title: Evidence for integrins other than beta 2 on polymorphonuclear neutrophils: expression of alpha 6 beta 1 heterodimer.
abstract: The expression of non-beta 2 integrins on polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) was analyzed by immunoprecipitation and flow cytometry using platelet-free PMN preparations and anti-Fc gamma R blocking mAbs. No beta 3 integrin was detected with six anti-beta 3 mAbs. Conversely, integrin beta 1 chain was present on PMNs, although at low level, and could be distinguished from platelet beta 1 by SDS-PAGE. The MW differences disappeared after N-glycanase treatment. PMNs express only 2500 molecules of beta 1 per cell and this expression is not modulated by agonists such as phorbol myristate acetate, formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, or tumor necrosis factor alpha, which enhance CD11b expression, or by interferon-gamma or transforming growth factor beta. PMNs were found to express alpha 6 associated with beta 1, and no reactivity was observed with various anti-alpha 1, anti-alpha 2, anti-alpha 3, anti-alpha 4, anti-alpha 5 or anti-alpha V mAbs. In conclusion, although other leukocytes express various beta 1 integrins, which mediate cell interactions with ECM proteins, PMNs appear to express only the laminin receptor alpha 6 beta 1. PMN interactions with non-laminin ECM ligands thus seem to be mediated either exclusively by beta 2 integrins or by nonintegrin molecules.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U 90, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rieu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lesavre
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Halbwachs-Mecarelli
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D018845:CD11 Antigens; D018821:CD18 Antigens; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D039121:Integrin alpha6beta1; D016023:Integrins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D017474:Receptors, Laminin / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015703:Antigens, CD; D018845:CD11 Antigens; D018821:CD18 Antigens; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D039121:Integrin alpha6beta1; D016023:Integrins; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha; D017474:Receptors, Laminin; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate