title: Comparison of human eosinophil and neutrophil adhesion to endothelial cells under nonstatic conditions. Role of L-selectin.
abstract: To simulate adhesion that occurs under conditions of flow, we investigated the attachment of eosinophils to endothelium under rotational conditions. Tissue-culture plates containing monolayers of HUVEC were placed on a horizontal rotator (80 revolutions per minute (rpm)), and equal numbers of purified human eosinophils or neutrophils were added to separate wells at 4 degrees C. Binding of eosinophils and neutrophils to unstimulated endothelial cells was 15 +/- 3 and 31 +/- 11 cells/four high power fields (HPF), respectively. After preincubation of HUVEC with IL-1 beta (1 ng/ml, 4 h, 37 degrees C), adhesion increased to 56 +/- 4 and 290 +/- 26 cells/four HPF, respectively (p < 0.0002 for both, n = 8-14). Eosinophils with reduced levels of L-selectin (blood eosinophils activated in vitro or eosinophils obtained from bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) performed after segmental lung allergen challenge of allergic subjects) demonstrated reduced binding under rotating conditions. Several L-selectin Abs inhibited adhesion of eosinophils and neutrophils (e.g., LAM1-3: 43 +/- 14% vs 63 +/- 3% inhibition; LAM1-6: 73 +/- 5% vs 36 +/- 6% inhibition, respectively, n > or = 6). Interestingly, one additional L-selectin Ab, LAM1-11, inhibited eosinophil but not neutrophil adhesion (51 +/- 2% vs 1 +/- 7% inhibition, respectively, n > or = 5). We conclude that eosinophils, like neutrophils, use L-selectin to bind to activated endothelial cells under conditions of flow, although mAb LAM1-11 can selectively inhibit eosinophil attachment to stimulated endothelial cells in vitro, suggesting different functional epitopes on L-selectin among eosinophils and neutrophils.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, Baltimore, MD 21224.
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Knol
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tackey
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Tedder
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Klunk
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bickel
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Sterbinsky
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Bochner
mesh_terms: D002448:Cell Adhesion; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000502:physiology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology*; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D019041:L-Selectin; D016177:Macrophage-1 Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D016177:Macrophage-1 Antigen; D019041:L-Selectin