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The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Volume 192, Number 4, August 21, 2000 495-506


Original Article

Subsecond Induction of {alpha}4 Integrin Clustering by Immobilized Chemokines Stimulates Leukocyte Tethering and Rolling on Endothelial Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 under Flow Conditions

Valentin Grabovskya, Sara Feigelsona, Chun Chena, Diederik A. Bleijsb, Amnon Peleda, Guy Cinamona, Francoise Baleuxc, Frenando Arenzana-Seisdedosc, Tsvee Lapidota, Yvette van Kooykb, Roy R. Lobbd, and Ronen Alona
a Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100 Israel
b Department of Tumor Immunology, University Hospital Nijmegen, Nijmegen 6525 EX, The Netherlands
c Unite d'Immunologie Virale, Institute Pasteur, 75724 Paris, France
d Biogen, Incorporated, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

Correspondence to: Ronen Alon, Dept. of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100 Israel. Tel:972-8-9342482 Fax:972-8-9344141 E-mail:ronalon{at}weizmann.weizmann.ac.il.

Leukocyte recruitment to target tissue is initiated by weak rolling attachments to vessel wall ligands followed by firm integrin-dependent arrest triggered by endothelial chemokines. We show here that immobilized chemokines can augment not only arrest but also earlier integrin-mediated capture (tethering) of lymphocytes on inflamed endothelium. Furthermore, when presented in juxtaposition to vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1), the endothelial ligand for the integrin very late antigen 4 (VLA-4, {alpha}4ß1), chemokines rapidly augment reversible lymphocyte tethering and rolling adhesions on VCAM-1. Chemokines potentiate VLA-4 tethering within <0.1 s of contact through Gi protein signaling, the fastest inside-out integrin signaling events reported to date. Although VLA-4 affinity is not altered upon chemokine signaling, subsecond VLA-4 clustering at the leukocyte-substrate contact zone results in enhanced leukocyte avidity to VCAM-1. Endothelial chemokines thus regulate all steps in adhesive cascades that control leukocyte recruitment at specific vascular beds.

Key Words: adhesion, integrin, endothelium, chemokine, shear flow


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