title: No detectable endothelial- or leukocyte-derived L-selectin ligand activity on the endothelium in inflamed cremaster muscle venules.
abstract: L-selectin is important in mediating leukocyte recruitment in inflammation. The role of L-selectin was for long believed to be influenced by an inducible endothelial ligand; however, L-selectin ligand activity was recently shown to be mediated by leukocytic P-selectin glycoprotein ligand 1 (PSGL-1). Still, it is unknown whether PSGL-1 is deposited on the endothelium or whether leukocyte fragments or leukocytic uropods are presented on the venular surface. Moreover, it is unclear whether ligands for L-selectin other than PSGL-1 are present in inflammation. Overall, this has complicated understanding of the mechanisms that guide recruitment of inflammatory cells. Here, I used intravital microscopy on mouse cremaster muscle venules to show that L-selectin influences leukocyte rolling in inflammation exclusively by mediating L-selectin/PSGL-1-dependent, secondary capture to rolling and adherent leukocytes. I show that leukocyte primary capture in inflammation is mediated almost entirely by P-selectin, whereas the capacity of E-selectin to mediate capture appears to be minimal. In parallel, primary capture remaining after function inhibition of P-selectin is not decreased by blockage or absence of L-selectin. Rolling along the endothelium in venules following a number of inflammatory treatments was abolished by simultaneous blockage of P-selectin, E-selectin, and VCAM-1, indicating that there is no additional adhesive pathway involving L-selectin or any other molecule that can mediate leukocyte rolling in inflamed cremaster muscle venules in response to the used stimuli. Moreover, in vivo staining failed to detect any L-selectin ligand activity on the endothelium. These data demonstrate that expression of L-selectin on leukocytes is insufficient for mediating rolling and efficient recruitment of leukocytes in inflammation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. einar.eriksson@ki.se
authors.forename: Einar E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Eriksson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019040:E-Selectin / Q000378:metabolism; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D004727:Endothelium / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D019041:L-Selectin / Q000378:metabolism*; D036904:Leukocyte Rolling; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008024:Ligands; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009132:Muscles / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology*; D019007:P-Selectin / Q000378:metabolism; D014699:Venules / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D019040:E-Selectin; D008024:Ligands; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D019007:P-Selectin; C084882:P-selectin ligand protein; D019041:L-Selectin