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Involvement of RhoA and Rho kinase in neutrophil-stimulated endothelial hyperpermeability

Departments of Surgery and Medical Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute, The Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Temple, Texas 76504

Submitted 11 August 2003 ; accepted in final form 13 November 2003

Neutrophil-induced microvascular leakage is an early event in ischemic and inflammatory heart diseases. The specific signaling paradigm by which neutrophils increase microvascular permeability is not yet established. We investigated whether the small GTPase RhoA and its downstream effector Rho kinase mediate neutrophil-stimulated endothelial hyperpermeability. We assessed the effect of neutrophils on Rho activity in bovine coronary venular endothelial cells (CVEC) with a Rho-GTP pull-down assay. Permeability to FITC-albumin was evaluated using CVEC monolayers. We then tested the role of Rho kinase in the permeability response to neutrophils using two structurally distinct pharmacological inhibitors: Y-27632 and HA-1077. Furthermore, neutrophil-stimulated changes in endothelial F-actin organization were examined with fluorescence microscopy. The results show that C5a-activated neutrophils induced an increase in permeability coupled with RhoA activation in CVEC. Inhibition of Rho kinase with either Y-27632 or HA-1077 attenuated the hyperpermeability response. Rho kinase inhibition also attenuated increases in permeability stimulated by the neutrophil supernatant. In addition, activated neutrophils caused actin stress fiber formation in CVEC, which was diminished by either Y-27632 or HA-1077. These findings suggest that RhoA and Rho kinase are involved in the mediation of neutrophil-induced endothelial actin reorganization and barrier dysfunction.

polymorphonuclear leukocytes; permeability; small GTPases; actin

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