Lipid Raft is required for PSGL-1 ligation induced HL-60 cell adhesion on ICAM-1

PLoS One. 2013 Dec 3;8(12):e81807. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081807. eCollection 2013.

Abstract

P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1) and integrins are adhesion molecules that play critical roles in host defense and innate immunity. PSGL-1 mediates leukocyte rolling and primes leukocytes for integrin-mediated adhesion. However, the mechanism that PSGL-1 as a rolling receptor in regulating integrin activation has not been well characterized. Here, we investigate the function of lipid raft in regulating PSGL-1 induced β2 integrin-mediated HL-60 cells adhesion. PSGL-1 ligation with antibody enhances the β2 integrin activation and β2 integrin-dependent adhesion to ICAM-1. Importantly, with the treatment of methyl-β-cyclodextrin (MβCD), we confirm the role of lipid raft in regulating the activation of β2 integrin. Furthermore, we find that the protein level of PSGL-1 decreased in raft fractions in MβCD treated cells. PSGL-1 ligation induces the recruitment of spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk), a tyrosine kinase and Vav1 (the pivotal downstream effector of Syk signaling pathway involved in cytoskeleton regulation) to lipid raft. Inhibition of Syk activity with pharmacologic inhibitor strongly reduces HL-60 cells adhesion, implicating Syk is crucial for PSGL-1 mediated β2 integrin activation. Taken together, we report that ligation of PSGL-1 on HL-60 cells activates β2 integrin, for which lipid raft integrity and Syk activation are responsible. These findings have shed new light on the mechanisms that connect leukocyte initial rolling with subsequent adhesion.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • CD18 Antigens / metabolism
  • Cell Adhesion
  • Enzyme Activation
  • HL-60 Cells
  • Humans
  • Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / metabolism*
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / metabolism
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / metabolism*
  • Membrane Microdomains / metabolism*
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Transport
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-vav / metabolism
  • Syk Kinase

Substances

  • CD18 Antigens
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • P-selectin ligand protein
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-vav
  • VAV1 protein, human
  • Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • SYK protein, human
  • Syk Kinase

Grants and funding

This work was supported, in whole or in part, by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30971498, 81071726, and 31271509), the National Basic Research Program of China (2010CB529704), and the Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province (201115165). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.