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Role of L-selectin in the vascular homing of peripheral blood-derived endothelial progenitor cells.

Journal of Immunology 2004 October 16
Ex vivo expanded endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) represent a new potential approach for the revascularization of ischemic sites. However, local accumulation of infused EPCs in these sites is poor, and the mechanisms responsible for their homing are largely unknown. We observed the expression of L-selectin, an adhesion receptor that regulates lymphocyte homing and leukocyte rolling and migration, on ex vivo expanded blood-derived human EPCs. When EPCs were subcloned in SV40-T large Ag-transfected isolates, the copresence of L-selectin and endothelial lineage markers was confirmed. We therefore demonstrated that the expression of L-selectin by EPCs was functional because it mediates interaction with a murine endothelial cell line (H.end) expressing L-selectin ligands by way of transfection with alpha(1,3/4)-fucosyltransferase. Indeed, adhesion of EPCs after incubation at 4 degrees C on a rotating platform was enhanced on alpha(1,3/4)-fucosyltransferase-transfected H.end cells compared with control vector-transfected cells, and treatment with anti-L-selectin Abs prevented this event. We then studied the role of L-selectin in EPC homing in vivo. H.end cells were implanted s.c. in SCID mice to form endothelioma tumors, and EPCs were subsequently i.v. injected. L-selectin+ EPCs localized into alpha(1,3/4)-fucosyltransferase-transfected endothelial tumors to a greater extent than in control tumors, and they were able to directly contribute to tumor vascularization by forming L-selectin+ EPC-containing vessels. In conclusion, our results showed that a mechanism typical of leukocyte adhesion is involved in the vascular homing of EPCs within sites of selectin ligand expression. This observation may provide knowledge about the substrate to design strategies to improve EPC localization in damaged tissues.

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