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Extracellular Matrix Conditions T Cells for Adhesion to Tissue Interstitium¹

Kimberly A. Krivacic^* and Alan D. Levine^2,*,,

Departments of ^* Pathology, Medicine, and Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106

The activation and differentiation of peripheral blood T cells (PBT) are known to correlate with increased surface expression and adhesive capacity of ₁ integrins, which mediate adhesion to the extracellular matrix (ECM). However, little is known about the regulation of integrin expression, affinity, and avidity on tissue T cells after they are embedded in the interstitial ECM. In this study we show that tissue T cells, freshly isolated from their residence in the interstitial ECM of the intestinal lamina propria, express a distinct subset of functionally active integrins that contribute to enhanced adhesion to purified collagen, fibronectin, and cell-derived ECM when compared with freshly isolated, short term activated, and long term cultured PBT. Furthermore, integrin usage is distinct between circulating and tissue-derived T cells, in that lamina propria T cells prefer to bind to collagen, while PBT lymphoblasts choose fibronectin when presented with a complex, three-dimensional, cell-derived matrix. To identify the extrinsic factors that regulate the conversion from a nonadhesive PBT to highly adhesive tissue T cell, we demonstrate that activation of PBT in the presence of fibronectin or collagen rapidly generates a surface integrin expression profile, an integrin usage pattern, and adhesive capacity mirroring that of a tissue T cell. These results indicate that the tissue ECM microenvironment instructs newly arrived T cells for further interactions with the underlying matrix and thereby imprints them with a signature tissue adhesive phenotype.

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