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Division of Hematology, Hanson Institute, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1) is a newly
assigned member of the Ig-immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory
motif superfamily, and its functional role is suggested to be an
inhibitory receptor that modulates immunoreceptor tyrosine-based
activation motif-dependent signaling cascades. In this study, we
hypothesized that PECAM-1 plays an essential in vivo role as a
counterregulator of immediate hypersensitivity reactions. We found that
PECAM-1 was highly expressed on the surface of immature bone marrow
mast cells and at a lower density on mature peritoneal mast cells.
Examination of skin biopsies from PECAM-1+/+ and
PECAM-1-/- mice revealed that absence of PECAM-1 did not
affect mast cell development or the capacity of mast cells to populate
tissues. To examine whether the absence of PECAM-1 would influence
immediate hypersensitivity reactions, PECAM-1+/+ and
PECAM-1-/- mice were presensitized with anti-DNP
mouse IgE and then challenged 20 h later with DNP-BSA or PBS.
PECAM-1-/- mice exhibited elevated serum histamine
concentrations after Ag stimulation compared with
PECAM-1+/+ mice, indicating an increased severity of
systemic IgE-mediated anaphylaxis. PECAM-1-/- mice have
increased sensitivity to local cutaneous IgE-dependent anaphylaxis
compared with PECAM-1+/+ mice, as assessed by greater
tissue swelling of their ears and mast cell degranulation in situ.
PECAM-1-/- bone marrow mast cells showed enhanced dense
granule serotonin release after Fc
RI cross-linking in vitro. These
results suggest that PECAM-1 acts as a counterregulator in allergic
disease susceptibility and severity and negatively modulates mast cell
activation.
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