The Journal of Immunology, Vol 149, Issue 10 3174-3181, Copyright © 1992 by American Association of Immunologists

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Basement membrane and its components on lymphocyte adhesion, migration, and proliferation

YY Li and HT Cheung
Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal 61761.

During inflammation and recirculation, lymphocytes migrate into tissues by traversing the capillary endothelium, a process known as extravasation. After crossing the endothelial cells, lymphocytes come into contact with the basement membrane, which is a specialized layer of extracellular matrix containing predominantly laminin, collagen type IV, entactin, and heparan sulfate proteoglycans. In tissue invasion by inflammatory cells and metastatic tumor cells, the basement membrane serves as a substratum for cell adhesion and migration. However, the role of basement membrane in lymphocyte extravasation remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the effect of basement membrane on lymphocyte adhesion, migration, and proliferation, using matrigel as a model for basement membrane. We observed that matrigel promotes both lymphocyte adhesion and migration, with entactin primarily responsible for promoting adhesion and laminin for promoting migration. In addition, activation of lymphocytes by anti-CD3 enhances their adhesion and migration on matrigel-coated substratum. We also observed that matrigel inhibits the proliferation of lymphocytes stimulated by Con A. Furthermore, we demonstrated that laminin is the matrigel component responsible for inhibiting lymphocyte proliferation. However, matrigel has no effect on the proliferation of lymphocytes stimulated by LPS. These results suggest that matrigel has different effects on lymphocyte subpopulations. In agreement with the results on proliferation, matrigel also inhibits the production of IL-2 by Con A-stimulated lymphocytes.

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