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* Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106; and
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195
Platelets, in addition to exerting hemostatic activity, contribute to immunity and inflammation. The recent report that platelets express CD40 led us to hypothesize that CD40 ligand (CD40L)-positive T cells could bind to platelets, cause their activation, and trigger granular RANTES release, creating a T cell recruitment feedback loop. Platelets were cocultured with resting or activated autologous T cells and their activation was assessed by P-selectin expression. RANTES binding to endothelial cells was assessed by confocal microscopy, and its biological activity was demonstrated by a T cell adhesion assay. CD40L-positive T cells induced platelet activation through a contact-mediated, CD40-dependent pathway resulting in RANTES release, which bound to endothelial cells and mediated T cell recruitment. Soluble CD40L induced the same events via p38, but not extracellular signal-regulated kinase, phosphorylation. These results show the existence of a novel platelet-dependent pathway of immune response amplification which brings these nonimmune cells close to the level of pathogenic relevance traditionally attributed to classical immune cells.
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