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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-5-3
pubmed:abstractText
Whether the chemokines macrophage inflammatory protein-1 beta (MIP-1 beta) and regulated on activation normal T expressed and secreted (RANTES), which interact specifically with glycosaminoglycans and thus mediate the recruitment, attachment, and migration of leukocytes to vascular endothelia and extracellular matrix, are also involved in interactions between CD4+ murine T lymphocytes and keratinocytes was examined. We have previously observed that depending on the local pH, a mammalian extracellular matrix-degrading enzyme, endo-beta-D glucuronidase (heparanase), which cleaves heparin sulfate proteoglycans, can function wither as an enzyme or as an adhesion molecule for CD4+ T lymphocytes. Herein, the involvement of heparanase in T cell-keratinocyte interactions was also probed. At 37 degree C and pH 7.2, radioactively labeled MIP-1 beta, RANTES, and heparanase bound to confluent layers of resting keratinocytes in a saturable and an heparan sulfate- or heparin-dependent manner, and thereby induced the adhesion of resting CD4+ T cells to keratinocytes. At a relatively acidic pH characteristic of inflammatory milieu, enzymatically active heparanase did not bind to the keratinocytes but, rather, inhibited the binding of MIP-1beta, RANTES, and the enzymatically quiescent heparanase to keratinocytes. These results suggest that certain chemokines and heparanase may function to restrict passing leukocytes, notable T lymphocytes, in the cutaneous micro-environment, a site which is continuously challenged with antigens. These keratinocyte-bound lymphocytes can serve as a reservoir of immediate responders to immunological stimuli.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-202X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
106
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
243-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Keratinocytes-associated chemokines and enzymatically quiescent heparanase induce the binding of resting CD4+ T cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article