The Journal of Immunology, Vol 145, Issue 11 3669-3677, Copyright © 1990 by American Association of Immunologists

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Lymphocyte adhesion to cultured Peyer's patch high endothelial venule cells is mediated by organ-specific homing receptors and can be regulated by cytokines

YH Chin, JP Cai and K Johnson
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101.

Adhesion of lymphocytes to high endothelial venule (HEV) cells is the first step in the migration of these cells from blood into lymph nodes and Peyer's patches (PP). In the present study, we isolated and cultured HEV cells from PP of the rat and assessed their capacity to interact with lymphocytes. Flow cytometric analysis with a rat HEV- specific mAb KJ-4 revealed that greater than 90% of the cultured cells were stained by the antibody. Furthermore, confluent monolayers of PP HEV cells retained the capacity to support the adhesion of lymphocytes from spleen, thoracic duct, and lymph nodes but not binding of immature cells from thymus and bone marrow, which are deficient in cells capable of binding to HEV in vivo. In addition, intraepithelial lymphocytes that preferentially migrated into mucosal lymphoid tissues were also enriched in cells that adhered to the endothelial monolayers. The binding process required energy, was calcium-dependent, and could be inhibited by cytochalasin D, trypsin, and mixed glycosidase. Interestingly, pretreatment of PP HEV cells with rTNF, IFN-gamma, or granulocyte-macrophage CSF significantly increased the endothelial adhesiveness for thoracic duct lymphocytes in a time- and dose- dependent manner. In contrast, stimulation of lymphocytes with phorbol ester or TNF resulted in the rapid modulation of the surface expression of the PP homing receptor and decrease in lymphocyte binding to normal or TNF-stimulated HEV cells. The adhesion of lymphocytes to normal or cytokine-stimulated HEV cells can be blocked by pretreatment of lymphocytes, but not HEV cells, with the PP homing receptor-specific 1B.2.6 antibody. Taken together, these experiments provide strong evidence that the interaction between lymphocytes and cultured HEV cells are mediated by adhesive mechanisms that regulate lymphocyte entry into PP in vivo and that cytokines can promote HEV adhesiveness for lymphocytes through increased expression of organ-specific ligands on HEV cells.

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