* Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, and
Department of Molecular Genetics, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan; and
Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and
Vascular Research Division, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Correspondence: Masayuki Yoshida, M.D., Dept. of Molecular Genetics, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima Bldg D-621, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan. E-mail: masamgen{at}mri.tmd.ac.jp
E-selectin, a member of the selectin family of adhesion molecules, is thought to play an important role in leukocyte-endothelial (EC) interactions during inflammation and atherosclerosis. To critically examine the role of E-selectin in leukocyte-EC interactions in the vascular system, we created a recombinant adenoviral vector containing a human E-selectin cDNA (AdRSVE-sel) and examined the effect of AdRSVE-sel in an ex vivo vascular model of a rat aortic segment. A segment of abdominal aorta was isolated from a male Sprague-Dawley rat transduced with AdRSVE-sel ex vivo. After 72 h, surface expression of transduced E-selectin in the segment was confirmed by Western blotting and immunohistochemistry using anti-E-selectin mAb. Aortic segments were connected to a perfusion system and the adhesion of human polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN), and a human monocytic cell line (THP-1) to the EC surface was studied in the presence of a physiological level of flow (0.85 ml/min, approximate luminal surface shear stress=1.76 dyn/cm2). Adhesion of PMN was assessed by scanning electron microscopy and quantified using fluorescently labeled PMN. AdRSVE-sel transduced aortic segments mediated significantly more PMN and THP-1 adhesion than control segments transduced with AdRSVLacZ. Pretreatment of AdRSVE-sel transduced aortic segments with anti-E-selectin mAb inhibited PMN adhesion significantly, as well as THP-1. These data indicate that human E-selectin expressed in rat aortic segments can support the adhesion of human PMN as well as THP-1 under physiological flow conditions. This genetically modified, excised, vascular-segment model provides a useful tool for the study of leukocyte recruitment in the vascular system.
Key Words: adhesion molecule • adenovirus vector • inflammation
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