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p120-Catenin regulates leukocyte transmigration through an effect on VE-cadherin phosphorylation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18641366     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Vascular endothelial-cadherin (VE-cad) is localized to adherens junctions at endothelial cell borders and forms a complex with alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and p120-catenins (p120). We previously showed that the VE-cad complex disassociates to form short-lived "gaps" during leukocyte transendothelial migration (TEM); however, whether these gaps are required for leukocyte TEM is not clear. Recently p120 has been shown to control VE-cad surface expression through endocytosis. We hypothesized that p120 regulates VE-cad surface expression, which would in turn have functional consequences for leukocyte transmigration. Here we show that endothelial cells transduced with an adenovirus expressing p120GFP fusion protein significantly increase VE-cad expression. Moreover, endothelial junctions with high p120GFP expression largely prevent VE-cad gap formation and neutrophil leukocyte TEM; if TEM occurs, the length of time required is prolonged. We find no evidence that VE-cad endocytosis plays a role in VE-cad gap formation and instead show that this process is regulated by changes in VE-cad phosphorylation. In fact, a nonphosphorylatable VE-cad mutant prevented TEM. In summary, our studies provide compelling evidence that VE-cad gap formation is required for leukocyte transmigration and identify p120 as a critical intracellular mediator of this process through its regulation of VE-cad expression at junctions.
Authors:
Pilar Alcaide; Gail Newton; Scott Auerbach; Seema Sehrawat; Tanya N Mayadas; David E Golan; Patrick Yacono; Peter Vincent; Andrew Kowalczyk; Francis W Luscinskas
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural     Date:  2008-07-18
Journal Detail:
Title:  Blood     Volume:  112     ISSN:  1528-0020     ISO Abbreviation:  Blood     Publication Date:  2008 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-09-23     Completed Date:  2008-10-09     Revised Date:  2010-12-03    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7603509     Medline TA:  Blood     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2770-9     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Center for Excellence in Vascular Biology, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Antigens, CD / metabolism*
Cadherins / metabolism*
Catenins
Cell Adhesion Molecules / metabolism*
Cells, Cultured
Chemotaxis, Leukocyte*
Endocytosis
Endothelial Cells / cytology,  metabolism
Endothelium / metabolism
Gap Junctions / metabolism
Green Fluorescent Proteins / metabolism
Half-Life
Humans
Leukocytes / cytology*,  metabolism*
Phosphoproteins / metabolism*
Phosphorylation
Protein Binding
Protein Transport
Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HL077870/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; HL32854/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; HL36028/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; P01 HL036028-230005/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; P01 HL036028-239002/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL053993-13/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01AR050501/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antigens, CD; 0/Cadherins; 0/Catenins; 0/Cell Adhesion Molecules; 0/Phosphoproteins; 0/Recombinant Fusion Proteins; 0/cadherin 5; 0/delta catenin; 147336-22-9/Green Fluorescent Proteins
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