Expression of ICAM-1 on human bronchial epithelial cells after influenza virus infection

Damage of bronchial epithelium is a feature of airway viral infection and airway inflammatory disease, such as bronchial asthma. Adhesion molecules, which are expressed on bronchial epithelium, play an important role in the pathogenesis of epithelial damage and airway inflammation. We analysed ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 expression on human bronchial epithelial cell line, NCI-H292, after influenza virus A infection. ICAM-1 was expressed on control cells constitutively. Influenza virus A infection caused a three-fold increase in ICAM-1 expression on NCI-H292 cells. Supernatant of virus-infected cells was analysed for the concentration of IL-1β and TNF-α but these cytokines were not detected. VCAM-1 was not expressed on control cells and did not change after cytokine stimulation or virus infection. These findings suggest that influenza virus infection may induce ICAM-1 expression on bronchial epithelium without intervention of leukocytes, and ICAM-1 expressed on epithelium plays a major part in the pathophysiology of airway inflammatory disease caused by viral infection.

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