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2015 ; 6
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Integrins are Mechanosensors That Modulate Human Eosinophil Activation
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Ahmadzai M
; Small M
; Sehmi R
; Gauvreau G
; Janssen LJ
Front Immunol
2015[]; 6
(ä): 525
PMID26539194
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Eosinophil migration to the lung is primarily regulated by the
eosinophil-selective family of eotaxin chemokines, which mobilize intracellular
calcium (Ca(2+)) and orchestrate myriad changes in cell structure and function.
Eosinophil function is also known to be flow-dependent, although the molecular
cognate of this mechanical response has yet to be adequately characterized. Using
confocal fluorescence microscopy, we determined the effects of fluid shear stress
on intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)]i) in human peripheral blood
eosinophils by perfusing cells in a parallel-plate flow chamber. Our results
indicate that fluid perfusion evokes a calcium response that leads to cell
flattening, increase in cell area, shape change, and non-directional migration.
None of these changes are seen in the absence of a flow stimulus, and all are
blocked by chelation of intracellular Ca(2+) using BAPTA. These changes are
enhanced by stimulating the cells with eotaxin-1. The perfusion-induced calcium
response (PICR) could be blocked by pre-treating cells with selective (CDP-323)
and non-selective (RGD tripeptides) integrin receptor antagonists, suggesting
that ?4?7/?4?1 integrins mediate this response. Overall, our study provides the
first pharmacological description of a molecular mechanosensor that may
collaborate with the eotaxin-1 signaling program in order to control human
eosinophil activation.