ICAM4

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Also known as CD242

Summary

ICAM4 (intercellular adhesion molecule 4 (Landsteiner-Wiener blood group), HGNC:5347) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 19p13.2, encoding Intercellular adhesion molecule 4 (Q14773). Functions as a receptor ligand for the monocyte/macrophage-specific ITGAX:ITGB2 integrin complex and mediates erythrophagocytosis.

This gene encodes the Landsteiner-Wiener (LW) blood group antigen(s) that belongs to the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily, and that shares similarity with the intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM) protein family. This ICAM protein contains 2 Ig-like C2-type domains and binds to the leukocyte adhesion LFA-1 protein. The molecular basis of the LW(A)/LW(B) blood group antigens is a single aa variation at position 100; Gln-100=LW(A) and Arg-100=LW(B). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms.

Source: NCBI Gene 3386 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 1
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 58 total
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_001544

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:5347
Approved symbolICAM4
Nameintercellular adhesion molecule 4 (Landsteiner-Wiener blood group)
Location19p13.2
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesCD242
Ensembl geneENSG00000105371
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM614088
Entrez3386

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 4 — 4 protein_coding

ENST00000340992, ENST00000380770, ENST00000393717, ENST00000929145

RefSeq mRNA: 2 — MANE Select: NM_001544 NM_001039132, NM_001544

CCDS: CCDS12232, CCDS32904

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000380770 — 3 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000011883191028753610287838
ENSE000028431721028695510287406
ENSE000028432121028798610288520

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 146 present calls, max score 80.06.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth broad, TPM avg 2.4080 / max 138.9877, expressed in 578 samples.

FANTOM5 promoters (5 alternative TSS)

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
1737720.9537171
1737710.9497348
1737700.3716157
1737730.069836
1737740.063330

Top tissues by expression

272 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
male germ line stem cell (sensu Vertebrata) in testisCL:0000089 ∩ UBERON:000047380.06gold quality
monocyteCL:000057678.09gold quality
leukocyteCL:000073877.54gold quality
mononuclear cellCL:000084277.46gold quality
granulocyteCL:000009476.48gold quality
bone marrowUBERON:000237174.07gold quality
stromal cell of endometriumCL:000225573.07gold quality
bloodUBERON:000017872.27gold quality
right lungUBERON:000216771.56gold quality
amniotic fluidUBERON:000017370.67gold quality
bone marrow cellCL:000209270.02silver quality
spermCL:000001969.78silver quality
male germ cellCL:000001568.25silver quality
trabecular bone tissueUBERON:000248367.45gold quality
upper lobe of left lungUBERON:000895266.27gold quality
olfactory segment of nasal mucosaUBERON:000538665.37gold quality
upper lobe of lungUBERON:000894864.94gold quality
lungUBERON:000204864.78gold quality
periodontal ligamentUBERON:000826660.70gold quality
visceral pleuraUBERON:000240159.09gold quality
pylorusUBERON:000116658.87gold quality
saphenous veinUBERON:000731858.87gold quality
inferior vagus X ganglionUBERON:000536358.77gold quality
pericardiumUBERON:000240758.68gold quality
nippleUBERON:000203058.35gold quality
skeletal muscle tissue of biceps brachiiUBERON:000450258.26gold quality
trigeminal ganglionUBERON:000167558.20gold quality
synovial jointUBERON:000221758.19gold quality
cartilage tissueUBERON:000241858.11silver quality
ponsUBERON:000098858.07gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 3 experiment(s), a significant marker in 1.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-HCAD-6yes47.77
E-HCAD-10no2.39
E-ANND-3no0.00

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

Upstream regulators (CollecTRI, top): GATA2

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

13 targeting ICAM4, top 30 by miRDB confidence (max_score; target_count = how many genes the miRNA targets in total — lower means more specific):

miRNAMax scoreAvg scoremiRNA target_count
HSA-MIR-9983-3P99.9471.483631
HSA-MIR-129-5P99.8870.263273
HSA-MIR-3680-3P99.7572.513095
HSA-MIR-443799.5265.291266
HSA-MIR-671-5P99.5267.111277
HSA-MIR-1213199.4868.721673
HSA-MIR-223-5P99.2468.821206
HSA-MIR-6749-3P99.0065.731443
HSA-MIR-153-3P98.9672.511644
HSA-MIR-2355-5P98.8365.511589
HSA-MIR-4691-3P98.1166.831204
HSA-MIR-6881-3P98.0468.241777
HSA-MIR-4671-5P97.1065.7093

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 18)

  • ICAM-4 as the first red blood cells protein ligand of platelets that may have relevant physiological significance (PMID:12477717)
  • binds to the I domains of the CD11a/CD18 and CD11b/CD18 leukocyte integrins (PMID:12694184)
  • 12 single amino-acid changes in ICAM4 affected the interaction of ICAM-4 with alpha(V) integrins (PMID:14551135)
  • LW on sickle but not on normal erythrocytes undergoes increased PKA-dependent serine phosphorylation as a result of activation. The major counter receptor for LW was identified as the alphavbeta3 integrin on ECs (PMID:15308566)
  • Different integrins bind to different but partly overlapping sites on ICAM4, and ICAM4 may accommodate multiple integrin receptors present on leukocytes, platelets and endothelial cells. (PMID:15355350)
  • Review. LW antigen contributes to RBC adhesion, thrombosis, and (in sickle cell disease) vaso-occlusion. (PMID:16564726)
  • We show that ICAM-4 functions as a ligand for the monocyte/macrophage-specific CD11c/CD18. Deletion of the individual immunoglobulin domains of ICAM-4 demonstrated that both its domains contain binding sites for CD11c/CD18. (PMID:16985175)
  • LW play potentially pathophysiological roles in sickle cell disease (PMID:17609430)
  • LWa allele occurs with incidence of 100% of donors in this study, while LWb allele has not been found in Chinese population. (PMID:18549656)
  • In a transgenic mouse model of sickle cell disease ICAM-4 is implicated in abnormal adhesiveness of erythrocytes to endothelium. (PMID:20015873)
  • Erythrocyte plasma membrane-bound ERK1/2 activation promotes ICAM-4-mediated sickle red cell adhesion to endothelium. (PMID:22147898)
  • Data from differentiating cultured erythroid precursor cells suggest that RhAG (Rh-associated glycoprotein) knockdown abolishes Rh blood group expression (ICAM4; RhoD [ras homolog family member D]; CD47 Rh-related antigen) in erythroid cells. (PMID:23417980)
  • Seven variant ICAM4 alleles were found, distinct from the wild-type ICAM4 allele (GenBank KF712272), known as LW*05 and encoding LW(a) . (PMID:24673173)
  • ICAM-1 and ICAM-4 play roles in host cell invasion by M. tuberculosis and P. falciparum, respectively. (PMID:25586702)
  • Cytometry analysis evidenced a specific expression profile on reticulocytes of SCA infants, with notably an increased expression of the adhesion molecules Lu/BCAM, ICAM-4 and LFA-3, both in percentage of positive cells and in surface density. (PMID:26137540)
  • the effect of modulation of the cAMP-PKA-dependent pathway on ICAM-4 receptor activation (PMID:28076805)
  • Immunological Study of IFN-gamma, ICAM-4, and Vitamin D3 Markers among Gastrointestinal Tumor Patients in Babylon Province, Iraq. (PMID:36708580)
  • DNA methylation of ICAM4 and NOXO1 participate in the formation of uterine fibroids via regulating immune cell infiltration. (PMID:38015525)

Cross-species orthologs

2 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
mus_musculusIcam4ENSMUSG00000001014
rattus_norvegicusIcam4ENSRNOG00000042078

Paralogs (4): ICAM3 (ENSG00000076662), ICAM1 (ENSG00000090339), ICAM5 (ENSG00000105376), ICAM2 (ENSG00000108622)

Protein

Protein identifiers

Intercellular adhesion molecule 4Q14773 (reviewed: Q14773)

Alternative names: Landsteiner-Wiener blood group glycoprotein

All UniProt accessions (2): Q14773, U5U6P8

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. Functions as a receptor ligand for the monocyte/macrophage-specific ITGAX:ITGB2 integrin complex and mediates erythrophagocytosis. Receptor ligand of the platelet-specific ITGA2B:ITGB3 integrin complex involved in heterotypic cell-cell adhesion between erythrocytes and activated platelets. In vitro, is also a receptor ligand of multiple integrin receptors complexes such ITGAL:ITGB2, ITGAM:ITGB2, ITGA5:ITGB1, ITGA5:ITGB3 and ITGA5:ITGB5 integrin complexes.

Subcellular location. Cell membrane Secreted Cell membrane.

Tissue specificity. Erythrocytes.

Post-translational modifications. N- and O-glycosylated.

Polymorphism. Responsible for the Landsteiner-Wiener blood group system [MIM:111250]. The molecular basis of the LW(A)=LW5/LW(B)=LW7 blood group antigens is a single variation in position 100; Gln-100 corresponds to LW(A) and Arg-100 to LW(B).

Similarity. Belongs to the immunoglobulin superfamily. ICAM family.

Isoforms (3)

UniProt IDNamesCanonical?
Q14773-1Longyes
Q14773-2Short
Q14773-33

RefSeq proteins (2): NP_001034221, NP_001535* (*=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR003987ICAM_VCAM_NDomain
IPR013768ICAM_NDomain
IPR013783Ig-like_foldHomologous_superfamily
IPR036179Ig-like_dom_sfHomologous_superfamily
IPR047012ICAM_VCAMFamily

Pfam: PF03921

UniProt features (20 total): glycosylation site 4, disulfide bond 4, splice variant 2, sequence variant 2, topological domain 2, domain 2, signal peptide 1, chain 1, sequence conflict 1, transmembrane region 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

0 structures.

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-Q14773-F183.830.65

Functional residue map

Curated UniProt residues grouped by drug-discovery relevance — catalytic, ligand-binding, modification, and mutation-validated positions. Source: UniProtKB sequence features.

Disulfide bonds (4): 69–117, 69–113, 73–117, 153–210

Glycosylation sites (4): 223, 68, 78, 190

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

2 pathways

IDPathway
R-HSA-198933Immunoregulatory interactions between a Lymphoid and a non-Lymphoid cell
R-HSA-216083Integrin cell surface interactions

MSigDB gene sets: 139 (showing top): VERHAAK_AML_WITH_NPM1_MUTATED_DN, BENPORATH_ES_WITH_H3K27ME3, REACTOME_ADAPTIVE_IMMUNE_SYSTEM, MODULE_64, IVANOVA_HEMATOPOIESIS_LATE_PROGENITOR, GOBP_VESICLE_MEDIATED_TRANSPORT, AAAYRNCTG_UNKNOWN, GNF2_ANK1, GOBP_CELL_CELL_ADHESION, SHEDDEN_LUNG_CANCER_GOOD_SURVIVAL_A4, GATA1_04, GFI1_01, GOBP_LEUKOCYTE_CELL_CELL_ADHESION, GOBP_CELL_ADHESION_MEDIATED_BY_INTEGRIN, GOMF_SIGNALING_RECEPTOR_BINDING

GO Biological Process (6): phagocytosis (GO:0006909), cell adhesion (GO:0007155), leukocyte cell-cell adhesion (GO:0007159), cell-cell adhesion mediated by integrin (GO:0033631), heterotypic cell-cell adhesion (GO:0034113), cell-cell adhesion (GO:0098609)

GO Molecular Function (3): integrin binding (GO:0005178), receptor ligand activity (GO:0048018), protein binding (GO:0005515)

GO Cellular Component (3): extracellular region (GO:0005576), plasma membrane (GO:0005886), membrane (GO:0016020)

Reactome top-level categories

Rollup of top-2 pathways:

CategoryPathways
Adaptive Immune System1
Extracellular matrix organization1

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
cell-cell adhesion3
signaling receptor binding2
cellular anatomical structure2
endocytosis1
cellular process1
cell adhesion mediated by integrin1
cell adhesion1
protein-containing complex binding1
cell adhesion molecule binding1
signal transduction1
signaling receptor activator activity1
binding1
membrane1
cell periphery1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

452 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
ICAM4ITGB2P05107965
ICAM4ICAM1P05362788
ICAM4ICAM2P13598740
ICAM4MAEAQ7L5Y9734
ICAM4GYPBP06028723
ICAM4ITGALP20701721
ICAM4VCAM1P19320645
ICAM4GYPAP02724638
ICAM4BCAMP50895581
ICAM4ITGAVP06756550
ICAM4ITGA2BP08514539
ICAM4ITGA4P13612533
ICAM4CD47Q08722503
ICAM4ITGAXP20702488
ICAM4SIGLEC1Q9BZZ2481

IntAct

23 interactions, top by confidence:

ABTypeScore
SLC4A1FLOT1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.530
CREB3ICAM4psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.370
IGHG1PDPK1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
AQP1FLOT1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
CHRNA4TMEM223psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
PDGFRAGXYLT2psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
MPPE1FAM234Bpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
CHRNB2TMEM131Lpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
CCL3KRBA1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
SCN4AC2CD4Bpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
CHRNB4GPR89Apsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
SLC5A4GPR89Apsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
C1QTNF7AGRNpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
HFEPODXLpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
CHRNEPODXLpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
NHLRC3OGG1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
ICAM4ATE1psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
CDH16EGFRpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
TMEM106BICAM4psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
ICAM4ANKRD28psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350

BioGRID (42): KRT31 (Two-hybrid), NOTCH2NL (Two-hybrid), ICAM4 (Two-hybrid), ICAM4 (Affinity Capture-MS), ICAM4 (Two-hybrid), KRT34 (Two-hybrid), MTUS2 (Two-hybrid), CYSRT1 (Two-hybrid), NOTCH2NL (Two-hybrid), NBPF19 (Two-hybrid), DPP8 (Affinity Capture-MS), ICAM4 (Affinity Capture-MS), ICAM4 (Affinity Capture-MS), ICAM4 (Affinity Capture-MS), TOP3A (Affinity Capture-MS)

ESM2 similar proteins: A0A140LHF2, A0EQL2, D3YZF7, D7PDD4, O15533, O55237, O70394, O70540, O95866, P04278, P05111, P07994, P08689, P0C6B3, P0DP72, P15196, P17490, P18627, P40238, P55101, P60882, P97497, Q00657, Q08351, Q14393, Q14773, Q16671, Q3SWY4, Q5BK54, Q5NKT8, Q5TJE4, Q61790, Q61826, Q62588, Q6PZD2, Q6UVK1, Q6UWB1, Q7Z7M0, Q7Z7M1, Q86VR7

Diamond homologs: P05362, P13597, P13598, P32942, P33729, P35330, Q00238, Q14773, Q28125, Q28730, Q28806, Q5NKT8, Q5NKU6, Q5NKV1, Q5NKV2, Q5NKV4, Q5NKV6, Q5NKV9, Q60625, Q95132, Q9UMF0, Q9ERM2

SIGNOR signaling

1 interactions.

AEffectBMechanism
ICAM4“form complex”“Ankyrin complex”binding

Enriched among interaction partners

Reactome pathways and GO biological processes over-represented among this gene’s 33 IntAct physical interaction partners (hypergeometric vs the genome-wide background, BH-FDR, gene-set size 15–500, ranked by fold). A functional readout of the neighbourhood — distinct from this gene’s own memberships above, and biased toward well-studied / hub proteins, so read it as themes rather than proof.

GO biological processes:

GO termPartnersFoldFDR
positive regulation of cell migration511.0×4e-03

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

58 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance40
Likely benign13
Benign0

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (0)

SpliceAI

328 predictions. Top by Δscore:

VariantEffectΔscore
19:10287407:G:GGdonor_gain1.0000
19:10287369:A:Tdonor_gain0.9900
19:10287393:G:GTdonor_gain0.9900
19:10287413:G:Tdonor_gain0.9900
19:10287418:GGGC:Gdonor_gain0.9900
19:10287800:T:TAdonor_gain0.9900
19:10287801:G:GAdonor_gain0.9900
19:10287834:GCTCG:Gdonor_gain0.9900
19:10287368:G:GTdonor_gain0.9800
19:10287534:A:AGacceptor_gain0.9800
19:10287535:G:GGacceptor_gain0.9800
19:10287836:TCGGT:Tdonor_loss0.9800
19:10287837:CGGTG:Cdonor_loss0.9800
19:10287838:GGTGA:Gdonor_loss0.9800
19:10287839:G:GGdonor_gain0.9800
19:10287839:G:Tdonor_loss0.9800
19:10287840:T:Gdonor_loss0.9800
19:10287412:G:GTdonor_gain0.9700
19:10287535:GAACC:Gacceptor_gain0.9700
19:10287533:TAGAA:Tacceptor_gain0.9600
19:10287419:G:Tdonor_gain0.9500
19:10287534:AGAAC:Aacceptor_gain0.9400
19:10287841:G:GGdonor_loss0.9400
19:10287276:C:Tdonor_gain0.9300
19:10287531:CTTA:Cacceptor_loss0.9200
19:10287532:TTA:Tacceptor_loss0.9200
19:10287533:TAG:Tacceptor_loss0.9200
19:10287534:AGA:Aacceptor_loss0.9200
19:10287528:T:Aacceptor_loss0.9100
19:10287984:A:AGacceptor_gain0.9000

AlphaMissense

1722 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

VariantProtein changeam_pathogenicity
19:10287300:G:CW96C0.985
19:10287300:G:TW96C0.985
19:10287333:G:CW107C0.985
19:10287333:G:TW107C0.985
19:10287598:T:AC153S0.985
19:10287599:G:CC153S0.985
19:10287616:T:CF159L0.984
19:10287618:C:AF159L0.984
19:10287618:C:GF159L0.984
19:10287769:T:AC210S0.980
19:10287770:G:CC210S0.980
19:10287217:T:AC69S0.977
19:10287218:G:CC69S0.977
19:10287598:T:CC153R0.972
19:10287349:T:AC113S0.971
19:10287350:G:CC113S0.971
19:10287771:C:GC210W0.969
19:10287395:T:CI128T0.968
19:10287770:G:AC210Y0.968
19:10287154:T:CF48L0.967
19:10287156:C:AF48L0.967
19:10287156:C:GF48L0.967
19:10287395:T:GI128S0.963
19:10287617:T:GF159C0.962
19:10287769:T:CC210R0.960
19:10287351:C:GC113W0.959
19:10287230:G:AC73Y0.954
19:10287600:C:GC153W0.954
19:10287229:T:AC73S0.953
19:10287230:G:CC73S0.953

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000675984 (19:10285576 G>A,C), RS1001130557 (19:10285254 C>T), RS1002288516 (19:10285542 T>C), RS1002582178 (19:10285907 C>T), RS1002689661 (19:10289004 G>T), RS1002757098 (19:10286874 T>C,G), RS1004185068 (19:10288469 A>C,T), RS1004301233 (19:10288265 T>A), RS1005716286 (19:10286881 C>A,T), RS1006799920 (19:10287128 T>G), RS1007262846 (19:10288821 G>A), RS1007326993 (19:10287392 G>A,T), RS1008880702 (19:10288522 C>T), RS1009280661 (19:10285588 G>A,T), RS1009447932 (19:10285405 G>A,C)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:614088 | disease phenotypes:

GenCC curated gene-disease

Mondo (0):

Orphanet (0):

HPO phenotypes

0 total (0 of 0 shown, HPO-id order):

GWAS associations

1 associations (top):

StudyTraitp-value
GCST006585_673Blood protein levels2.000000e-06

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: no

PharmGKB: 1 entry (VIP=true, CPIC=false)

CTD chemical–gene interactions

35 total (human), top 30 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
Benzo(a)pyreneaffects methylation, increases expression4
Valproic Acidaffects expression, increases expression, increases methylation4
Cyclosporinedecreases expression, increases expression3
Aflatoxin B1increases expression, affects expression3
bisphenol Aincreases expression, affects cotreatment, increases methylation2
entinostatincreases expression, affects cotreatment2
Tetrachlorodibenzodioxindecreases expression, affects expression2
dicrotophosdecreases expression1
propionaldehydeincreases expression1
butyraldehydeincreases expression1
S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)cysteineaffects response to substance, increases expression1
4-(5-benzo(1,3)dioxol-5-yl-4-pyridin-2-yl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)benzamideaffects cotreatment, increases expression1
abrineincreases expression1
dorsomorphinaffects cotreatment, increases expression1
Aripiprazoleincreases expression, affects cotreatment1
Sunitinibdecreases expression1
Fulvestrantaffects cotreatment, increases methylation1
Acetaminophenincreases expression1
Demecolcineincreases expression1
Doxorubicinincreases expression1
Formaldehydeincreases expression1
Hydrogen Peroxideaffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
Lipopolysaccharidesincreases expression, affects response to substance1
Ozoneaffects cotreatment, increases expression1
Quercetinincreases expression1
Silicon Dioxideincreases expression1
Smokeaffects expression1
Theophyllineaffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
Tobacco Smoke Pollutionincreases expression1
Tretinoinincreases expression1

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

0 trials via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.

No linked Atlas pages yet — the cross-entity mesh grows as the corpus expands.