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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
The mechanisms of virus-induced enhancement of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) expression in epithelial cells are unknown. In the present study, the effect of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection on the expression of ICAM-1 in human pulmonary type II-like epithelial (A549) cells was evaluated. Conditioned RSV media (cRSV) produced from growth of RSV in A549 cells induced a significant increase in the expression of ICAM-1. Treatment of the cells with noninfectious cRSV prepared by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation (UV-cRSV) or ribavirin treatment resulted in the expression of ICAM-1 to a similar extent as infectious cRSV. These results suggested that RSV induces the synthesis of a soluble mediator(s) that regulates the expression of ICAM-1. Cytokine analysis by immunoassay and polymerase chain reaction showed that RSV induces the synthesis of interleukin (IL)-1 alpha and -beta, and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha). Preincubation of UV-cRSV with soluble IL-1 receptor (sIL-1r) almost completely blocked the enhancement of ICAM-1 expression. Furthermore, simultaneous incubation of infectious purified RSV with sIL-1r resulted in a significant reduction in enhancement of ICAM-1 expression. Preincubation with neutralizing antibodies to IL-1 alpha and -beta, and TNF-alpha showed that the predominant ICAM-1 enhancing soluble mediator in UV-cRSV was IL-1 alpha. These experiments provide direct evidence for an autocrine mechanism of enhanced ICAM-1 expression in RSV-infected epithelial cells that is mediated primarily by IL-1 alpha. Pulmonary epithelial cells may play an important immunoregulatory role in the microenvironment of the lower respiratory tract infected with RSV.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1044-1549
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
602-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Interleukin-1 alpha mediates the enhanced expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in pulmonary epithelial cells infected with respiratory syncytial virus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0371, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.