title: Inhibition of eosinophil rolling and recruitment in P-selectin- and intracellular adhesion molecule-1-deficient mice.
abstract: To determine the relative in vivo importance of endothelial expressed adhesion molecules to eosinophil rolling, adhesion, and transmigration, we have induced eosinophilic peritonitis using ragweed allergen in P-selectin-deficient, intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1)-deficient and control wild-type mice. Circulating leukocytes visualized by intravital microscopy exhibited reduced rolling and firm adhesion in P-selectin-deficient mice and reduced firm adhesion in ICAM-1-deficient mice. Eosinophils exhibited reduced rolling and firm adhesion to endothelium in P-selectin-deficient mice. Eosinophil recruitment in P-selectin-deficient mice ( approximately 75% inhibition of eosinophil recruitment) and ICAM-1-deficient mice ( approximately 67% inhibition of eosinophil recruitment) was significantly reduced compared with wild-type mice. Eosinophil recruitment was not completely inhibited in P-selectin/ICAM-1 double-mutant mice (eosinophil recruitment inhibited approximately 62%). However, pretreatment of P-selectin/ICAM-1-deficient mice with an anti-vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM) antibody induced near complete inhibition of eosinophil recruitment. Overall, these studies show that eosinophil rolling and firm adhesion is significantly reduced in P-selectin-deficient mice and that P-selectin, ICAM-1, and VCAM are important to eosinophil peritoneal recruitment after ragweed challenge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Broide
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Humber
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sriramarao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D019007:P-Selectin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D019007:P-Selectin; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1