| First Author | Staite ND | Year | 1996 |
| Journal | Blood | Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 8 | Pages | 2973-9 |
| PubMed ID | 8874194 | Mgi Jnum | J:36036 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:83487 | Doi | 10.1182/blood.v88.8.2973.bloodjournal8882973 |
| Citation | Staite ND, et al. (1996) Inhibition of delayed-type contact hypersensitivity in mice deficient in both E-selectin and P-selectin. Blood 88(8):2973-9 |
| abstractText | Leukocyte rolling and emigration in response to inflammatory stimuli appears to involve both E-selectin- and P-selectin-dependent adhesion, which suggests that these molecules have overlapping functions. To clarify their relative contributions in chronic inflammation, we examined delayed-type contact hypersensitivity (DTH) responses in P-selectin, E-selectin, and E-/P-selectin-deficient mice. Oxazolone-induced increases in ear thickness and ear weight were equivalent in wild-type mice and in P-selectin and E-selectin mutants, but were significantly reduced in E-/P-selectin mutants. The number and area of microabscesses on the ears of E-/P-deficient mice were decreased by 72% and 93%, and the number of leukocytes invading the subdermal ear tissue was reduced. T cells from E-/P-deficient mice transferred oxazolone reactivity into naive wild-type mice. However, when donor T cells from wild-type mice were transferred into E-/P-selectin-deficient mice, the DTH response was significantly impaired. These results show that leukocyte recruitment into a subacute inflammatory reaction can occur when either P-selectin or E-selectin is present, but is significantly reduced when both selectins are absent. Both P- and E-selectin are likely to play important roles in the development and maintenance of inflammatory diseases. |
