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Polarization of chemokine receptors to the leading edge during lymphocyte chemotaxis

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dc.creator Nieto, Marta
dc.creator Frade, José M.R.
dc.creator Sancho, David
dc.creator Mellado, Mario
dc.creator Martínez-Alonso, Carlos
dc.creator Sánchez Madrid, Francisco
dc.date 2008-04-16T13:01:19Z
dc.date 2008-04-16T13:01:19Z
dc.date 1997-07
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:02:27Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:02:27Z
dc.identifier The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Volume 186, Number 1, July 7, 1997, pp. 153–158
dc.identifier 0022-1007
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3626
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3626
dc.description El copyright pertenece a The Rockefeller University Press
dc.description Leukocyte migration in response to cell attractant gradients or chemotaxis is a key phenomenon both in cell movement and in the inflammatory response. Chemokines are quite likely to be the key molecules directing migration of leukocytes that involve cell polarization with generation of specialized cell compartments. The precise mechanism of leukocyte chemoattraction is not known, however. In this study, we demonstrate that the CC chemokine receptors CCR2 and CCR5, but not cytokine receptors such as interleukin (IL)-2R a ,IL-2R b, tumor necrosis factor receptor 1, or transforming growth factor b R, are redistributed to a pole in T cells that are migrating in response to chemokines. Immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy studies show that the chemokine receptors concentrate at the leading edge of the cell on the flattened cell-substratum contact area, induced specifically by the signals that trigger cell polarization. The redistribution of chemokine receptors is blocked by pertussis toxin and is dependent on cell adhesion through integrin receptors, which mediate cell migration. Chemokine receptor expression on the leading edge of migrating polarized lymphocytes appears to act as a sensor mechanism for the directed migration of leukocytes through a chemoattractant gradient.
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Rockefeller University Press
dc.rights openAccess
dc.title Polarization of chemokine receptors to the leading edge during lymphocyte chemotaxis
dc.type Artículo


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