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Immobilized Stromal Cell-Derived Factor-1 Triggers Rapid VLA-4 Affinity Increases to Stabilize Lymphocyte Tethers on VCAM-1 and Subsequently Initiate Firm Adhesion¹

Jeffrey A. DiVietro^*, David C. Brown, Larry A. Sklar, Richard S. Larson and Michael B. Lawrence^2,*

^* Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908; and Division of Hematology/Pathology, Cancer Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87112

The integrin VLA-4 (₄₁) mediates tethering and rolling events as well as firm adhesion of leukocytes to VCAM-1. Unlike selectins, VLA-4 integrin-mediated lymphocyte adhesiveness can be modulated by chemokines through intracellular signaling pathways. To investigate the effects of the chemokine stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) on VLA-4-mediated lymphocyte adhesion, human PBL were flowed over VCAM-1 substrates in a parallel plate flow chamber with surface-immobilized SDF-1, a potent activator of firm adhesion. The initial tethering interactions had a median lifetime of 200 ms, consistent with the half-life of low-affinity VLA-4-VCAM-1 bonds. Immobilized SDF-1 acted within the lifetime of a primary tether to stabilize initial tethering interactions, increasing the likelihood a PBL would remain interacting with the surface. As expected, the immobilized SDF-1 also increased the ratio of PBL firm adhesion to rolling. An LDV peptide-based small molecule that preferentially binds high-affinity VLA-4 reduced PBL firm adhesion to VCAM-1 by 90%. The reduction in firm adhesion due to blockage of high-affinity VLA-4 was paralleled by a 4-fold increase in the fraction of rolling PBL. Chemokine activation of PBL firm adhesion on VCAM-1 depended on induction of high-affinity VLA-4 rather than recruitment of a pre-existing pool of high-affinity VLA-4 as previously thought.

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¹ This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant HL54614.

² Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Michael B. Lawrence, Department of Biomedical Engineering, MR5 Building Room 2111, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 800759, Charlottesville, VA 22908. E-mail address: mbl2a{at}virginia.edu

³ Abbreviations used in this paper: SDF, stromal cell-derived factor; PTX, pertussis toxin.

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