Cortical sinus probing, S1P1-dependent entry and flow-based capture of egressing T cells.
Cortical sinus probing, S1P1-dependent entry and flow-based capture of egressing T cells.
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The cellular dynamics of lymphocyte egress from lymph nodes are poorly defined. Here, we visualized the branched organization of lymph node cortical sinuses and found that after entry some T cells were retained while others returned to the parenchyma. Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 (S1P1)-deficient T cells probed the sinus surface but failed to enter. In some sinuses T cells became rounded and moved in a unidirectional fashion. T cells traveled from cortical sinuses into macrophage-rich sinus areas. Many T cells flowed from medullary sinuses into the subcapsular space. We propose a multistep model of lymph node egress where cortical sinus probing is followed by S1P1-dependent entry, capture of cells in a sinus region with flow and transport to medullary sinuses and the efferent lymph.