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Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on October 24, 2002; DOI 10.1182/blood-2002-08-2529. This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) All Versions of this Article: 2002-08-2529v1 101/5/1790    most recent Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Rights and Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Lee, G. Articles by Chasis, J. A. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Lee, G. Articles by Chasis, J. A. Related Collections Cell Adhesion and Motility Hematopoiesis Red Cells Social Bookmarking                   What's this?  Previous Article  |  Table of Contents  |  Next Article  Blood, 1 March 2003, Vol. 101, No. 5, pp. 1790-1797 HEMATOPOIESIS Novel secreted isoform of adhesion molecule ICAM-4: potential regulator of membrane-associated ICAM-4 interactions Gloria Lee, Frances A. Spring, Stephen F. Parsons, Tosti J. Mankelow, Luanne L. Peters, Mark J. Koury, Narla Mohandas, David J. Anstee, and Joel Anne Chasis From Life Sciences Division, University of California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; the Bristol Institute for Transfusion Sciences, Bristol, United Kingdom; the Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME; Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; and the New York Blood Center, New York, NY. Intercellular adhesion molecule-4 (ICAM-4), a newly characterized adhesion molecule, is expressed early in human erythropoiesis and functions as a ligand for binding 41 and V integrin-expressing cells. Within the bone marrow, erythroblasts surround central macrophages forming erythroblastic islands. Evidence suggests that these islands are highly specialized subcompartments where cell adhesion events, in concert with cytokines, play critical roles in regulating erythropoiesis and apoptosis. Since erythroblasts express 41 and ICAM-4 and macrophages exhibit V, ICAM-4 is an attractive candidate for mediating cellular interactions within erythroblastic islands. To determine whether ICAM-4 binding properties are conserved across species, we first cloned and sequenced the murine homologue. The translated amino acid sequence showed 68% overall identity with human ICAM-4. Using recombinant murine ICAM-4 extracellular domains, we discovered that hematopoietic 41- expressing HEL cells and nonhematopoietic V-expressing FLY cells adhered to mouse ICAM-4. Cell adhesion studies showed that FLY and HEL cells bound to mouse and human proteins with similar avidity. These data strongly suggest conservation of integrin-binding properties across species. Importantly, we characterized a novel second splice cDNA that would be predicted to encode an ICAM-4 isoform, lacking the membrane-spanning domain. Erythroblasts express both isoforms of ICAM-4. COS-7 cells transfected with green flourescent protein constructs of prototypic or novel ICAM-4 cDNA showed different cellular localization patterns. Moreover, analysis of tissue culture medium revealed that the novel ICAM-4 cDNA encodes a secreted protein. 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