Absence of trauma-induced leukocyte rolling in mice deficient in both P-selectin and intercellular adhesion molecule 1

Eric J. Kunkel, Unsu Jung, Daniel C. Bullard, Keith E. Norman, Barry A. Wolitzky, Dietmar Vestweber, Arthur L. Beaudet, Klaus Ley

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Abstract

Leukocyte recruitment during inflammation is achieved through a multistep paradigm that includes marginarion, selectin-mediated rolling, β2 integrin-mediated firm adhesion, emigration, and migration into the site of inflammation. We have used the mouse cremaster muscle as a model of trauma- and cytokine-induced inflammation to study the possible role of intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM) 1 in leukocyte rolling using gene-targeted mice deficient in ICAM-1, P-selectin, and a combination of P-selectin and ICAM-1. Rolling flux and average leukocyte rolling velocity in I CAM-1-deficient mice was not different from wild-type mice, but P-selectin/ICAM-1-deficient mice showed a total absence of rolling for at least 2 h after surgical trauma. Rolling in both wild-type and ICAM-1-deficient mice 60-120 min after trauma was significantly inhibited by a P-selectin monoclonal antibody (mAb) (RB40.34). In contrast, an mAb (KAT-1) blocking ICAM-1 binding to leukocyte function-associated antigen 1 did not block residual rolling in P-selectin-deficient mice. TNF-α induced leukocyte rolling in P-selectin/ICAM-1-deficient mice, but the rolling flux fraction was significantly lower than in TNF-α-treated ICAM-1-deficient mice. Leukocyte rolling in P-selectin/ICAM-1-deficient mice treated with TNF-α for 3 h was completely blocked by an E-selectin mAb (9A9E3), and partially by an L-selectin mAb (MEL-14). This clearly demonstrates E-selectin-dependent rolling in vivo. Leukocyte rolling velocities were significantly reduced after TNF-α treament and were similar in wild-type and gene-targeted strains. We conclude that the residual trauma-induced leukocyte rolling seen in P-selectin-deficient mice is completely abolished by concomitant ICAM-1 deficiency. This severe defect in leukocyte rolling may explain the absence of leukocyte recruitment into the inflamed peritoneal cavity of P-selectin/ICAM-1-deficient mice at early time points (≤4 h).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)57-65
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Experimental Medicine
Volume183
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 1996
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Immunology

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