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Gene Expression Profiling of Mucosal Addressin Cell Adhesion Molecule-1⁺ High Endothelial Venule Cells (HEV) and Identification of a Leucine-Rich HEV Glycoprotein as a HEV Marker¹

Koichi Saito^*, Toshiyuki Tanaka^*, Hidenobu Kanda^*, Yukihiko Ebisuno^*, Dai Izawa^*, Shoko Kawamoto, Kosaku Okubo and Masayuki Miyasaka^2,*

^* Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Recognition, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine; and Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Osaka University, Suita, Japan

High endothelial venule (HEV) cells support lymphocyte migration from the peripheral blood into secondary lymphoid tissues. Using gene expression profiling of mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule-1⁺ mesenteric lymph node HEV cells by quantitative 3'-cDNA collection, we have identified a leucine-rich protein, named leucine-rich HEV glycoprotein (LRHG) that is selectively expressed in these cells. Northern blot analysis revealed that LRHG mRNA is 1.3 kb and is expressed in lymph nodes, liver, and heart. In situ hybridization analysis demonstrated that the mRNA expression in lymph nodes is strictly restricted to the HEV cells, and immunofluorescence analysis with polyclonal Abs against LRHG indicated that the LRHG protein is localized mainly to HEV cells and possibly to some lymphoid cells surrounding the HEVs. LRHG cDNA encodes a 342-aa protein containing 8 tandem leucine-rich repeats of 24 aa each and has high homology to human leucine-rich ₂-glycoprotein. Similar to some other leucine-rich repeat protein family members, LRHG can bind extracellular matrix proteins that are expressed on the basal lamina of HEVs, such as fibronectin, collagen IV, and laminin. In addition, LRHG binds TGF-. These results suggest that LRHG is likely to be multifunctional in that it may capture TGF- and/or other related humoral factors to modulate cell adhesion locally and may also be involved in the adhesion of HEV cells to the surrounding basal lamina.

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