1. Spleen tyrosine kinase Syk is critical for sustained leukocyte adhesion during inflammation in vivo.
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Frommhold D, Mannigel I, Schymeinsky J, Mocsai A, Poeschl J, Walzog B, and Sperandio M
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- Animals, CD18 Antigens immunology, CD18 Antigens metabolism, Endothelium, Vascular immunology, Endothelium, Vascular metabolism, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Inflammation chemically induced, Inflammation immunology, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins immunology, Mice, Mice, Mutant Strains, Muscle, Skeletal blood supply, N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine toxicity, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases immunology, Syk Kinase, Transplantation Chimera, Venules immunology, Cell Adhesion immunology, Inflammation metabolism, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins metabolism, Leukocyte Rolling physiology, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases metabolism
- Abstract
Background: During inflammation, beta2-integrins mediate leukocyte adhesion to the endothelium accompanied by the activation of the spleen tyrosine kinase Syk., Results: We investigated leukocyte adhesion and rolling in cremaster muscle venules before and during stimulation with fMLP using mice with a Syk-/- hematopoietic system. In unstimulated venules, Syk-/- leukocytes adhered less efficiently than control leukocytes while rolling was similar between Syk-/- and control leukocytes. During fMLP-superfusion, control mice showed significantly increased adhesion accompanied by reduced rolling. For Syk-/- leukocytes, an increase in adhesion with a concomitant decrease in rolling was only observed during the first three minutes during fMLP stimulation, but not at later time points. We also investigated leukocyte spreading against the vessel wall during fMLP stimulation and found a significant impairment of spreading for Syk-/- leukocytes. Additional in vitro experiments revealed that the adhesion and spreading defect seen in Syk-/- chimeric mice was due to compromised beta2-integrin-mediated outside-in signaling., Conclusion: We provide substantial evidence for an important role of Syk in mediating beta2-integrin dependent outside-in signaling leading to sustained leukocyte adhesion and spreading during the inflammatory response in vivo.
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- 2007
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