Endothelial cell-derived CD95 ligand serves as a chemokine in induction of neutrophil slow rolling and adhesion

  1. Liang Gao
  2. Gülce Sila Gülcüler
  3. Lieke Golbach
  4. Helena Block
  5. Alexander Zarbock
  6. Ana Martin-Villalba  Is a corresponding author
  1. German Cancer Research Center, Germany
  2. University of Münster, Germany

Abstract

Integrin activation is crucial for regulation of leukocyte rolling, adhesion and trans-vessel migration during inflammation and occurs by engagement of myeloid cells through factors presented by inflamed vessels. However, endothelial-dependent mechanisms of myeloid cell recruitment are not fully understood. Here we show using an autoperfused flow chamber assay of whole blood neutrophils and intravital microscopy of the inflamed cremaster muscle that CD95 mediates leukocyte slow rolling, adhesion and transmigration upon binding of CD95-ligand (CD95L) that is presented by endothelial cells. In myeloid cells, CD95 triggers activation of Syk-Btk/PLCγ2/Rap1 signaling that ultimately leads to integrin activation. Excitingly, CD95-deficient myeloid cells exhibit impaired bacterial clearance in an animal model of sepsis induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). Our data identify the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the chemoattractant effect of endothelial cell-derived CD95L in induction of neutrophil recruitment and support the use of therapeutic inhibition of CD95's activity in inflammatory diseases.

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  1. Liang Gao

    Division of Molecular Neurobiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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  2. Gülce Sila Gülcüler

    Division of Molecular Neurobiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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  3. Lieke Golbach

    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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  4. Helena Block

    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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  5. Alexander Zarbock

    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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  6. Ana Martin-Villalba

    Division of Molecular Neurobiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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    a.martin-villalba@dkfz.de
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Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum

  • Ana Martin-Villalba

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. William Muller

Ethics

Animal experimentation: Animal experiments in this study were performed in accordance with institutional guidelines of the German Cancer Research Center and were approved by the Regierungspräsidium Karlsruhe, Germany (Permit Number G188/13).

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  1. Received: June 7, 2016
  2. Accepted: October 19, 2016
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: October 20, 2016 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: November 7, 2016 (version 2)

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© 2016, Gao et al.

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  1. Liang Gao
  2. Gülce Sila Gülcüler
  3. Lieke Golbach
  4. Helena Block
  5. Alexander Zarbock
  6. Ana Martin-Villalba
(2016)
Endothelial cell-derived CD95 ligand serves as a chemokine in induction of neutrophil slow rolling and adhesion
eLife 5:e18542.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.18542

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