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Kindlin-3 regulates integrin activation and adhesion reinforcement of effector T cells.
Type of publication
Peer-reviewed
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Original article (peer-reviewed)
Publication date
2013
Author
Moretti Federico A, Moser Markus, Lyck Ruth, Abadier Michael, Ruppert Raphael, Engelhardt Britta, Fässler Reinhard,
Project
Cell Migration
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Original article (peer-reviewed)
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume (Issue)
110(42)
Page(s)
17005 - 10
Title of proceedings
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
DOI
10.1073/pnas.1316032110
Abstract
Activated T cells use very late antigen-4/α4β1 integrin for capture, rolling on, and firm adhesion to endothelial cells, and use leukocyte function-associated antigen-1/αLβ2 integrin for subsequent crawling and extravasation. Inhibition of α4β1 is sufficient to prevent extravasation of activated T cells and is successfully used to combat autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis. Here we show that effector T cells lacking the integrin activator Kindlin-3 extravasate and induce experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice immunized with autoantigen. In sharp contrast, adoptively transferred autoreactive T cells from Kindlin-3-deficient mice fail to extravasate into the naïve CNS. Mechanistically, autoreactive Kindlin-3-null T cells extravasate when the CNS is inflamed and the brain microvasculature expresses high levels of integrin ligands. Flow chamber assays under physiological shear conditions confirmed that Kindlin-3-null effector T cells adhere to high concentrations of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 and intercellular adhesion molecule-1, albeit less efficiently than WT T cells. Although these arrested T cells polarize and start crawling, only few remain firmly adherent over time. Our data demonstrate that the requirement of Kindlin-3 for effector T cells to induce α4β1 and αLβ2 integrin ligand binding and stabilization of integrin-ligand bonds is critical when integrin ligand levels are low, but of less importance when integrin ligand levels are high.
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