Endothelial LSP1 is involved in endothelial dome formation, minimizing vascular permeability changes during neutrophil transmigration in vivo

Blood. 2011 Jan 20;117(3):942-52. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-02-270561. Epub 2010 Oct 28.

Abstract

The endothelium actively participates in neutrophil migration out of the vasculature via dynamic, cytoskeleton-dependent rearrangements leading to the formation of transmigratory cups in vitro, and to domes that completely surround the leukocyte in vivo. Leukocyte-specific protein 1 (LSP1), an F-actin-binding protein recently shown to be in the endothelium, is critical for effective transmigration, although the mechanism has remained elusive. Herein we show that endothelial LSP1 is expressed in the nucleus and cytosol of resting endothelial cells and associates with the cytoskeleton upon endothelial activation. Two-photon microscopy revealed that endothelial LSP1 was crucial for the formation of endothelial domes in vivo in response to neutrophil chemokine keratinocyte-derived chemokine (KC) as well as in response to endogenously produced chemokines stimulated by cytokines (tumor necrosis factor α [TNFα] or interleukin-1β [IL-1β]). Endothelial domes were significantly reduced in Lsp1(-/-) compared with wild-type (WT) mice. Lsp1(-/-) animals not only showed impaired neutrophil emigration after KC and TNFα stimulation, but also had disproportionate increases in vascular permeability. We demonstrate that endothelial LSP1 is recruited to the cytoskeleton in inflammation and plays an important role in forming endothelial domes thereby regulating neutrophil transendothelial migration. The permeability data may underscore the physiologic relevance of domes and the role for LSP1 in endothelial barrier integrity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blotting, Western
  • Calcium-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • Calcium-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Calcium-Binding Proteins / physiology*
  • Capillary Permeability / drug effects
  • Capillary Permeability / physiology*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cytoskeleton / metabolism
  • Endothelial Cells / drug effects
  • Endothelial Cells / metabolism
  • Endothelium / cytology
  • Endothelium / drug effects
  • Endothelium / metabolism*
  • Female
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins / genetics
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, 129 Strain
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Microfilament Proteins
  • Microscopy, Confocal / instrumentation
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton / instrumentation
  • Muscle, Skeletal / blood supply
  • Muscle, Skeletal / drug effects
  • Neutrophils / cytology
  • Neutrophils / physiology*
  • Neutrophils / ultrastructure
  • Transendothelial and Transepithelial Migration*
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / pharmacology

Substances

  • Calcium-Binding Proteins
  • Lsp1 protein, mouse
  • Microfilament Proteins
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins