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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-5-20
pubmed:abstractText
Homing of mast cell progenitors (MCps) to the mouse small intestine involves the interaction of alpha4beta7 integrin with mucosal addressin cellular adhesion molecule-1 (MAdCAM-1). We now demonstrate the dependence of this process on CXC chemokine receptor 2 (CXCR2) and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) using null strains and mice sublethally irradiated and bone marrow (BM) reconstituted (SIBR) with wild-type or null BM or with wild-type BM followed by administration of blocking antibody. The intestinal MCp concentration in CXCR2(-/-) mice was reduced by 67%, but was unaltered in CC chemokine receptor 2(-/-) (CCR2(-/-)), CCR3(-/-), or CCR5(-/-) mice. SIBR mice given CXCR2(-/-) BM had an intestinal MCp concentration that was 76% less than that in BALB/c BM reconstituted mice. Antibody blockade of VCAM-1 or of CXCR2 in SIBR mice reduced intestinal MCp reconstitution, and mice lacking endothelial VCAM-1 also had a marked reduction relative to wild-type mice. Finally, the half-life of intestinal MCps in wild-type mice was less than one week on the basis of a more than 50% reduction by administration of anti-alpha4beta7 integrin or anti-CXCR2. Thus, the establishment and maintenance of MCps in the small intestine is a dynamic process that requires expression of the alpha4beta7 integrin and the alpha-chemokine receptor CXCR2.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
105
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4308-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Constitutive homing of mast cell progenitors to the intestine depends on autologous expression of the chemokine receptor CXCR2.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, OH, USA.
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