A role for Mac-1 (CDIIb/CD18) in immune complex–stimulated neutrophil function in vivo: Mac-1 deficiency abrogates sustained Fcγ receptor–dependent neutrophil …

T Tang, A Rosenkranz, KJM Assmann… - The Journal of …, 1997 - rupress.org
T Tang, A Rosenkranz, KJM Assmann, MJ Goodman, JC Gutierrez-Ramos, MC Carroll
The Journal of experimental medicine, 1997rupress.org
Mac-1 (αmβ2), a leukocyte adhesion receptor, has been shown in vitro to functionally
interact with Fcγ receptors to facilitate immune complex (IC)–stimulated polymorphonuclear
neutrophil (PMN) functions. To investigate the relevance of Mac-1–FcγR interactions in IC-
mediated injury in vivo, we induced a model of Fc-dependent anti–glomerular basement
membrane (GBM) nephritis in wild-type and Mac-1–deficient mice by the intravenous
injection of anti-GBM antibody. The initial glomerular PMN accumulation was equivalent in …
Mac-1 (αmβ2), a leukocyte adhesion receptor, has been shown in vitro to functionally interact with Fcγ receptors to facilitate immune complex (IC)–stimulated polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) functions. To investigate the relevance of Mac-1–FcγR interactions in IC-mediated injury in vivo, we induced a model of Fc-dependent anti–glomerular basement membrane (GBM) nephritis in wild-type and Mac-1–deficient mice by the intravenous injection of anti-GBM antibody. The initial glomerular PMN accumulation was equivalent in Mac-1 null and wild-type mice, but thereafter increased in wild-type and decreased in mutant mice. The absence of Mac-1 interactions with obvious ligands, intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1), and C3 complement, is not responsible for the decrease in neutrophil accumulation in Mac-1– deficient mice since glomerular PMN accumulation in mice deficient in these ligands was comparable to those in wild-type mice. In vitro studies showed that spreading of Mac-1–null PMNs to IC-coated dishes was equivalent to that of wild-type PMNs at 5–12 min but was markedly reduced thereafter, and was associated with an inability of mutant neutrophils to redistribute filamentous actin. This suggests that in vivo, Mac-1 is not required for the initiation of Fc-mediated PMN recruitment but that Mac-1–FcγR interactions are required for filamentous actin reorganization leading to sustained PMN adhesion, and this represents the first demonstration of the relevance of Mac-1–FcγR interactions in vivo. PMN-dependent proteinuria, maximal in wild-type mice at 8 h, was absent in Mac-1 mutant mice at all time points. Complement C3–deficient mice also had significantly decreased proteinuria compared to wild-type mice. Since Mac-1 on PMNs is the principal ligand for ic3b, an absence of Mac-1 interaction with C3 probably contributed to the abrogation of proteinuria in Mac-1–null mice.
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