Published online before print December 12, 2006
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* Section of Leukocyte Biology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA;
Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA; and
Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology/Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
1 Correspondence: Baylor College of Medicine, Leukocyte Biology, 1100 Bates, Suite 6014, Houston, TX 77030-2600, USA. E-mail: cwsmith{at}bcm.tmc.edu
Transendothelial migration of neutrophils induces phenotypic changes that influence the interactions of neutrophils with extravascular tissue components. To assess the influence of transmigration on neutrophil chemokinetic motility, we used polyethylene glycol hydrogels covalently modified with specific peptide sequences relevant to extracellular matrix proteins. We evaluated fMLP-stimulated human neutrophil motility on peptides Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser (RGDS) and TMKIIPFNRTLIGG (P2), alone and in combination. RGDS is a bioactive sequence found in a number of proteins, and P2 is a membrane-activated complex-1 (Mac-1) ligand located in the
-chain of the fibrinogen protein. We evaluated, via video microscopy, cell motility by measuring cell displacement from origin and total accumulated distance traveled and then calculated average velocity. Results indicate that although adhesion and shape change were supported by hydrogels containing RGD alone, motility was not. Mac-1-dependent motility was supported on hydrogels containing P2 alone. Motility was enhanced through combined presentation of RGD and P2, engaging Mac-1,
Vß3, and ß1 integrins. Naïve neutrophil motility on combined peptide substrates was dependent on Mac-1, and
4ß1 while
6ß1 contributed to speed and linear movement. Transmigrated neutrophil motility was dependent on
vß3 and
5ß1, and
4ß1,
6ß1, and Mac-1 contributed to speed and linear motion. Together, the data demonstrate that efficient neutrophil migration, dependent on multi-integrin interaction, is enhanced after transendothelial migration.
Key Words: transmigration ß1 integrins inflammation extracellular matrix motility ß2 integrin
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