0 11 Suppression suppression NN 12 14 of of IN 15 22 nuclear nuclear JJ 23 29 factor factor NN 30 35 kappa kappa NN 36 37 B B NNP 38 41 and and CC 42 55 CD18-mediated cd18-mediated JJ 56 65 leukocyte leukocyte NN 66 74 adhesion adhesion NN 75 77 to to TO 78 81 the the DT 82 89 corneal corneal JJ 90 101 endothelium endothelium NN 102 104 by by IN 105 118 dexamethasone dexamethasone NN 118 119 . . . 121 128 PURPOSE purpose NN 128 129 : : : 130 132 To to TO 133 144 demonstrate demonstrate VB 145 149 that that IN 150 159 leukocyte leukocyte NN 160 168 adhesion adhesion NN 169 171 to to TO 172 180 cultured culture VBN 181 188 corneal corneal NN 189 200 endothelial endothelial JJ 201 206 cells cell NNS 207 209 is be VBZ 210 218 mediated mediate VBN 219 221 by by IN 222 225 the the DT 226 230 CD18 cd18 NN 231 238 antigen antigen NN 238 239 , , , 240 243 and and CC 244 246 to to TO 247 256 determine determine VB 257 264 whether whether IN 265 278 dexamethasone dexamethasone NN 279 287 directly directly RB 288 298 suppresses suppress VBZ 299 307 adhesion adhesion NN 308 310 by by IN 311 321 inhibiting inhibit VBG 322 332 activation activation NN 333 335 of of IN 336 343 nuclear nuclear JJ 344 350 factor factor NN 351 356 kappa kappa NN 357 358 B B NNP 359 360 ( ( ( 360 368 NFkappaB NFkappaB NNP 368 369 ) ) ) 369 370 . . . 371 378 METHODS methods NNS 378 379 : : : 380 388 Cultured culture VBN 389 395 bovine bovine JJ 396 403 corneal corneal NN 404 415 endothelium endothelium NN 416 419 was be VBD 420 430 stimulated stimulate VBN 431 434 for for IN 435 436 6 6 CD 437 442 hours hour NNS 443 445 by by IN 446 448 40 40 CD 449 458 micron/ml micron/ml NN 459 464 tumor tumor NN 465 473 necrosis necrosis NN 474 480 factor factor NN 481 486 alpha alpha NN 487 488 ( ( ( 488 496 TNFalpha TNFalpha NNP 496 497 ) ) ) 497 498 . . . 499 512 Dexamethasone Dexamethasone NNP 513 516 was be VBD 517 522 added add VBN 523 524 1 1 CD 525 529 hour hour NN 530 536 before before IN 537 545 TNFalpha TNFalpha NNP 546 557 stimulation stimulation NN 558 560 in in IN 561 564 the the DT 565 578 dexamethasone dexamethasone NN 579 584 group group NN 584 585 . . . 586 591 After after IN 592 603 stimulation stimulation NN 603 604 , , , 605 616 neutrophils neutrophil NNS 617 626 separated separate VBN 627 631 from from IN 632 633 a a DT 634 641 healthy healthy JJ 642 647 human human JJ 648 657 volunteer volunteer NN 658 662 were be VBD 663 668 added add VBN 669 673 with with IN 674 676 or or CC 677 684 without without IN 685 694 anti-CD18 anti-cd18 JJ 695 703 antibody antibody NN 703 704 . . . 705 708 The the DT 709 716 culture culture NN 717 722 plate plate NN 723 726 was be VBD 727 734 settled settle VBN 735 738 for for IN 739 741 15 15 CD 742 749 minutes minute NNS 750 752 at at IN 753 755 37 37 CD 756 763 degrees degree NNS 764 765 C C NNP 765 766 , , , 767 770 and and CC 771 775 then then RB 776 787 neutrophils neutrophil NNS 788 792 were be VBD 793 802 activated activate VBN 803 805 by by IN 806 845 N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine NNP 846 849 for for IN 850 851 5 5 CD 852 859 minutes minute NNS 859 860 . . . 861 872 Nonadherent nonadherent JJ 873 884 neutrophils neutrophil NNS 885 889 were be VBD 890 897 removed remove VBN 898 900 by by IN 901 908 sealing seal VBG 909 912 and and CC 913 922 inverting invert VBG 923 926 the the DT 927 934 culture culture NN 935 939 well well RB 939 940 . . . 941 944 The the DT 945 958 intracellular intracellular JJ 959 971 localization localization NN 972 974 of of IN 975 983 NFkappaB NFkappaB NNP 984 989 after after IN 990 998 TNFalpha TNFalpha NNP 999 1009 simulation simulation NN 1010 1013 was be VBD 1014 1024 determined determine VBN 1025 1027 by by IN 1028 1036 confocal confocal JJ 1037 1056 immunocytochemistry immunocytochemistry NN 1057 1062 using use VBG 1063 1065 an an DT 1066 1074 anti-p65 anti-p65 JJ 1075 1083 antibody antibody NN 1083 1084 . . . 1085 1092 RESULTS results NNS 1092 1093 : : : 1094 1104 Neutrophil Neutrophil NNP 1105 1113 adhesion adhesion NN 1114 1116 to to TO 1117 1125 cultured culture VBN 1126 1133 corneal corneal NN 1134 1145 endothelial endothelial JJ 1146 1151 cells cell NNS 1152 1161 increased increase VBD 1162 1175 significantly significantly RB 1176 1178 on on IN 1179 1187 exposure exposure NN 1188 1190 to to TO 1191 1199 TNFalpha TNFalpha NNP 1200 1201 ( ( ( 1201 1213 451.4+/-45.4 451.4+/-45.4 CD 1214 1223 cells/mm2 cells/mm2 NNS 1223 1224 , , , 1225 1226 n n NN 1227 1228 = = JJ 1229 1231 16 16 CD 1231 1232 ) ) ) 1233 1241 compared compare VBN 1242 1244 to to TO 1245 1252 control control NN 1253 1254 ( ( ( 1254 1266 156.7+/-27.3 156.7+/-27.3 CD 1267 1276 cells/mm2 cells/mm2 NNS 1276 1277 , , , 1278 1279 n n NN 1280 1281 = = SYM 1282 1284 16 16 CD 1284 1285 , , , 1286 1287 P p NN 1288 1289 < < SYM 1290 1294 0.01 0.01 CD 1294 1295 ) ) ) 1295 1296 . . . 1297 1301 This this DT 1302 1311 increased increase VBN 1312 1320 adhesion adhesion NN 1321 1324 was be VBD 1325 1335 suppressed suppress VBN 1336 1338 by by IN 1339 1342 the the DT 1343 1351 addition addition NN 1352 1354 of of IN 1355 1364 anti-CD18 anti-cd18 JJ 1365 1373 antibody antibody NN 1374 1375 ( ( ( 1375 1387 157.6+/-25.1 157.6+/-25.1 CD 1388 1397 cells/mm2 cells/mm2 NNS 1397 1398 , , , 1399 1400 n n NN 1401 1402 = = SYM 1403 1404 8 8 CD 1404 1405 , , , 1406 1407 P p NN 1408 1409 < < SYM 1410 1414 0.01 0.01 CD 1414 1415 ) ) ) 1416 1419 and and CC 1420 1422 by by IN 1423 1435 pretreatment pretreatment NN 1436 1440 with with IN 1441 1447 10(-7) 10(-7) CD 1448 1449 M M NNP 1450 1463 dexamethasone dexamethasone NN 1464 1465 ( ( ( 1465 1477 207.9+/-31.5 207.9+/-31.5 CD 1478 1487 cells/mm2 cells/mm2 NNS 1487 1488 , , , 1489 1490 n n NN 1491 1492 = = SYM 1493 1495 10 10 CD 1495 1496 , , , 1497 1498 P p NN 1499 1500 < < SYM 1501 1505 0.01 0.01 CD 1505 1506 ) ) ) 1506 1507 . . . 1508 1527 Immunocytochemistry Immunocytochemistry NNP 1528 1530 60 60 CD 1531 1538 minutes minute NNS 1539 1544 after after IN 1545 1556 stimulation stimulation NN 1557 1565 revealed reveal VBD 1566 1570 that that IN 1571 1579 NFkappaB NFkappaB NNP 1580 1583 was be VBD 1584 1591 located locate VBN 1592 1594 in in IN 1595 1598 the the DT 1599 1608 cytoplasm cytoplasm NN 1609 1611 in in IN 1612 1624 unstimulated unstimulated JJ 1625 1630 cells cell NNS 1630 1631 ; ; : 1632 1639 however however RB 1639 1640 , , , 1641 1644 the the DT 1645 1653 addition addition NN 1654 1656 of of IN 1657 1665 TNFalpha TNFalpha NNP 1666 1672 caused cause VBD 1673 1681 NFkappaB NFkappaB NNP 1682 1684 to to TO 1685 1696 translocate translocate VB 1697 1701 into into IN 1702 1705 the the DT 1706 1713 nucleus nucleus NN 1713 1714 . . . 1715 1727 Pretreatment Pretreatment NNP 1728 1732 with with IN 1733 1746 dexamethasone dexamethasone NN 1747 1754 tapered taper VBD 1755 1763 NFkappaB nfkappab NN 1764 1777 translocation translocation NN 1778 1782 into into IN 1783 1786 the the DT 1787 1794 nucleus nucleus NN 1794 1795 . . . 1796 1807 CONCLUSIONS conclusions NNS 1807 1808 : : : 1809 1818 Leukocyte Leukocyte NNP 1819 1827 adhesion adhesion NN 1828 1830 to to TO 1831 1834 the the DT 1835 1842 corneal corneal NN 1843 1854 endothelium endothelium NN 1855 1858 was be VBD 1859 1864 shown show VBN 1865 1867 to to TO 1868 1870 be be VB 1871 1879 mediated mediate VBN 1880 1882 by by IN 1883 1887 CD18 cd18 NN 1888 1897 expressed express VBN 1898 1900 on on IN 1901 1910 activated activate VBN 1911 1921 leukocytes leukocyte NNS 1921 1922 . . . 1923 1935 Pretreatment Pretreatment NNP 1936 1938 of of IN 1939 1942 the the DT 1943 1954 endothelium endothelium NN 1955 1959 with with IN 1960 1973 dexamethasone dexamethasone NN 1974 1983 inhibited inhibit VBD 1984 1993 leukocyte leukocyte NN 1994 2002 adhesion adhesion NN 2002 2003 ; ; : 2004 2008 this this DT 2009 2012 may may MD 2013 2015 be be VB 2016 2019 due due JJ 2020 2022 in in IN 2023 2027 part part NN 2028 2030 to to TO 2031 2034 the the DT 2035 2046 suppression suppression NN 2047 2049 of of IN 2050 2058 NFkappaB NFkappaB NNP 2059 2064 entry entry NN 2065 2069 into into IN 2070 2073 the the DT 2074 2081 nucleus nucleus NN 2081 2082 . . .