Characterization and functional analysis of the expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in human papillomavirus-related disease of cervical keratinocytes

• Published in: The American journal of pathology Vol. 143; no. 2; pp. 355 - 367
• Main Authors: Coleman, N, Greenfield, IM, Hare, J, Kruger-Gray, H, Chain, BM, Stanley, MA
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bethesda, MD ASIP 01.08.1993; American Society for Investigative Pathology
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Carcinoma in Situ - immunology; Carcinoma in Situ - microbiology; Carcinoma in Situ - pathology; Cell Adhesion - immunology; Cell Adhesion Molecules - biosynthesis; Cell Transformation, Viral; Cervix Uteri - immunology; Cervix Uteri - pathology; Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy; Female; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; Lymphocyte Activation; Medical sciences; Papillomaviridae - immunology; Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta; T-Lymphocytes - immunology; Tumor Cells, Cultured; Tumor Virus Infections - immunology; Uterine Cervical Dysplasia - immunology; Uterine Cervical Dysplasia - microbiology; Uterine Cervical Dysplasia - pathology; Papillomavirus; Virus; Human; Pathology; Human papillomavirus; Etiopathogenesis; Keratinocyte; Papovaviridae; Uterine cervix; Malignant tumor; Genital diseases; Female genital diseases
• ISSN: 0002-9440; 1525-2191

We have investigated the expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in squamous neoplasia of the cervix and have noted a significant induction of the molecule in high-grade intra-epithelial lesions. Using monolayer and organotypic in vitro tissue culture systems, we have shown that there is no constitutive ICAM-1 expression on cervical keratinocytes immortalized but not transformed by human papillomavirus type 16, whereas two human papillomaviruses type 16 containing and fully transformed cervical keratinocyte lines do constitutively express the molecule. All cell types, including human papillomavirus-negative normal cervical keratinocytes, can be induced to up-regulate their expression of ICAM-1 by pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interferon-gamma. In addition, we have used an in vitro adhesion assay to show that ICAM-1:lymphocyte function antigen-1 interaction is functionally important in lymphocyte binding to cervical keratinocytes, suggesting a role for ICAM-1 in retaining and enabling functional activity of lymphocytes in the cervix in intraepithelial neoplasia.