 5). Thus, spreading and chemokine secretion
could be dissociated. This result is consistent with a previous
experiment in which an immobilized Ab that is weak as a "trigger"
for chemokine secretion by myeloid leukocytes, mAb 1.1 (Table I| Discussion |
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L/ß2 integrin (4, 5, 6, 39). Several
studies indicate that ICAM-3 can tether and mediate outside-in
signaling of lymphocytes, lymphocytic cell lines, and thymocytes
(39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45). However, ICAM-3 is also expressed at high levels on myeloid
leukocytes of adults and newborn infants (4, 5, 6, 39) (J. Kessel,
manuscript in preparation). This indicates that it may have particular
importance in tethering and signaling of these cells in addition to its
putative roles in lymphocyte-mediated immune responses. In studies of
adhesion, we found that ICAM-3 can tether myeloid cells (J. Kessel et
al., unpublished observations). Here we show that engagement of ICAM-3
on monocytes and PMNs by specific immobilized mAbs induces secretion of
chemokines and cellular spreading. We acknowledge that engagement by
mAbs does not absolutely mimic responses induced by engagement by
natural ligands, either quantitatively or qualitatively. Nevertheless,
this strategy has been useful in defining the signaling potential of
adhesion molecules and for identifying structural features that
contribute to this function (22, 27, 30, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51). Our experiments using
this approach indicate that ICAM-3 can transmit outside-in signals in
monocytes and PMNs and suggest that it serves as a juxtacrine ligand
(2, 52) when they interact with other leukocytes.
Immobilized Abs against ICAM-3 triggered secretion of MIP-1
, IL-8,
and MCP-1 by monocytes (text and
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), cells known to produce
and release chemokines in an adhesion-dependent fashion (18). We also
showed that engagement of ICAM-3 on freshly isolated PMNs induces IL-8
secretion (Fig. 6
). Synthesis and secretion of chemokines is a recently
identified activation response of PMNs, which previously were thought
to be incapable of new synthesis of inflammatory proteins (53). In
contrast to this result, ICAM-3 was reported to be an inhibitor of PMN
activation when adhesion to endothelial cells was assayed as the
functional response (54). While a possible explanation for the latter
observation is that ICAM-3 induces "negative" signaling (55, 56) of
adhesion in PMNs, in other experiments we found that some of the same
Abs that trigger chemokine release (Table I
; Fig. 6
) also induce PMN
aggregation mediated by ß2 integrin activation (M.
Feldhaus, J. Kessel et al., manuscript in preparation). Thus, our
findings are consistent with ICAM-3 as a positive modulator of myeloid
leukocyte function rather than as an inhibitor.
The Abs that most potently induced chemokine secretion by human
monocytes and PMNs are directed against epitopes in the first
N-terminal extracellular domain (domain 1) of ICAM-3 (6, 16) (Table I
).
A domain 1 Ab also directly triggered spreading of monocytes (Fig. 9
).
Domains 1 and 2 of ICAM-3 are involved in its recognition by
L/ß2 integrin (5, 16, 20, 57). Thus,
binding of the
L/ß2 integrin to this
region on ICAM-3 may trigger outside-in signaling and chemokine
secretion during PMN and monocyte aggregation or in other
leukocyte-leukocyte interactions involving these cells. Lymphocytes are
also activated by Abs directed against domain 1 of ICAM-3 (20, 22, 40, 41, 51, 58, 59), supporting the possibility that this region of the
molecule is important in signaling. The variable potency of Abs that
bind to epitopes in domain 1 as triggers for chemokine secretion by
monocytes (Table I
) indicates that specific structural features are
involved in outside-in signaling via ICAM-3. While it is possible that
differences in affinity of the Abs accounted for their differences in
potency as triggers, this seems unlikely under the conditions of our
experiments, since there was equivalent binding of radiolabeled
monocytes to the immobilized mAb (see Results).
ICAM-1 and ICAM-2 are reported to have outside-in signaling properties
under some conditions (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65). We found that engagement of ICAM-3 by
triggering mAb induced chemokine secretion by monocytes whereas
isotype-matched Abs against ICAM-1 and ICAM-2 did not stimulate
secretion greater than that by cells incubated with immobilized control
IgG (Fig. 4
). While one potential explanation for our findings is that
ICAM-3 is more effective as an outside-in signaling molecule than are
the other two family members, no conclusions can be drawn on this point
because of the variable potency of the anti-ICAM-3 Abs and the
small number of Abs against ICAM-1 and ICAM-2 that we examined (Table I
). Alternatively, a second explanation is that the pattern is due to
the relative densities of ICAM-3 vs ICAM-1 and ICAM-2 on the surface of
monocytes, where ICAM-3 is more highly represented (see
Results). However, we also found that engagement of
PECAM-1, another IgG superfamily member that mediates outside-in
signaling under some conditions (27, 28, 47), did not induce MIP-1
or IL-8 secretion. The binding of the Abs against ICAM-3 and PECAM-1
were similar by flow cytometry, suggesting that relative surface
density is not the only critical variable.
The cytoplasmic pathways that mediate outside-in signaling of chemokine expression when ICAM-3 is engaged on myeloid leukocytes are not yet defined. As previously noted (see Results), many observations indicate that intracellular signals generated by cellular spreading and/or cytoskeletal reorganization are important in the expression of chemokines and other gene products under certain conditions. In addition, Abs against domain 1 of ICAM-3 trigger both cell spreading and cytokine and chemokine secretion in other leukocyte types; the latter events are dependent on specific regions of the cytoplasmic tail of ICAM-3, consistent with outside-in signaling (51). Thus, spreading and chemokine expression could be mechanistically linked in a sequential or amplifying fashion when ICAM-3 is engaged. We found, however, that cytochalasin D did not block chemokine secretion induced by engagement of ICAM-3 on monocytes even though it inhibited cellular spreading in parallel. This indicates that reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton (38, 66), and molecular events resulting from changes in shape secondary to the spreading response (33, 34), are not required for chemokine expression when ICAM-3 is engaged on this cell type, suggesting divergence of the intracellular pathways leading from the cytoplasmic tail to the two effector responses. In myeloid leukocytes, outside-in signaling of chemokine secretion via ICAM-3 may involve phosphorylation of serine residues in the cytoplasmic tail (51) followed by phosphorylation of intracellular proteins on tyrosine. Preliminary experiments indicate that tyrosine kinase inhibitors reduce chemokine secretion when ICAM-3 is engaged on freshly isolated human monocytes (J. Kessel et al., unpublished observations). Tyrosine kinase pathways also mediate signaling in lymphocytic cells when ICAM-3 is engaged (44). This likely occurs by direct or indirect interaction of ICAM-3 with intracellular "nonreceptor" tyrosine kinases, causing them to phosphorylate downstream targets since tyrosine residues in the cytoplasmic tail of ICAM-3 on activated leukocytes were not phosphorylated in our earlier studies (51), although others have reported a different result (67).
Our experiments demonstrated costimulation of chemokine secretion when
ICAM-3 and Fc receptors on monocytes were engaged (Fig. 7
, 8
). Human
monocytes constitutively express Fc
RI (CD64) and Fc
RII (CD32)
(31, 68, 69, 70). Human Fc
RI recognizes murine IgG2a, the isotype of
triggering mAb 5.1, and Fc
RII recognizes murine IgG1, the isotype of
triggering mAb 8.1 (Table I
) (reviewed in 31 . It has been
reported previously that engagement of Fc
RI by Ig induces IL-8
release by monocytes (32). We confirmed this observation but also found
that irrelevant IgG2a and "binding" anti-ICAM-3 mAb of this
class did not induce the same magnitude of IL-8 or MIP-1
secretion
as did mAb 5.1 (see Results, Table I
, and Fig. 5
). This
indicates that activation through Fc
RI by the Fc portion of mAb 5.1
was not the exclusive mechanism of outside-in signaling of chemokine
secretion induced by this Ab and that engagement of ICAM-3 was required
for the full response. In a second series of experiments, we found that
coengagement of ICAM-3 and Fc
RII is required for triggering of
maximal chemokine secretion by mAb 8.1 (Figs. 7
and 8
). Together, the
experiments indicate that coengagement of ICAM-3 and Fc receptors
amplifies outside-in signaling and the secretion of MIP-1
and IL-8
by monocytes. Similarly, maximal and most rapid monocyte spreading was
induced by intact triggering Abs, although Fab and F(ab')2
fragments of mAb 8.1 also induced spreading, demonstrating direct
signaling by engagement of ICAM-3 (Fig. 9
).
The requirement for coengagement of ICAM-3 and Fc receptors for maximal
chemokine secretion and rapid spreading suggests that intracellular
signaling pathways linked to these surface structures converge and are
integrated (2, 18). Cytoplasmic domains in the Fc
RI and Fc
RII
molecular complexes contain Ag receptor activation motifs (ARAMs), also
termed immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs, which associate
with Src protein tyrosine kinases (71, 72). A variety of cell surface
molecules that mediate outside-in signaling bear these cytoplasmic
sequences (56, 73). The cytoplasmic domain of ICAM-3 does not contain
consensus ARAM motifs (J. Kessel and E. Trayer, unpublished
observations). However, as noted above, preliminary experiments
indicate that ICAM-3 on monocytes is linked to tyrosine
kinase-dependent signaling; this transduction pathway may converge on
pathways linked to ARAM-bearing Fc domains.
Because Fc receptors recognize monomeric and/or aggregated human IgG as
well as murine IgG (31, 32, 71), coengagement of these structures and
ICAM-3 on human monocytes or PMNs may be important in syndromes of
pathologic inflammation of the lungs, kidneys, or other organs in which
immune complexes or Ig are deposited (74, 75, 76) and in which
leukocyte-leukocyte interactions involving activated ß2
integrins and ICAM family members occur. Our experiments suggest that
under these circumstances triggering of synthesis and secretion of
chemokines, including MIP-1
and IL-8, which can further amplify
inflammation by recruiting additional leukocytes (reviewed in Refs. 76
and 77), may be critical consequences of the signaling. In contrast,
chemokine secretion is reduced or absent when coengagement of ICAM-3
and Fc receptors does not occur (Figs. 7
and 8
), suggesting a control
mechanism that limits proinflammatory signaling when they are
individually ligated. These observations suggest that a major function
of ICAM-3 may be as a costimulatory ligand. In T lymphocytes and APCs,
ICAM-3 has costimulatory functions (22, 40, 78). Transfection of ICAM-3
into deficient Jurkat T lymphoblastoid cells complements a defect in
IL-2 release when the TCR is engaged, documenting a costimulatory role
(51). Furthermore, we have found that engagement of ICAM-3 amplifies
monocyte responses when they are activated through plasma membrane
signaling receptors (A. S. Weyrich, S. Davies, et al., unpublished
observations). Such cooperative actions involving surface molecules
appear to be key events in signal integration and in juxtacrine
signaling systems in leukocytes and in a variety of other cell
types (2, 18).
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2 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Guy A. Zimmerman, University of Utah, Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, 95 South 2000 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5000. E-mail address: ![]()
3 Abbreviations used in this paper: PMN, neutrophil; M199, medium 199; ARAM, antigen receptor activation motifs. ![]()
Received for publication September 11, 1997. Accepted for publication January 30, 1998.
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