Orai1 Function Is Essential for T Cell Homing to Lymph Nodes

Autor: Sabrina Leverrier, Shenyuan L. Zhang, Ying Yu, Milton L. Greenberg, Michael D. Cahalan, Ian Parker
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Greenberg, Milton L.; Yu, Ying; Leverrier, Sabrina; Zhang, Shenyuan L.; Parker, Ian; & Cahalan, Michael D.(2013). Orai1 Function is Essential for T Cell Homing to Lymph Nodes. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 190(7), 3197-3206. UC Irvine: Institute for Clinical and Translational Science. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5mq7x28r
ISSN: 1550-6606
0022-1767
Popis: In T lymphocytes, Ca2+ release–activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels composed of Orai1 subunits trigger Ag-induced gene expression and cell proliferation through the NFAT pathway. We evaluated the requirement of CRAC channel function for lymphocyte homing using expression of a dominant-negative Orai1-E106A mutant to suppress Ca2+ signaling. To investigate homing and motility of human lymphocytes in immunocompromised mouse hosts, we transferred human lymphocytes either acutely or after stable engraftment after a second transfer from the same blood donor. Human and mouse lymphocyte homing was assessed, and cells were tracked within lymph nodes (LNs) by two-photon microscopy. Our results demonstrate that human T and B lymphocytes home into and migrate within the LNs of immunocompromised NOD.SCID mice similar to murine lymphocytes. Human T and B cells colocalized in atrophied or reconstituted mouse LNs, where T cells migrated in a random walk at velocities of 9–13 μm/min and B cells at 6 μm/min. Expression of Orai1-E106A inhibited CRAC channel function in human and mouse T cells, and prevented homing from high endothelial venules into murine LNs. Ca2+ signals induced by CCL21 were also inhibited in T cells expressing Orai1-E106A. With CRAC channels inhibited, the high-affinity form of LFA-1 failed to become active, and T cells failed to migrate across endothelial cells in a transwell model. These results establish a requirement for CRAC channel–mediated Ca2+ influx for T cell homing to LNs mediated by high-affinity integrin activation and chemokine-induced transendothelial migration.
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