International Immunology, Vol. 12, No. 3, 241-251,
March 2000
© 2000 Japanese Society for Immunology
Roles of 
4 integrins/VCAM-1 and LFA-1/ICAM-1 in the binding and transendothelial migration of T lymphocytes and T lymphoblasts across high endothelial venules
1 Division of Cellular Immunology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
2 Immunology Research Group, Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
Correspondence to: A. Ager
Several cell adhesion molecules that mediate the binding of lymphocytes to high endothelial venules (HEV) from flowing blood have been identified but the regulation of lymphocyte migration across the HEV wall into the lymph node (LN) is far from understood. In this study we have used an in vitro model of lymphocyte migration across HEV, and analysed the roles of two integrins in the binding and transendothelial migration of T lymphocytes and T lymphoblasts. The adhesion of T lymphocytes to high endothelial cells (HEC) cultured from rat LN HEV differed from that of T lymphoblasts since the percentage of T lymphoblasts that adhered and transmigrated was higher and was not increased by IFN-
pretreatment of HEC. Antibodies to 
4 integrins, VCAM-1 or LFA-1 maximally inhibited T lymphocyte adhesion by 40–50%, whereas antibodies to ICAM-1 were less effective (<20% inhibition). The effects of 4 integrin and LFA-1 antibodies were additive, giving >90% inhibition. T lymphocytes which adhered in the presence of LFA-1 antibody showed reduced levels of transmigration and, in the presence of 4 integrin antibody, slightly increased transmigration. Antibodies to 4 integrins, VCAM-1, LFA-1 or ICAM-1 had little effect on T lymphoblast adhesion (maxima of 10–30% inhibition) and T lymphoblasts transmigrated normally in the presence of either 4 integrin or LFA-1 antibodies. However, the effects of 4 integrin and LFA-1 antibodies on T lymphoblast adhesion were synergistic, giving >90% inhibition of adhesion. These results suggest that the majority of T lymphoblasts use either 4 integrins or LFA-1 to bind and transmigrate HEV, and the roles of these integrins on activated T cells are overlapping and redundant. In contrast, either integrin supports half-maximal binding of unactivated T lymphocytes to the surface of HEV and LFA-1 makes a larger contribution than 4 integrins to transendothelial migration.
Keywords: 4 integrins, high endothelial venules, ICAM-1, LFA-1, T lymphocytes, transendothelial migration, VCAM-1
3 Present address: Centre d'Immunologie et de Biologie Parasitaire, INSERM U167, Institut Pasteur de Lille, 59019 Lille Cedex, France.
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