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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2020

Local microvascular leakage promotes trafficking of activated neutrophils to remote organs.

Charlotte Owen-Woods, Régis Joulia, Anna Barkaway, Loïc Rolas, Bin Ma, Astrid Fee Nottebaum, Kenton P Arkill, Monja Stein, Tamara Girbl, Matthew Golding and 4 more

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Charlotte Owen-WoodsWilliam Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Régis JouliaWilliam Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Anna BarkawayWilliam Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Loïc RolasWilliam Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Bin MaWilliam Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Astrid Fee NottebaumDepartment of Vascular Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, Germany.
Kenton P ArkillDivision of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Monja SteinWilliam Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Tamara GirblWilliam Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Matthew GoldingWilliam Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
David O BatesDivision of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Dietmar VestweberDepartment of Vascular Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, Germany.
Mathieu-Benoit VoisinWilliam Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Sussan NoursharghWilliam Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Queen Mary University of London · GBMax Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine · DEQueen's Medical Centre · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council 1797224British Heart Foundation FS/14/3/30518British Heart Foundation PG/14/62/31034British Heart Foundation PG/17/85/33395Medical Research Council MR/P003214/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 098291/Z/12/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increased microvascular permeability to plasma proteins and neutrophil emigration are hallmarks of innate immunity and key features of numerous inflammatory disorders. Although neutrophils can promote microvascular leakage, the impact of vascular permeability on neutrophil trafficking is unknown. Here, through the application of confocal intravital microscopy, we report that vascular permeability-enhancing stimuli caused a significant frequency of neutrophil reverse transendothelial cell migration (rTEM). Furthermore, mice with a selective defect in microvascular permeability enhancement (VEC-Y685F-ki) showed reduced incidence of neutrophil rTEM. Mechanistically, elevated vascular leakage promoted movement of interstitial chemokines into the bloodstream, a response that supported abluminal-to-luminal neutrophil TEM. Through development of an in vivo cell labeling method we provide direct evidence for the systemic dissemination of rTEM neutrophils, and showed them to exhibit an activated phenotype and be capable of trafficking to the lungs where their presence was aligned with regions of vascular injury. Collectively, we demonstrate that increased microvascular leakage reverses the localization of directional cues across venular walls, thus causing neutrophils engaged in diapedesis to reenter the systemic circulation. This cascade of events offers a mechanism to explain how local tissue inflammation and vascular permeability can induce downstream pathological effects in remote organs, most notably in the lungs.

Indexed as

Neutrophil ActivationAnimalsCapillary PermeabilityMaleMiceMice, TransgenicMicrovesselsNeutrophilsTransendothelial and Transepithelial MigrationChemokinesendothelial cellsInflammationNeutrophilsVascular Biology

Identifiers

PMID31971917
PMCPMC7190919
OpenAlexW3002714160

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