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NATURE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 6, Issue 11, Pages 1096-1104Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ni1259
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- NCI NIH HHS [P01CA71932] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [U54 GM62116] Funding Source: Medline
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Lymphocyte homing is mediated by specific interactions between L-selectin on lymphocytes and sulfated carbohydrates restricted to high endothelial venules in lymph nodes. Here we generated mice deficient in both N-acetylglucosamine-6-O- sulfotransferase 1 (GlcNAc6ST-1) and GlcNAc6ST-2 and found that mutant mice had approximately 75% less homing of lymphocytes to the peripheral lymph nodes than did wild-type mice. Consequently, these mice had lower contact hypersensitivity responses than those of wild-type mice. Carbohydrate structural analysis showed that 6-sulfo sialyl Lewis X, a dominant ligand for L-selectin, was almost completely absent from the high endothelial venules of these mutant mice, whereas the amount of unsulfated sialyl Lewis X was much greater. These results demonstrate the essential function of GlcNAc6ST-1 and GlcNAc6ST-2 in L-selectin ligand biosynthesis in high endothelial venules and their importance in immune surveillance.
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