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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 183, Issue 3, Pages 527-542Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200805076
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- Salud [SAF2008-02635]
- Biolog a Fundamental [2005-08435]
- Lilly Foundation
- National Institutes of Health [P41-RRO3155]
- European Union [LSHG-CT-2003-502935]
- Red Tematica de Investigacion Cooperativa en Enfermedades Cardiovasculares [RD06/0014-0030]
- Spanish Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs
- Pro-CNIC Foundation
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VCAM-1 and ICAM-1, receptors for leukocyte integrins, are recruited to cell-cell contact sites on the apical membrane of activated endothelial cells. In this study, we show that this recruitment is independent of ligand engagement, actin cytoskeleton anchorage, and heterodimer formation. Instead, VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 are recruited by inclusion within specialized preformed tetraspanin-enriched microdomains, which act as endothelial adhesive platforms (EAPs). Using advanced analytical fluorescence techniques, we have characterized the diffusion properties at the single-molecule level, nanoscale organization, and specific intradomain molecular interactions of EAPs in living primary endothelial cells. This study provides compelling evidence for the existence of EAPs as physical entities at the plasma membrane, distinct from lipid rafts. Scanning electron microscopy of immunogold-labeled samples treated with a specific tetraspanin-blocking peptide identify nanoclustering of VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 within EAPs as a novel mechanism for supramolecular organization that regulates the leukocyte integrin-binding capacity of both endothelial receptors during extravasation.
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