Laminin isoforms of lymph nodes and predominant role of α5-laminin(s) in adhesion and migration of blood lymphocytes
Laminin isoforms of lymph nodes and predominant role of α5-laminin(s) in adhesion and migration of blood lymphocytes
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DOI:
10.1189/jlb.0108048
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发表时间:
2008-09-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Patarroyo, Manuel
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作者:
Gorfu, Gezahegn;Virtanen, Ismo;Patarroyo, Manuel
During extravasation and within lymph nodes (LNs), blood lymphocytes interact with laminins (Lms), major components of vascular basement membranes (BMs) and of reticular fibers (RFs), a fibrillar extracellular matrix. However, the identity and role of these laminin isoform(s) are poorly known. By using confocal microscopy examination of human LNs, we show that BMs of high endothelial venules (HEVs) express laminin alpha 3, alpha 4, alpha 5, beta 1, beta 2, and gamma 1 chains and that the same chains, in addition to alpha 2, are found in RFs. In functional studies with laminin isoforms covering all Lm alpha chains, alpha 5-laminin (Lm-511) was the most adhesion-and migration-promoting isoform for human blood lymphocytes, followed by alpha 3-(Lm-332) and alpha 4-(Lm-411) laminins, and the lymphocytes used the alpha 6 beta 1 integrin as the primary receptor for the alpha 5-laminin. Moreover, Lm-511 strongly co-stimulated T cell proliferation, and blood lymphocytes were able to secrete alpha 4- and alpha 5-laminins following stimulation. The LN cell number in laminin alpha 4-deficient mice compared with wild-type did not differ significantly. This study demonstrates a predominant role for alpha 5-laminin(s) in blood lymphocyte biology and identifies LN laminins and their integrin receptors in blood lymphocytes.