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Divisions of 1 Allergy and Immunology, 2 Metabolism, and 3 Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 4 Department of Medicine, and Departments of 5 Cell Biology and 6 Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110; and 7 Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
Lymphocyte rolling velocity is
determined largely by interactions between leukocyte
4-integrin (CD49d) and L-selectin and mucosal addressin
cell adhesion molecule-1 (MAdCAM-1) in mesenteric postcapillary venules
and Peyer's patch high endothelial venules (HEVs). The role of these
interactions in other tissue sites of lymphocyte emigration is not
known. With the use of real-time intravital confocal microscopy, we
found that rolling velocities of T lymphocytes in the murine mesenteric
lymph node (MLN) HEV also depend on L-selectin and CD49d. However, in
the murine spleen, rolling velocities of T lymphocytes are not
influenced by the loss of L-selectin and CD49d. With the use of
FITC-dextran and TIE2-GFP mice, we further defined the microvascular
compartments of the spleen and showed that adherence of T cells is
localized to regions in the white pulp that are not lined by
endothelial cells and have shear rates similar to bone marrow
sinusoids. These results establish that T cell trafficking to the
spleen differs from trafficking to other secondary lymphoid organs and
suggest that the mechanical properties of the blood-filtering role of the spleen are important in T cell accumulation in the organ.
cell adhesion molecule; lymphocyte rolling; hemodynamic parameters; microvascular vessels
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