title: Interaction of dendritic cells with skin endothelium: A new perspective on immunosurveillance.
abstract: The goal of this study was to determine the mechanisms by which dendritic cells (DCs) in blood could interact with endothelium, a prerequisite to extravasation into tissues. Our results indicate that DCs express both HECA-452-reactive and nonreactive isoforms of P-selectin glycoprotein ligand 1 (PSGL-1) and can tether and roll efficiently on E- and P-selectin under flow conditions in vitro. Freshly isolated blood DCs were further observed to roll continuously along noninflamed murine dermal endothelium in vivo. This interaction is strictly dependent on endothelial selectins, as shown by experiments with blocking antibodies and with E- and P-selectin-deficient mice. We hypothesize that DCs in blood are constitutively poised at the interface of blood and skin, ready to extravasate upon induction of inflammation, and we showed that cutaneous inflammation results in a rapid recruitment of DCs from the blood to tissues. We propose that this is an important and previously unappreciated element of immunosurveillance.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Skin Disease Research Center, Division of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Fuhlbrigge
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kieffer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ayehunie
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Hynes
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grabbe
authors.forename: U H
authors.initials: UH
authors.lastname: von Andrian
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kupper
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000276:immunology; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000502:physiology; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002465:Cell Movement; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D019040:E-Selectin / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D004431:Ear, External; D004727:Endothelium / Q000276:immunology; D018056:Hemorheology; D006801:Humans; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000276:immunology; D007157:Immunologic Surveillance; D018189:Immunomagnetic Separation; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D018448:Models, Immunological; D010081:Oxazolone / Q000633:toxicity; D019007:P-Selectin / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D012867:Skin / Q000276:immunology*