Intravital microscopy comparing T lymphocyte trafficking to the spleen and the mesenteric lymph node |
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Authors: | Grayson Mitchell H Hotchkiss Richard S Karl Irene E Holtzman Michael J Chaplin David D |
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Affiliation: | Division of Allergy and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. wheeze@allergist.com |
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Abstract: | Lymphocyte rolling velocity is determined largely by interactions between leukocyte alpha(4)-integrin (CD49d) and L-selectin and mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule-1 (MAdCAM-1) in mesenteric postcapillary venules and Peyer's patch high endothelial venules (HEVs). The role of these interactions in other tissue sites of lymphocyte emigration is not known. With the use of real-time intravital confocal microscopy, we found that rolling velocities of T lymphocytes in the murine mesenteric lymph node (MLN) HEV also depend on L-selectin and CD49d. However, in the murine spleen, rolling velocities of T lymphocytes are not influenced by the loss of L-selectin and CD49d. With the use of FITC-dextran and TIE2-GFP mice, we further defined the microvascular compartments of the spleen and showed that adherence of T cells is localized to regions in the white pulp that are not lined by endothelial cells and have shear rates similar to bone marrow sinusoids. These results establish that T cell trafficking to the spleen differs from trafficking to other secondary lymphoid organs and suggest that the mechanical properties of the blood-filtering role of the spleen are important in T cell accumulation in the organ. |
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