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Spatiotemporal restriction of endothelial cell calcium signaling is required during leukocyte transmigration
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Spatiotemporal restriction of endothelial cell calcium signaling is required during leukocyte transmigration

Prarthana J. Dalal, David P. Sullivan, Evan W. Weber, David B. Sacks, Matthias Gunzer, Isabella M. Grumbach, Joan Heller Brown and William A. Muller
The Journal of experimental medicine, Vol.218(1), e20192378
01/04/2021
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20192378
PMCID: PMC7953625
PMID: 32970800
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https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20192378View
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Abstract

Endothelial cell calcium flux is critical for leukocyte transendothelial migration (TEM), which in turn is essential for the inflammatory response. Intravital microscopy of endothelial cell calcium dynamics reveals that calcium increases locally and transiently around the transmigration pore during TEM. Endothelial calmodulin (CaM), a key calcium signaling protein, interacts with the IQ domain of IQGAP1, which is localized to endothelial junctions and is required for TEM. In the presence of calcium, CaM binds endothelial calcium/calmodulin kinase IIδ (CaMKIIδ). Disrupting the function of CaM or CaMKII with small-molecule inhibitors, expression of a CaMKII inhibitory peptide, or expression of dominant negative CaMKIIδ significantly reduces TEM by interfering with the delivery of the lateral border recycling compartment (LBRC) to the site of TEM. Endothelial CaMKII is also required for TEM in vivo as shown in two independent mouse models. These findings highlight novel roles for endothelial CaM and CaMKIIδ in transducing the spatiotemporally restricted calcium signaling required for TEM.

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