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. 1997 Feb;90(2):272–280. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1997.00154.x

Selective migration of highly differentiated primed T cells, defined by low expression of CD45RB, across human umbilical vein endothelial cells: effects of viral infection on transmigration.

N J Borthwick 1, A N Akbar 1, L P MacCormac 1, M Lowdell 1, J L Craigen 1, I Hassan 1, J E Grundy 1, M Salmon 1, K L Yong 1
PMCID: PMC1456733  PMID: 9135557

Abstract

Low expression of CD45RB on CD45RO+ T lymphocytes defines a subset of highly differentiated T lymphocytes that accumulate in vivo within the affected joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although it is known that CD45RO+ T lymphocytes migrate to sites of inflammation in vivo, it is not clear whether within this subset the CD45RBlo cells are selectively recruited or develop in situ within the joint. Using a transwell system we show that a small proportion of resting T lymphocytes migrated across unactivated human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). These migrating cells were CD45RO+ and enriched for low CD45RB expression. In addition, both the CD45RO+CD45RBlo subset and migrating cells expressed increased levels of beta 1 and beta 2 integrins and CD44. The percentage of CD45RO+CD45RBlo T lymphocytes was increased in the circulation of patients with acute Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. These in vivo activated cells also expressed increased levels beta 1 and beta 2 integrins and CD44, and showed an enhanced rate of transmigration compared with resting T lymphocytes. Transmigration of T lymphocytes was increased using the chemokines RANTES and lymphotactin and the cytokine interleukin-15 (IL-15). In addition, infection of the HUVEC with cytomegalovirus (CMV) led to an enhanced movement of T lymphocytes. In all of these cases the selective migration of the CD45RBlo subset was maintained. Thus although the rate of T-lymphocyte transmigration could be influenced by a number factors, the CD45RO+CD45RBlo subset has a migratory advantage suggesting that more differentiated CD45RO+CD45RBlo T lymphocytes are selectively recruited to sites of inflammation.

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