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First published online December 20, 2007
doi: 10.1242/10.1242/jcs.022681


Journal of Cell Science 121, 29-37 (2008)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2008
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Phosphorylation of vascular endothelial cadherin controls lymphocyte emigration

Patric Turowski1,*, Roberta Martinelli1, Rebecca Crawford1,{ddagger}, David Wateridge1,§, Anna-Pia Papageorgiou1, Maria Grazia Lampugnani2, Alexander C. Gamp5, Dietmar Vestweber5, Peter Adamson1, Elisabetta Dejana2,3,4 and John Greenwood1,*

1 Division of Cell Biology, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, 11-43 Bath Street, London, EC1V 9EL, UK
2 Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, University of Milan, 20139 Milan, Italy
3 IFOM-IEO Campus, Via Adamello 16, University of Milan, 20139 Milan, Italy
4 Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnologies, Faculty of Sciences, University of Milan, 20139 Milan, Italy
5 Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Röntgenstr. 20, 48149 Münster, Germany

* Authors for correspondence (e-mails: p.turowski{at}ucl.ac.uk; j.greenwood{at}ucl.ac.uk)

Accepted 25 September 2007

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Lymphocytes emigrate from the circulation to target tissues through the microvascular endothelial cell (EC) barrier. During paracellular transmigration cell-cell junctions have been proposed to disengage and provide homophilic and heterophilic interaction surfaces in a zip-like process. However, it is not known whether ECs modulate junction proteins during this process. Here we show that tyrosine phosphorylation of adherens junction vascular endothelial cadherin (VEC) is required for successful transendothelial lymphocyte migration. We found that adhesion of lymphocytes or activation of the endothelial intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM1) led to tyrosine phosphorylation of VEC. Substitution of tyrosine for phenylalanine in VEC at positions 645, 731 or 733 produced ECs that were significantly less permissive to lymphocyte migration. We also found that these same tyrosine residues are involved in ICAM1-dependent changes of VEC phosphorylation. ICAM1 activation enhanced transendothelial permeability, suggesting the occurrence of junction disassembly. In agreement, the expression of VEC mutated at Y645F, Y731F or Y733F predominantly affected lymphocyte transmigration in paracellular areas. Taken together, these results demonstrate that phosphorylation of adherens junctions constitutes a molecular endpoint of lymphocyte-induced vascular EC signaling and may be exploited as a new target of anti-inflammatory therapies.

Key words: Lymphocyte migration, VE-cadherin, Tyrosine phosphorylation, Brain endothelium, ICAM1


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