PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hurtley, Stella M.
TI  - Putting the Brakes on Inflammation
AID  - 10.1126/scisignal.146ec391
DP  - 2008 Nov 18
TA  - Science Signaling
PG  - ec391--ec391
VI  - 1
IP  - 46
4099  - http://stke.sciencemag.org/content/1/46/ec391.short
4100  - http://stke.sciencemag.org/content/1/46/ec391.full
SO  - Sci. Signal.2008 Nov 18; 1
AB  - Numerous adhesion receptors of the selectin, integrin, or immunoglobulin family promote inflammatory cell recruitment. In contrast, inhibitors of the leukocyte adhesion cascade are not well known. Now Choi et al. have characterized developmental endothelial locus-1 (Del-1) as an endogenous inhibitor of the leukocyte adhesion cascade. Del-1, which is an endothelially expressed, secreted molecule, is a ligand of the major leukocyte adhesion receptor LFA-1. Soluble Del-1 inhibited neutrophil adhesion under both static and physiologic flow conditions. Endothelial Del-1 deficiency promoted increased leukocyte adhesion, and mice lacking Del-1 displayed significantly higher neutrophil accumulation during lung inflammation, which was reversed in Del-1/LFA-1 double-deficient mice. Thus, Del-1 interacts with LFA-1, preventing inflammatory cell recruitment. E. Y. Choi, E. Chavakis, M. A. Czabanka, H. F. Langer, L. Fraemohs, M. Economopoulou, R. K. Kundu, A. Orlandi, Y. Y. Zheng, D. A. Prieto, C. M. Ballantyne, S. L. Constant, W. C. Aird, T. Papayannopoulou, C. G. Gahmberg, M. C. Udey, P. Vajkoczy, T. Quertermous, S. Dimmeler, C. Weber, T. Chavakis, Del-1, an endogenous leukocyte-endothelial adhesion inhibitor, limits inflammatory cell recruitment. Science 322, 1101–1104 (2008). [Abstract] [Full Text]