Endothelial junctional membrane protrusions serve as hotspots for neutrophil transmigration.
Elife
; 102021 08 25.
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| ID: mdl-34431475
ABSTRACT
Upon inflammation, leukocytes rapidly transmigrate across the endothelium to enter the inflamed tissue. Evidence accumulates that leukocytes use preferred exit sites, alhough it is not yet clear how these hotspots in the endothelium are defined and how they are recognized by the leukocyte. Using lattice light sheet microscopy, we discovered that leukocytes prefer endothelial membrane protrusions at cell junctions for transmigration. Phenotypically, these junctional membrane protrusions are present in an asymmetric manner, meaning that one endothelial cell shows the protrusion and the adjacent one does not. Consequently, leukocytes cross the junction by migrating underneath the protruding endothelial cell. These protrusions depend on Rac1 activity and by using a photo-activatable Rac1 probe, we could artificially generate local exit-sites for leukocytes. Overall, we have discovered a new mechanism that uses local induced junctional membrane protrusions to facilitate/steer the leukocyte escape/exit from inflamed vessel walls.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Regulação da Expressão Gênica
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Junções Intercelulares
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Neutrófilos
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Elife
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article
País de afiliação:
Holanda