Adhesion molecule expression by the FRTL-5 rat thyroid cell line

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N. Tandon
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C. Dinsdale
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T. Tamatani
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M. Miyasaka
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ABSTRACT

We have examined the expression and function of rat CD54, a homologue of human intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), by the continuously growing rat thyroid cell line FRTL-5. Approximately 10% of FRTL-5 cells express CD54 under basal conditions and this is not influenced by thyrotrophin. Expression of CD54 is increased by cytokines (γ-interferon, tumour necrosis factor, interleukin-1) and by an activator of C-kinase, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. Blocking ICAM-1 with a monoclonal antibody directed against this molecule significantly (P <0·01) reduced the binding of splenic lymphocytes to FRTL-5 cells but inhibition was consistently greater (P <0·01) in the presence of antibodies against a rat homologue of lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1, the receptor on T cells for ICAM-1. In no case was complete blocking of cluster formation observed. These results show that a pure line of rat thyroid cells can express an ICAM-1 homologue and this is directly enhanced by cytokines. Expression of this homologue is partially responsible for lymphocyte adhesion to thyroid cells, which is likely to be a major event in T cell recognition of thyroid antigens in autoimmune thyroiditis.

Journal of Endocrinology (1991) 130, 451–456

 

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