L-selectin shedding regulates leukocyte recruitment.
The physiologic role of L-selectin shedding is unknown. Here, we investigate the effect of L-selectin shedding on firm adhesion and transmigration. In a tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced model of inflammation, inhibition of L-selectin shedding significantly increased firm adhesion and transmigration by a lymphocyte function-associated antigen (LFA)-1 and intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1-dependent mechanism. We examined the quality of leukocyte rolling and L-selectin-mediated signaling. Blockade of L-selectin shedding significantly reduced the "jerkiness" of leukocyte rolling, defined as the variability of velocity over time. A low level of jerkiness was also observed in the rolling of microbeads conjugated with L-selectin, a model system lacking the mechanism for L-selectin shedding. Inhibition of L-selectin shedding potentiated activation of LFA-1 and Mac-1 induced by L-selectin cross-linking as shown by activation epitope expression and binding of ICAM-1-conjugated beads. We conclude that inhibition of L-selectin shedding increases leukocyte adhesion and transmigration by (a) increasing leukocyte exposure to the inflamed endothelium by decreasing jerkiness and (b) promoting leukocyte activation by outside-in signaling. These observations help to resolve the apparent discrepancy between the minor contribution of L-selectin to rolling and the significant leukocyte recruitment defect in L-selectin knockout mice.
Hafezi-Moghadam
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Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA. moghadam@cbr.med.harvard.edu
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Prorock
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D000818:Animals; D018821:CD18 Antigens / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / Q000276:immunology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D019041:L-Selectin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D016177:Macrophage-1 Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology
D018821:CD18 Antigens; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1; D016177:Macrophage-1 Antigen; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D019041:L-Selectin