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CXCR3 Internalization Following T Cell-Endothelial Cell Contact: Preferential Role of IFN-Inducible T Cell α Chemoattractant (CXCL11) This information is current as of October 1, 2021. Alain Sauty, Richard A. Colvin, Ludwig Wagner, Sophie Rochat, Francois Spertini and Andrew D. Luster J Immunol 2001; 167:7084-7093; ; doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.12.7084 http://www.jimmunol.org/content/167/12/7084 Downloaded from References This article cites 37 articles, 19 of which you can access for free at: http://www.jimmunol.org/content/167/12/7084.full#ref-list-1 http://www.jimmunol.org/ Why The JI? Submit online. • Rapid Reviews! 30 days* from submission to initial decision • No Triage! Every submission reviewed by practicing scientists • Fast Publication! 4 weeks from acceptance to publication by guest on October 1, 2021 *average Subscription Information about subscribing to The Journal of Immunology is online at: http://jimmunol.org/subscription Permissions Submit copyright permission requests at: http://www.aai.org/About/Publications/JI/copyright.html Email Alerts Receive free email-alerts when new articles cite this article. Sign up at: http://jimmunol.org/alerts The Journal of Immunology is published twice each month by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc., 1451 Rockville Pike, Suite 650, Rockville, MD 20852 Copyright © 2001 by The American Association of Immunologists All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0022-1767 Online ISSN: 1550-6606. CXCR3 Internalization Following T Cell-Endothelial Cell Contact: Preferential Role of IFN-Inducible T Cell ␣ Chemoattractant (CXCL11)1 Alain Sauty,*† Richard A. Colvin,* Ludwig Wagner,* Sophie Rochat,† Francois Spertini,† and Andrew D. Luster2* Chemokine receptors are rapidly desensitized and internalized following ligand binding, a process that attenuates receptor- mediated responses. However, the physiological settings in which this process occurs are not clear. Therefore, we examined the fate of CXCR3, a chemokine receptor preferentially expressed on activated T cells following contact with endothelial cells. By im- munofluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry, we found that CXCR3 was rapidly internalized when T cells were incubated with IFN-␥-activated human saphenous vein endothelial cells (HSVEC), but not with resting HSVEC. Similar results were ob- Downloaded from tained using human CXCR3-transfected murine 300-19 B cells. CXCR3 down-regulation was significantly more pronounced when T cells were in contact with HSVEC than with their supernatants, suggesting that CXCR3 ligands were efficiently displayed on the surface of HSVEC. Using neutralizing mAbs to IFN-induced protein-10 (CXCL10), monokine induced by IFN-␥ (CXCL9), and IFN-inducible T cell ␣ chemoattractant (I-TAC; CXCL11), we found that even though I-TAC was secreted from IFN-␥-activated HSVEC to lower levels than IFN-induced protein-10 or the monokine induced by IFN-␥, it was the principal chemokine respon- sible for CXCR3 internalization. This correlated with studies using recombinant chemokines, which revealed that I-TAC was the http://www.jimmunol.org/ most potent inducer of CXCR3 down-regulation and of transendothelial migration. Known inhibitors of chemokine-induced chemotaxis, such as pertussis toxin or wortmannin, did not reduce ligand-induced internalization, suggesting that a distinct signal transduction pathway mediates internalization. Our data demonstrate that I-TAC is the physiological inducer of CXCR3 inter- nalization and suggest that chemokine receptor internalization occurs in physiological settings, such as leukocyte contact with an activated endothelium. The Journal of Immunology, 2001, 167: 7084–7093. ecruitment and activation of T lymphocytes is a prere- unique chemokine receptor, CXCR3. CXCR3 is expressed on ac- quisite step for the development of an adaptive immune tivated T cells, preferentially of the Th1 phenotype, NK cells, and ϩ ϩ response and maintenance of chronic inflammation. Che- on a significant fraction of circulating CD4 and CD8 T cells by guest on October 1, 2021 R ϩ mokines, a superfamily of small molecular mass (8–10 kDa) che- (ϳ20–40%; Ref. 6–8). The majority of peripheral CXCR3 T  moattractant cytokines, play a crucial role in the transendothelial cells express CD45RO (memory T cells) as well as 1 integrins (8) and interstitial migration of lymphocytes during inflammation. which are implicated in the binding of lymphocytes to endothelial Chemokines are divided into the CC, CXC, C, and CX3C families cells and the extracellular matrix (9). In addition, CXCR3 has been (1). Among the CXC members, IFN-induced protein of 10 kDa reported to be expressed on plasmacytoid dendritic cells (10), leu- 3 (IP-10) (CXCL10), monokine induced by IFN-␥ (Mig; CXCL9), kemic B cells (11, 12), eosinophils (13), and dividing microvas- and IFN-inducible T cell ␣ chemoattractant (I-TAC; CXCL11) are cular endothelial cells (14). ␥ ϩ unique in that they are all induced by IFN- in a wide variety of CXCR3 T cells accumulate at sites of Th1-type inflammation cell types, including endothelial cells (2–5), and act through a where IFN-␥ is highly expressed, including atherosclerosis (5), sarcoidosis (15), inflammatory bowel diseases (8), and rheumatoid *Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Center for Immunology and arthritis (8, 16). IP-10 has been found to be highly expressed in a Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, number of Th1-type inflammatory diseases, including psoriasis Charlestown, MA 02129; and †Immunology and Allergy Division, University Hos- pital, Lausanne, Switzerland. (17), tuberculoid leprosy (18), sarcoidosis (15), and viral menin- ␥ Received for publication December 20, 2000. Accepted for publication October gitis (19). In addition, our finding that IFN- -stimulated endothe- 4, 2001. lial cells and endothelium from atherosclerotic lesions are a rich The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page source of IP-10, Mig, and I-TAC suggest that these chemokines charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement in accordance play an important role in the transendothelial migration and local with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. retention of CXCR3ϩ T cells found in atherosclerotic lesions (5). 1 These studies were funded by National Institutes of Health Grants CA69212 and DK50305 (to A.D.L.). A.S. was supported by a grant of Muschamp Foundation. In support of this hypothesis, IP-10 and Mig induce the rapid ad- 2 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Andrew D. Luster, Center for hesion of IL-2-activated T cells to immobilized VCAM-1 and Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Building ICAM-1, and IP-10, Mig, and I-TAC are potent chemotactic 149, 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129. E-mail address: [email protected]. agents for activated T cells. Both of these activities are dependent harvard.edu on CXCR3 activation (20). 3 Abbreviations used in this paper: IP-10, IFN-induced protein of 10 kDa; Mig, mono- kine induced by IFN-␥; I-TAC, IFN-inducible T cell ␣ chemoattractant; PTX, per- Chemokine receptors are seven transmembrane-spanning G pro- tussis toxin; PI3K, phosphoinositol 3-kinase; PKC, protein kinase C; GAM, goat tein-coupled cell surface receptors that are pertussis toxin (PTX)- anti-mouse; HMEC, human microvascular endothelial cells; HSVEC, human saphe- nous vein endothelial cells; MFI, mean fluorescence intensity; HSPG, heparan sulfate sensitive, indicating that they are linked to the Gi class of hetero- proteoglycan; SDF, stromal cell-derived factor. trimeric G proteins (21). Activation of chemokine receptors Copyright © 2001 by The American Association of Immunologists 0022-1767/01/$02.00 The Journal of Immunology 7085 induces G protein-dependent inhibition of adenylate cyclase, acti- Coculture experiments vation of phosphoinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), phospholipase C, pro- Human saphenous vein endothelial cells (HSVEC) were used from passage tein kinase C (PKC), and protein kinase A, the generation of ino- two to passage four and were cultured in 0.1% gelatin-precoated wells from sitol triphosphate, and a transient rise in intracellular calcium (22). 6-well plates (Costar, Cambridge, MA). When cells reached confluence, Overall, the biological responses resulting from these different cas- they were treated with or without 100 ng/ml IFN-␥ for 16 h in fresh com- plete M199 medium. Following removal of the supernatant and two washes cades include rapid activation of integrin-dependent cell adhesion ϩ with prewarmed HBSS, CXCR3 T cells (1 ϫ 106) in 1 ml of complete and directed cell migration (chemotaxis). RPMI were then added per well. HSVEC-conditioned medium (250 l) As is the case in many biological systems, chemokine receptor was used to resuspend a separate aliquot of 0.5 ϫ 106 CXCR3ϩ T cells activation also turns on a program to limit its own responses. In the pelleted in an Eppendorf. After various times, CXCR3ϩ cells were col- chemokine system, this takes the form of receptor desensitization lected by being gently washed off of the endothelial monolayer in 6-well plates or by centrifugation of CXCR3ϩ cells incubated with HSVEC su- and receptor internalization. These two processes likely play an pernatants. Cells were analyzed for CXCR3 surface expression by flow important role in allowing a cell to continuously sense small cytometry. In control experiments, we found that IFN-␥ treatment of T changes in an existing, and perhaps even