Autophagy modulates endothelial junctions to restrain neutrophil diapedesis during inflammation

Autor: Jose Garrido-Mesa, Dianne Cooper, Mauro Perretti, Catherine Pickworth, Matthew Golding, Tao Fu, Loïc Rolas, William A. Muller, Lucy M. Collinson, Ezra Aksoy, Maria Gonzalez-Nunez, Mathieu-Benoit Voisin, Thomas D. Nightingale, Natalia Reglero-Real, Laura Vázquez-Martínez, Shani Austin-Williams, Giulia De Rossi, Lorena Pérez-Gutiérrez, Sussan Nourshargh, Chantal M. Boulanger, Sharon A. Tooze, Yoshiaki Kubota, Anna Barkaway, Azumi Yoshimura, Rebeca S. Saleeb
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Immunity
ISSN: 1074-7613
Popis: Summary The migration of neutrophils from the blood circulation to sites of infection or injury is a key immune response and requires the breaching of endothelial cells (ECs) that line the inner aspect of blood vessels. Unregulated neutrophil transendothelial cell migration (TEM) is pathogenic, but the molecular basis of its physiological termination remains unknown. Here, we demonstrated that ECs of venules in inflamed tissues exhibited a robust autophagic response that was aligned temporally with the peak of neutrophil trafficking and was strictly localized to EC contacts. Genetic ablation of EC autophagy led to excessive neutrophil TEM and uncontrolled leukocyte migration in murine inflammatory models, while pharmacological induction of autophagy suppressed neutrophil infiltration into tissues. Mechanistically, autophagy regulated the remodeling of EC junctions and expression of key EC adhesion molecules, facilitating their intracellular trafficking and degradation. Collectively, we have identified autophagy as a modulator of EC leukocyte trafficking machinery aimed at terminating physiological inflammation.
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Highlights • Inflamed venular ECs exhibit an autophagic response that localizes to EC contacts • EC ATG5 deficiency promotes excessive and faster neutrophil TEM • Ablation of EC autophagy increases cell surface expression of adhesion molecules • Non-canonical autophagy operates in inflamed ECs and controls neutrophil migration
Transendothelial cell migration (TEM) is a vital step in neutrophil infiltration of tissues, but the molecular basis of its cessation is unclear. Reglero-Real et al. show that in inflamed tissues, endothelial cell autophagy remodels junctional architecture and acts as a negative regulator of neutrophil TEM.
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