title: Neutrophil transmigration mediated by the neutrophil-specific antigen CD177 is influenced by the endothelial S536N dimorphism of platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1.
abstract: The human neutrophil-specific adhesion molecule CD177 (also known as the NB1 alloantigen) becomes upregulated on the cell surface in a number of inflammatory settings. We recently showed that CD177 functions as a novel heterophilic counterreceptor for the endothelial junctional protein PECAM-1 (CD31), an interaction that is mediated by membrane-proximal PECAM-1 IgD 6, which is known to harbor an S(536)N single nucleotide polymorphism of two major isoforms V(98)N(536)G(643) and L(98)S(536)R(643) and a yet-to-be-determined region on CD177. In vitro transendothelial migration experiments revealed that CD177(+) neutrophils migrated significantly faster through HUVECs expressing the LSR, compared with the VNG, allelic variant of PECAM-1 and that this correlated with the decreased ability of anti-PECAM-1 Ab of ITIM tyrosine phosphorylation in HUVECs expressing the LSR allelic variant relative to the VNG allelic variant. Moreover, engagement of PECAM-1 with rCD177-Fc (to mimic heterophilic CD177 binding) suppressed Ab-induced tyrosine phosphorylation to a greater extent in cells expressing the LSR isoform compared with the VNG isoform, with a corresponding increased higher level of beta-catenin phosphorylation. These data suggest that heterophilic PECAM-1/CD177 interactions affect the phosphorylation state of PECAM-1 and endothelial cell junctional integrity in such a way as to facilitate neutrophil transmigration in a previously unrecognized allele-specific manner.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Behnaz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bayat
authors.forename: Silke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Werth
authors.forename: Ulrich J H
authors.initials: UJ
authors.lastname: Sachs
authors.forename: Debra K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: Sentot
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Santoso
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002469:Cell Separation; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D058851:GPI-Linked Proteins; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007519:Isoantigens / Q000378:metabolism*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020556:Neutrophil Infiltration / Q000235:genetics*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance
chemical_list: C407242:CD177 protein, human; D058851:GPI-Linked Proteins; D007519:Isoantigens; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface