|
|
||||||||
The BHF Cardiovascular Medicine Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 ONN, UK
Correspondence: Dr. Helen Yarwood, Department of Biology, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Imperial College Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK. E-mail: h.yarwood{at}ic.ac.uk
This study explored the effect on endothelial cell (EC) activation of
contact with T lymphocytes, which occurs during lymphocyte emigration
into inflamed tissues. Addition of T cells to umbilical vein or dermal
microvascular EC monolayers stimulated expression of EC E-selectin and
VCAM-1. This response required direct cell:cell contact, but not T-cell
activation. The capacity of resting CD4+ T cells to activate EC was
restricted to the CD45RO+ subset and could be enhanced by 6 h
prestimulation of T cells with PMA and ionomycin. The EC-stimulating
capacity of resting or activated T cells was independent of CD40
ligand. Furthermore, inhibition of TNF-
/ß and IL-1
/ß,
together with CD40 ligand, failed to inhibit EC activation by resting T
cells and only inhibited the response to PMA- and
ionomycin-activated T cells by 40 ± 18%. Our data suggest
that T-cell-EC interactions can lead to EC activation through a novel
contact-dependent, but CD40 ligand-independent, mechanism.
Key Words: T lymphocytes endothelial cells adhesion molecules inflammation cell-to-cell interactions
This article has been cited by other articles:
![]() |
P. Auguste, L. Fallavollita, N. Wang, J. Burnier, A. Bikfalvi, and P. Brodt The Host Inflammatory Response Promotes Liver Metastasis by Increasing Tumor Cell Arrest and Extravasation Am. J. Pathol., May 1, 2007; 170(5): 1781 - 1792. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
P. C. W. Stone, F. Lally, M. Rahman, E. Smith, C. D. Buckley, G. B. Nash, and G. E. Rainger Transmigrated neutrophils down-regulate the expression of VCAM-1 on endothelial cells and inhibit the adhesion of flowing lymphocytes J. Leukoc. Biol., January 1, 2005; 77(1): 44 - 51. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
C. Monaco, E. Andreakos, S. Young, M. Feldmann, and E. Paleolog T cell-mediated signaling to vascular endothelium: induction of cytokines, chemokines, and tissue factor J. Leukoc. Biol., April 1, 2002; 71(4): 659 - 668. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |