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Oxidant inhibition of alphaLbeta2 integrin adhesion: evidence for coordinate effects on conformation and cytoskeleton

B S Edwards1, E A Southon, M S Curry

  • 1Pathophysiology Division, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. bedwards@salud.unm.edu

Journal of Leukocyte Biology
|February 19, 1998
PubMed

Dithiothreitol (DTT) and other dithiol antioxidants with closely spaced thiol pairs strongly activate leukocyte function antigen-1 (LFA-1, alphaLbeta2 integrin) to bind intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1). Because direct biochemical modification of LFA-1 by DTT is not apparently involved, we investigated the possible role of a reduction-oxidation (redox)-sensitive adhesion-regulatory pathway. Phenylarsine oxide (PAO), an oxidant selectively reactive with closely spaced pairs of thiol groups, inhibited LFA-1-dependent adhesion of human natural killer and HSB2 T leukemia cells to murine cells expressing human ICAM-1. PAO also induced disappearance of a conformation-sensitive LFA-1 epitope recognized by KIM127 antibodies and promoted an increase in total apparent cytoskeleton-linked LFA-1 in which a novel cytochalasin D-resistant linkage was involved. Exposure of PAO-pretreated cells to DTT caused a decline in LFA-1/cytoskeleton linkages in conjunction with rapid restoration of KIM127 epitope expression and LFA-1 adhesive function. Implicating an intracellular site of action were findings that (1) an epitope-tagged PAO probe bound predominantly to intracellular proteins but not detectably to immunoprecipitation-purified LFA-1 chains, and (2) membrane permeant but not impermeant dithiol antioxidants reversed PAO adhesion-inhibitory effects. These results support the concept of a reversible redox-sensitive linkage between LFA-1 and cytoskeleton by which oxidants and antioxidants may exert profound opposing effects on LFA-1 conformation and adhesive function.

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