Isolation and Characterization of Antibodies Against Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Reveals Putative Role for Ig-like Domains 2 and 3 in Cell-to-Cell Interaction
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Wu, Yuao
Pickett, Jessica R
Panagides, Nadya
Barretto, Francisca M
Fercher, Christian
Sester, David P
Jones, Martina L
Ta, Hang T
Zacchi, Lucia F
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The vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) plays an important role in inflammation, where it facilitates the recruitment of leukocytes to the inflamed area via leukocytes’ VLA-4 and endothelial cells’ VCAM-1 interaction. VCAM-1 expression is also upregulated in certain cancers. VCAM-1 has seven Ig-like domains, with domains 1 and 4 shown to be critical for VLA-4 binding. However, the specific functions of individual VCAM-1 Ig-like domains remain poorly understood. In this study, we identified single-chain variable fragment (scFv) antibodies targeting domains 2, 3, and 5 of VCAM-1, and investigated the ability of these antibodies to block VCAM-1-mediated cell adhesion to macrophages. We show that scFv antibodies against Ig-like domains 2 and 3 interfere with the ability of macrophages to bind endothelial cells, suggesting that these domains also play a role in facilitating this interaction. These results emphasize the need to more carefully study the role of each domain on VCAM-1 function and highlight the potential of targeting these VCAM-1 domains for more tailored therapeutic interventions in inflammatory diseases and cancer.
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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25
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© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Perera, B; Wu, Y; Pickett, JR; Panagides, N; Barretto, FM; Fercher, C; Sester, DP; Jones, ML; Ta, HT; Zacchi, LF, Isolation and Characterization of Antibodies Against Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Reveals Putative Role for Ig-like Domains 2 and 3 in Cell-to-Cell Interaction, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024, 25 (24), pp. 13650