. ICAM-1 and LFA-1 play critical roles in LPS-induced neutrophil recruitment into the alveolar space. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 291: L200 -L207, 2006. First published February 3, 2006 doi:10.1152/ajplung.00346.2005.-Neutrophil recruitment into lung constitutes a major response to airborne endotoxins. In many tissues endothelial intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) interacts with lymphocyte function associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) on neutrophils, and this interaction plays a critical role in neutrophil recruitment. There are conflicting reports about the role of ICAM-1 in neutrophil recruitment into lungs. We studied neutrophil recruitment into alveolar space in a murine model of aerosolized LPSinduced lung inflammation. LPS induces at least a 100-fold increase in neutrophil numbers in alveolar space, as determined by flow cytometry of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Neutrophil recruitment was reduced by 54% in ICAM-1 null mice and by 45% in LFA-1 null mice. In wild-type mice treated with anti-ICAM-1 and anti-LFA-1 antibodies, there was 51 and 58% reduction in the neutrophil recruitment, respectively. In chimeric mice, generated by the transplantation of mixtures of bone marrows from LFA-1 null and wild-type mice, the normalized recruitment of LFA-1 null neutrophils was reduced by 60% compared with wild-type neutrophils. Neither the treatment of ICAM-1 null mice with a functionblocking antibody to LFA-1 nor the treatment of LFA-1 null mice with anti-ICAM-1 antibody resulted in further reduction in the recruitment compared with untreated ICAM-1 null and LFA-1 null mice. We conclude that ICAM-1 and LFA-1 play critical roles in the recruitment of neutrophils into the alveolar space in aerosolized LPS-induced lung inflammation, and LFA-1 serves as a ligand of ICAM-1 in the lung.