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JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY
Volume 74, Issue 2, Pages 260-269Publisher
FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0102016
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MAC-1; adhesion; migration
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A fine control of beta(2) integrin (CD11/ CD18)-mediated firm adhesion of human neutrophils to the endothelial cell monolayer is required to allow ordered emigration. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms that control this process, intracellular protein tyrosine signaling subsequent to beta(2) integrin-mediated ligand binding was studied by immunoprecipitation and Western blotting techniques. The 72-kDa Syk-kinase, which was tyrosine-phosphorylated upon adhesion, was found to coprecipitate with CD18, the beta-subunit of the beta2 integrins. Moreover, inhibition of Syk-kinase by piceatannol enhanced adhesion and spreading but diminished N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe-induced chemotactic migration. The enhancement of adhesiveness was associated with integrin clustering, which results in increased integrin avidity. In contrast, piceatannol had no effect on the surface expression or on the affinity of beta(2) integrins. Altogether, this suggests that Syk-kinase controls alternation of beta(2) integrin-mediated ligand binding with integrin detachment.
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