CD99 (MIC2) regulates the LFA-1/ICAM-1-mediated adhesion of lymphocytes, and its gene encodes both positive and negative regulators of cellular adhesion

  • J H Hahn
    Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine ,
  • M K Kim
    Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine ,
  • E Y Choi
    Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine ,
  • S H Kim
    Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine ,
  • H W Sohn
    Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine ,
  • D I Ham
    Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine ,
  • D H Chung
    Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine ,
  • T J Kim
    Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine ,
  • W J Lee
    Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine ,
  • C K Park
    Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine ,
  • H J Ree
    Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine ,
  • S H Park
    Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine ,

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1997-09-01
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DOI
  • 10.4049/jimmunol.159.5.2250
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Oxford University Press (OUP)

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Despite the fact that integrin-mediated lymphocyte adhesion is a crucial event for an appropriate immune response, little is known about the mechanisms that control the adhesion and deadhesion processes generated by the engagement of CD99 between various types of immune cells. Here we report that the CD99 gene encodes two distinct proteins with opposite functions in the LFA-1/intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1)-mediated cell adhesion process. The two forms of the CD99 protein are produced by alternative splicing of the CD99 gene transcript. The major form induced homotypic adhesion of the human B lymphoblastoid cell line IM-9, whereas the minor, truncated form inhibited the adhesion process. Activation of the major form of CD99 with anti-CD99 monoclonal antibodies induced rapid aggregation of IM-9 cells, which was blocked by the addition of mAbs to LFA-1 or intracellular adhesion molecule 1. Overexpression of the minor truncated form of CD99 markedly down-regulated the expression of LFA-1. The two forms of CD99 are differentially expressed in most human cells tested and are highly conserved in monkey. Taken together, these observations suggest that the two forms of CD99 function in vivo in both positive and negative regulation of LFA-1-mediated adhesion of lymphocytes during an immune response.</jats:p>

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