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The adhesion receptor CD-31 can be primed to rapidly adjust the neutrophil cytoskeleton.

Dimitrijevic, Ivan LU ; Axelsson, Lena LU and Andersson, Tommy LU (2002) In Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 292(4). p.1092-1097
Abstract
The adhesion receptor CD-31 is expressed on neutrophils and endothelial cells and participates in transendothelial migration of neutrophils. Although necessary, information on CD-31-induced signaling and its influence on the shape-forming actin network is scarce. Here, we found that antibody engagement of CD-31 on suspended neutrophils triggered a prompt intracellular Ca(2+) signal, providing the cells had been primed with a chemotactic factor. Inhibition of Src-tyrosine kinases blocked this Ca(2+) signal, but not a fMet-Leu-Phe-induced Ca(2+) signal. Despite the ability of fMet-Leu-Phe to activate Src-tyrosine kinases, it did not per se induce tyrosine phosphorylation of CD-31. However, fMet-Leu-Phe did enable such a phosphorylation... (More)
The adhesion receptor CD-31 is expressed on neutrophils and endothelial cells and participates in transendothelial migration of neutrophils. Although necessary, information on CD-31-induced signaling and its influence on the shape-forming actin network is scarce. Here, we found that antibody engagement of CD-31 on suspended neutrophils triggered a prompt intracellular Ca(2+) signal, providing the cells had been primed with a chemotactic factor. Inhibition of Src-tyrosine kinases blocked this Ca(2+) signal, but not a fMet-Leu-Phe-induced Ca(2+) signal. Despite the ability of fMet-Leu-Phe to activate Src-tyrosine kinases, it did not per se induce tyrosine phosphorylation of CD-31. However, fMet-Leu-Phe did enable such a phosphorylation following an antibody-induced engagement of CD-31. This clustering also triggered a Ca(2+)-dependent depolymerization of actin and, surprisingly enough, a simultaneous polymerization. The ability of CD-31 to signal dynamic alterations in the cytoskeleton, particularly the Ca(2+)-induced actin depolymerization, further explains how neutrophils can squeeze themselves out between adjacent endothelial cells. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{The adhesion receptor CD-31 is expressed on neutrophils and endothelial cells and participates in transendothelial migration of neutrophils. Although necessary, information on CD-31-induced signaling and its influence on the shape-forming actin network is scarce. Here, we found that antibody engagement of CD-31 on suspended neutrophils triggered a prompt intracellular Ca(2+) signal, providing the cells had been primed with a chemotactic factor. Inhibition of Src-tyrosine kinases blocked this Ca(2+) signal, but not a fMet-Leu-Phe-induced Ca(2+) signal. Despite the ability of fMet-Leu-Phe to activate Src-tyrosine kinases, it did not per se induce tyrosine phosphorylation of CD-31. However, fMet-Leu-Phe did enable such a phosphorylation following an antibody-induced engagement of CD-31. This clustering also triggered a Ca(2+)-dependent depolymerization of actin and, surprisingly enough, a simultaneous polymerization. The ability of CD-31 to signal dynamic alterations in the cytoskeleton, particularly the Ca(2+)-induced actin depolymerization, further explains how neutrophils can squeeze themselves out between adjacent endothelial cells.}},
  author       = {{Dimitrijevic, Ivan and Axelsson, Lena and Andersson, Tommy}},
  issn         = {{1090-2104}},
  keywords     = {{CD31 : drug effects; Antigens; Antibodies : pharmacology; Actins : metabolism; Cytoskeleton : metabolism; Enzyme Inhibitors : pharmacology; Human; Intracellular Fluid : metabolism; N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine : pharmacology; Neutrophils : cytology; Neutrophils : metabolism; Phosphorylation : drug effects; Signal Transduction : drug effects; Signal Transduction : physiology; Support; Non-U.S. Gov't; src-Family Kinases : antagonists & inhibitors; CD31 : metabolism; Calcium : metabolism; Calcium Signaling : drug effects; Cell Adhesion : physiology; Cell Movement : physiology; Chemotactic Factors : pharmacology}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{1092--1097}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications}},
  title        = {{The adhesion receptor CD-31 can be primed to rapidly adjust the neutrophil cytoskeleton.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/bbrc.2002.6773}},
  doi          = {{10.1006/bbrc.2002.6773}},
  volume       = {{292}},
  year         = {{2002}},
}