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Published online 21 April 2003. doi:10.1083/jcb.200301133
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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525/2003/4/417 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 161, Number 2, 417-427


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Rap1 translates chemokine signals to integrin activation, cell polarization, and motility across vascular endothelium under flow



Mika Shimonaka1,2, Koko Katagiri1, Toshinori Nakayama3, Naoya Fujita4, Takashi Tsuruo4, Osamu Yoshie5 and Tatsuo Kinashi1

1 Bayer-chair, Department of Molecular Immunology and Allergy
2 Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
3 Department of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
4 Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan
5 Department of Microbiology and Internal Medicine III, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka 589-0014, Japan

Address correspondence to Dr. Tatsuo Kinashi, Bayer-chair, Dept. of Molecular Immunology and Allergy, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-konoe, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. Tel.: 81-75-771-8159. Fax: 81-75-771-8184. E-mail: tkinashi{at}mfour.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Chemokines arrest circulating lymphocytes within the vasculature through the rapid up-regulation of leukocyte integrin adhesive activity, promoting subsequent lymphocyte transmigration. However, the key regulatory molecules regulating this process have remained elusive. Here, we demonstrate that Rap1 plays a pivotal role in chemokine-induced integrin activation and migration. Rap1 was activated by secondary lymphoid tissue chemokine (SLC; CCL21) and stromal-derived factor 1 (CXCL4) treatment in lymphocytes within seconds. Inhibition of Rap1 by Spa1, a Rap1-specific GTPase-activating protein, abrogated chemokine-stimulated lymphocyte rapid adhesion to endothelial cells under flow via intercellular adhesion molecule 1. Expression of a dominant active Rap1V12 in lymphocytes stimulated shear-resistant adhesion, robust cell migration on immobilized intercellular adhesion molecule 1 and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1, and transendothelial migration under flow. We also demonstrated that Rap1V12 expression in lymphocytes induced a polarized morphology, accompanied by the redistribution of CXCR4 and CD44 to the leading edge and uropod, respectively. Spa1 effectively suppressed this polarization after SLC treatment. This unique characteristic of Rap1 may control chemokine-induced lymphocyte extravasation.

Key Words: chemokines; LFA-1; ICAM-1; lymphocyte; transmigration


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* Abbreviations used in this paper: HUVEC, human umbilical vascular endothelial cells; ICAM-1, intercellular adhesion molecule 1; LFA-1, lymphocyte function–associated antigen 1; LN, lymph node; PTX, pertussis toxin; SDF-1, stromal-derived factor 1; SLC, secondary lymphoid tissue chemokine; VCAM-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule 1; VLA-4, very late antigen 4.


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