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From the Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury, Department of Anesthesia, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Abstract |
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During episodes of inflammation, polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) transendothelial migration has the potential to disturb vascular barrier function and give rise to intravascular fluid extravasation and edema. However, little is known regarding innate mechanisms that dampen
fluid loss during PMN-endothelial interactions. Using an in vitro endothelial paracellular permeability model, we observed a PMN-mediated decrease in endothelial paracellular permeability. A similar decrease was elicited by cell-free supernatants from activated PMN (FMLP
106 M), suggesting the presence of a PMN-derived soluble mediator(s). Biophysical and biochemical analysis of PMN supernatants revealed a role for PMN-derived 5'-adenosine monophosphate (AMP) and its metabolite, adenosine, in modulation of endothelial paracellular permeability. Supernatants from activated PMN contained micromolar concentrations of bioactive
5'-AMP and adenosine. Furthermore, exposure of endothelial monolayers to authentic
5'-AMP and adenosine increased endothelial barrier function more than twofold in both human
umbilical vein endothelial cells and human microvascular endothelial cells. 5'-AMP bioactivity
required endothelial CD73-mediated conversion of 5'-AMP to adenosine via its 5'-ectonucleotidase activity. Decreased endothelial paracellular permeability occurred through adenosine A2B receptor activation and was accompanied by a parallel increase in intracellular cAMP. We conclude that activated PMN release soluble mediators, such as 5'-AMP and adenosine, that
promote endothelial barrier function. During inflammation, this pathway may limit potentially
deleterious increases in endothelial paracellular permeability and could serve as a basic mechanism of endothelial resealing during PMN transendothelial migration.
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Introduction |
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Neutrophil-mediated tissue injury is a prominent component in organ damage during inflammation (1). Endothelial cells, which line the inner lumen of blood vessels and largely determine overall vascular permeability, are primary targets for PMN during uncontrolled inflammatory responses (2). Endothelial injury may result in increased endothelial paracellular permeability and decreased endothelial barrier function. The resultant local tissue edema and intravascular loss of fluid and solutes may further exacerbate tissue injury via interference with cellular function and limitation of regional blood flow (3). At present, mechanisms that may limit fulminant vascular leak during PMN-endothelial interactions remain largely unknown.
Although PMN possess an extensive cytotoxic arsenal (1), their interactions with the endothelium do not inevitably result in increased endothelial paracellular permeability (4). In fact, in the absence of PMN-endothelial adhesion, no significant change in endothelial paracellular permeability is observed (5, 6), and in vitro models, PMN-mediated changes in endothelial paracellular permeability do not occur in the absence of prior endothelial activation (5). Endothelial paracellular permeability may remain unchanged even with transendothelial PMN migration (7). And in vivo, increased endothelial paracellular permeability is not apparent despite extensive noninflammatory PMN-endothelial adhesion and subsequent transendothelial PMN migration (8).
In this study of PMN-endothelial interactions, we observed an increase in endothelial barrier function upon exposure to activated PMN. Further examination revealed that an increase in barrier function was elicited by a small, stable PMN-derived soluble mediator(s). Biochemical analysis revealed that 5'-adenosine monophosphate (AMP)1 and adenosine fulfill criteria as PMN-derived bioactive compounds which promote endothelial barrier function. From this work, we propose a pathway by which PMN regulate endothelial paracellular permeability during such cell-cell crosstalk.
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Materials and Methods |
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Endothelial Cell Isolation and Culture.
Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) were harvested and cultured by a modification of methods previously described (9, 10). In brief, HUVEC were harvested with 0.1% collagenase and incubated at 37°C in 95% air/5% CO2. Culture medium was supplemented with heat-inactivated bovine calf serum, penicillin, streptomycin, Hepes, heparin, L-glutamine, and endothelial mitogen factor. For preparation of experimental HUVEC monolayers, confluent endothelial cells (passages 1, 2, or 3) were seeded at ~2 × 105 cells/ cm2 onto either permeable polycarbonate inserts or 6-well plates precoated with 0.1% gelatin. Endothelial cell purity was assessed by phase microscopic "cobblestone" appearance and uptake of fluorescent acetylated low density lipoprotein. Human microvascular endothelial cells (HMVEC), a microvascular endothelial primary culture isolated from adult dermis, were obtained from Cascade Biologics (Portland, OR) and cultured as recommended. Where indicated, T84 intestinal epithelial cells were cultured and passaged as previously described (11).Endothelial Macromolecule Paracellular Permeability Assay.
Using a modification of methods previously described (9), HUVEC or HMVEC on polycarbonate permeable inserts (0.4-µm pore, 6.5-mm diam; Costar Corp., Cambridge, MA) were studied 7-10 d after seeding (2-5 d after confluency). Inserts were placed in HBSS-containing wells (1 ml), and HBSS (alone or with PMN, PMN supernatant, 5'-AMP, or adenosine) was added to inserts (150 µl). In experiments using adenosine receptor antagonists, 5'-ectonucleotidase inhibitors, or NBTI, these compounds were added 20 min before addition of 5'-AMP or adenosine. At the start of the assay (t = 0), FITC-labeled dextran 70 kD (concentration 3.5 µM) was added to fluid within the insert. In experiments examining HMVEC paracellular permeability, the initial concentration of FITC-labeled dextran 70 kD was increased to 7 µM due to increased baseline barrier function of HMVEC (~20-fold) compared with HUVEC. The size of FITC-dextran, 70 kD, approximates that of human albumin, both of which have been used in similar endothelial paracellular permeability models (12, 13). Monolayers were stirred via a rotating platform (60 rotations/min, Clinical Rotater; Fisher Scientific Co., Pittsburgh, PA) and serosal fluid from each well was sampled (50 µl) over 60 min (t = 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 60 min); sample volume was replaced with HBSS. Fluorescence intensity of each sample was measured (excitation, 485 nm; emission, 530 nm; Cytofluor 2300; Millipore Corp., Waters Chromatography, Bedford, MA) and FITC-dextran concentrations were determined from standard curves generated by serial dilution of FITC-dextran. Paracellular flux was calculated by linear regression of sample fluorescence (Excel 5.0, Microsoft WA, Power Macintosh 7200; reference 14). Consistent with observations of other investigators, control experiments demonstrated decreased paracellular permeability with forskolin and 8-bromo-cAMP (15) and increased paracellular permeability with thrombin and hydrogen peroxide (16; data not shown).Isolation of Human Neutrophils.
PMN were freshly isolated from whole blood obtained by venipuncture from human volunteers and anticoagulated with acid citrate/dextrose (11). Plasma and mononuclear cells were removed by aspiration from the buffy coat after centrifugation (400 g × 20 min) at 25°C. Erythrocytes were removed using a 2% gelatin sedimentation technique. Residual erythrocytes were removed by lysis in cold NH4Cl buffer. Remaining cells were >90% PMN as assessed by microscopic evaluation. PMN were studied within 2 h of their isolation.PMN-HUVEC Adhesion Assay.
PMN, activated with FMLP (10-6 M), was added to HUVEC grown on permeable inserts. After incubation for 60 min at 37°C, each monolayer was gently washed with 1 ml of Dulbecco's PBS to remove nonadherent cells. The contents of each monolayer were then solubilized in 0.5% Triton X-100. Adherent PMN were quantified by myeloperoxidase assay (11).Preparation of Activated PMN Supernatants.
Freshly isolated PMN (108 cells/ml in HBSS with 10-6 M FMLP) were placed in a glass culture tube and agitated (Adams Nutator; Clay Adams Inc., Nutley, NJ) for one minute. PMN suspensions were then immediately spun (1,000 g × 20 s, 4°C), filtered (0.45 µm; Phenomenex, Torrance, CA), and frozen (Measurement of 5-Ectonucleotidase Activity.
Based on a modification of the method of Bonitati et al. (17), HBSS with or without 1E9 (mAb anti-CD73; 10 mcg/ml), C5/D5 (mAb anti-CD47; 10 mcg/ml), or APCP (3 µM) was added to HUVEC monolayers on 6-well plates. After 10 min, E-AMP (10 µM) was added. After 10 min, fluid was removed, acidified to pH 3.5 with HCl, spun (1,000 g × 20 s, 4°C), filtered (0.45 µm), and frozen (Characterization of PMN-derived Mediators.
To estimate the size range of PMN-derived mediators, activated PMN supernatants were passed through progressively smaller nominal molecular mass cut-off filters (Amicon, Danvers, MA) under N2 pressure (18). To investigate the stability of PMN-derived mediators to extremes in temperature, activated PMN supernatants were placed in 1.5-ml eppendorf tubes and either boiled (15 min) or repeatedly (3×) frozen (High Performance Liquid Chromatography.
A Hewlett-Packard HPLC (model 1050) with an HP 1100 diode array detector was used with a reverse phase HPLC column (Luna 5µ C18(2) 150 × 4.60 mm; Phenomenex, CA). 5'-AMP was measured with a NaPhos 0.1 M, pH 6.0, mobile phase (1 ml/min). Adenosine was measured with a H2O:CH3CN (both with 0.01% acetic acid) 96:4 mobile phase (1 ml/min). E-AMP and E-ADO were measured with a 0-50% methanol/H2O gradient (10 min) mobile phase (2 ml/min). Absorbance was measured at 260 nm. UV absorption spectra were obtained at chromatographic peaks. Adenosine and adenine nucleotides were identified by their chromatographic behavior (retention time, UV absorption spectra, and coelution with standards; 19).CD73 Immunoprecipitation.
Confluent cells were labeled with biotin, lysed, and cell debris removed by centrifugation (9). Lysates were precleared with 50 µl preequilibrated protein G-Sepharose (Amersham Pharmacia Biotechnology, Piscataway, NJ). Immunoprecipitation of CD73 was performed with mAb 1E9 (1:1,000) followed by addition of 50 µl preequilibrated protein G-Sepharose and overnight incubation. Washed immunoprecipitates were boiled in nonreducing sample buffer (2.5% SDS, 0.38 M Tris, pH 6.8, 20% glycerol, and 0.1% bromophenol blue), separated by nonreducing SDS-PAGE, transferred to nitrocellulose, and blocked overnight in blocking buffer. Biotinylated proteins were labeled with streptavidin-peroxidase and visualized by enhanced chemiluminescence (ECL; Amersham Pharmacia Biotechnology).Western Blotting of A2B Receptor.
Confluent cells were lysed and cell debris removed by centrifugation (9). Samples of lysates were separated by nonreducing SDS-PAGE, transferred to nitrocellulose, and blocked overnight in blocking buffer (250 nM NaCl, 0.02% Tween-20, 5% normal goat serum, and 3% BSA). Primary Ab to A2BR (1:1,000 polyclonal; reference 20) was added for 3 h followed by wash and addition of peroxidase-conjugated secondary Ab (1:3,000 goat anti-chicken antibody; Kirkegaard & Perry Laboratories, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD). Labeled bands were detected by ECL.Intracellular cAMP.
HBSS with or without 5'-AMP or adenosine was added to HUVEC monolayers on 6-well plates in the presence of Ro 20-1724 (0.5 mM), a non-xanthine phosphodiesterase inhibitor (21). After 15 min, cells were cooled to 4°C, washed, and cAMP extracted with lysis buffer (EtOH 66%, H2O 33%, Ro 20-1724 0.1 mM). Lysates were cleared by centrifugation (10,000 g × 20 min, 4°C), vacuum dried to remove EtOH, rehydrated in water, and stored (Materials.
Adenosine was obtained from Calbiochem-Novabiochem Corp. (La Jolla, CA). Adenosine amine congener (ADAC), 5'-(N-cyclopropyl)-carboxamidoadenosine (CPCA), 8-(3-chlorostyryl) caffeine (CSC), and alloxazine were obtained from Research Biochemical International (Natick, MA). Ethenoadenosine-5'-monophosphate (E-AMP), ethenoadenosine (E-Ado), ![]() |
Results |
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To investigate the influence of activated PMN on endothelial paracellular permeability, PMN with FMLP (106 M) and
FITC-dextran 70 kD were added to HUVEC monolayers
grown on permeable inserts. The maximal PMN dose
(107/monolayer) resulted in a decrease in FITC-dextran
transendothelial flux (Fig. 1). This decrease in FITC-dextran flux occurred despite an increase in PMN-HUVEC
adhesion, as addition of 105, 106, and 107 PMN/monolayer
resulted in 5.8 ± 2.0 × 104, 6.6 ± 1.8 × 105, 2.5 ± 0.7 × 106 adherent PMN/monolayer, respectively. To determine
whether a decrease in paracellular flux was mediated by a
PMN-derived soluble mediator, cell-free supernatants of
activated PMN were added to HUVEC monolayers. Similar to intact PMN, supernatants of activated PMN decreased transendothelial flux of FITC-dextran in a PMN
concentration-dependent manner (Fig. 2, ANOVA, P < 0.05). Subsequent experiments revealed no apparent endothelial uptake of FITC-dextran, no influence of FMLP
(10
6-10
10 M) on transendothelial FITC-dextran flux,
and no quenching of FITC-dextran fluorescence by activated PMN supernatants (data not shown). Therefore, we
concluded that a PMN-derived soluble mediator(s) decreases endothelial paracellular permeability.
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After demonstrating that a PMN-derived soluble mediator(s) promotes endothelial barrier function, we examined its basic physical and chemical properties. First, to gain
insight into the molecular mass of this mediator(s), activated PMN supernatants were passed through progressively
smaller molecular mass cut-off filters (range 1-10 kD).
These experiments revealed that supernatants passaged through filters with a molecular mass cut-off as low as 1 kD, when added to endothelial monolayers, decreased endothelial permeability (51 ± 12% decrease in paracellular
permeability compared with control [HBSS]). We next addressed the stability of this mediator(s). Supernatants that
had undergone boiling or repeated cycles of freeze/thaw,
when added to endothelial monolayers, also decreased endothelial paracellular permeability (38 ± 9% and 57 ± 8%
decrease in permeability, respectively, compared with control). These supernatant-mediated reductions in FITC-dextran flux were similar to that elicited by untreated, activated PMN supernatants (45 ± 8%, P = NS, ANOVA). Such findings suggested that the PMN-derived soluble
mediator(s) was a small (<1 kD), stable molecule. These
biophysical features are similar to those of 5'-AMP and
adenosine, previously identified PMN-derived factors (18).
Therefore, using HPLC analysis, we examined 5'-AMP
and adenosine in PMN supernatants under our defined activation conditions (Fig. 3). Indeed, this analysis revealed 5'-AMP and adenosine in activated PMN supernatants by
retention times and UV spectra similar to authentic standards (Fig. 3, insets). Supernatant concentrations of 5'-AMP
and adenosine peaked within minutes of PMN activation
(Fig. 4). After 1 min of PMN activation (FMLP 106 M),
5'-AMP concentrations increased from undetectable levels (<20 nM) to 7.3 ± 1.3 µM. The concentration of 5'-AMP
declined thereafter, reaching 1.7 ± 0.1 µM by 20 min. In
comparison, supernatant concentrations of adenosine reached
a maximum of 4.9 ± 0.5 µM at 2.5 min of PMN activation and declined to 1.4 ± 0.3 µM at 20 min. These results
demonstrate that PMN activation results in relatively
high extracellular concentrations (i.e., micromolar) of both
5'-AMP and adenosine. As with other PMN-derived mediators, local in vivo concentrations of these compounds
are likely greater due to restricted diffusion from the PMN-endothelial microenvironment (23, 24).
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After determining that activated PMN supernatants contain micromolar concentrations of 5'-AMP and adenosine, we examined the influence of native compounds on endothelial paracellular permeability. Previous studies have yielded conflicting results with regard to the influence of adenosine on endothelial paracellular permeability (21, 25). Furthermore, we are unaware of studies investigating the influence of 5'-AMP on endothelial paracellular permeability. Addition of either 5'-AMP or adenosine to HUVEC monolayers decreased FITC-dextran flux in a concentration-dependent manner (Fig. 5). Similar results were observed with the addition of 5'-AMP or adenosine to HMVEC monolayers (Fig. 5). In both endothelial cell types, the concentration response curves of 5'-AMP and adenosine were equivalent (P = NS; ANOVA). In subsequent investigations, 5'-AMP and adenosine were studied at their approximate EC50 (50 µM).
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Based on the equivalent potencies of 5'-AMP and adenosine, the absence of a known purinoreceptor for 5'-AMP (26), and the 5'-ectonucleotidase enzymatic activity of CD73 in endothelial cells (27), we investigated whether the 5'-AMP- mediated decrease in endothelial paracellular permeability required conversion of 5'-AMP to adenosine at the endothelial cell surface. First, we confirmed the presence of extracellular CD73 expression in this model. As shown in Fig. 6 A, a ~70-kD cell surface protein consistent with CD73 was immunoprecipitated in HUVEC and HMVEC by the mAb 1E9, similar to that immunoprecipitated from T84 cells, an intestinal epithelia cell line in which CD73 is constitutively expressed (28). Next, 5'-AMP was added to HUVEC monolayers pretreated with increasing concentrations of the 5'-ectonucleotidase inhibitor APCP (29; Fig. 6 B). Pretreatment with APCP diminished (300 nM) or abolished (3 µM) the 5'-AMP-mediated decrease in endothelial paracellular permeability. Furthermore, pretreatment with APCP (3 µM) did not influence the adenosine-mediated decrease in permeability (52 ± 12% without APCP vs. 48 ± 14% with APCP; [adenosine] = 50 µM). Additionally, we examined the influence of the anti-CD73 mAb (1E9; 10 µg/ml) on 5'-AMP bioactivity (Fig. 6 C). Pretreatment of HUVEC monolayers with 1E9 abolished ([5'-AMP] = 10 µM) or attenuated ([5'-AMP] = 100 µM, 1 mM) the 5'-AMP-mediated decrease in permeability. In contrast, 1E9 pretreatment (10 µg/ml) of HUVEC did not influence the adenosine-mediated decrease in permeability (Fig. 6 C). Furthermore, pretreatment of HUVEC with C5/D5 (10 µg/ml), an anti-CD47 endothelial binding control mAb (22), did not influence the 5'-AMP-mediated decrease in endothelial paracellular permeability (62 ± 4% without C5/D5 vs. 58 ± 5% with C5/D5; [5'-AMP] = 1 mM). Prior reports have suggested that 1E9 inhibits 5'-ectonucleotidase activity in a human endothelial cell line (30) but may not inhibit 5'-ectonucleotidase activity in placental tissue (27). Therefore, using HPLC analysis of CD73 substrate, we examined 1E9 inhibition of HUVEC 5'-ectonucleotidase activity by measuring endothelial conversion of the adenine nucleotide E-AMP to E-ADO (17; Fig. 6 D). After pretreatment with 1E9 (10 µg/ml), 5'-ectonucleotidase activity decreased by 58 (4% vs. HBSS. By comparison, pretreatment with anti-CD47 mAb C5/D5 did not influence 5'-ectonucleotidase activity. These results suggest a prominent role for endothelial CD73 5'-ectonucleotidase activity in the 5'-AMP-mediated decrease in endothelial paracellular permeability.
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Based on our observations that the mechanism of the 5'-AMP-mediated decrease in endothelial paracellular permeability may involve extracellular conversion of 5'-AMP to adenosine, the role of adenosine receptor activation was examined. HUVEC monolayers were pretreated (12 h) with NECA, a nonmetabolizable and potent nonselective adenosine receptor agonist; such pretreatment desensitizes adenosine receptor-mediated responses (28). Pretreatment with NECA diminished (300 nM) or abolished (3 µM) the 5'-AMP mediated decrease in endothelial paracellular permeability (Fig. 7). Because endothelial cells are also capable of rapid cellular uptake of extracellular adenosine (31), the potential role of endothelial cell signaling via adenosine uptake was examined. HUVEC monolayers were pretreated with nitrobenzylthioinosine (NBTI, 10 µM) before the addition of 5'-AMP; NBTI is an inhibitor of facilitated membrane transport of purine nucleotides (32). Pretreatment with NBTI did not influence the 5'-AMP-mediated reduction in permeability (53 ± 5% with NBTI vs. 47 ± 4% without NBTI; [5'-AMP] = 50 µM). Therefore, the 5'-AMP- mediated decrease in permeability was not dependent upon endothelial adenosine uptake. We conclude from these data that 5'-AMP decreases endothelial paracellular permeability via its extracellular conversion to adenosine and subsequent endothelial adenosine receptor activation.
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To further define the purine receptor involved in the adenosine-mediated decrease in endothelial paracellular permeability, increasing concentrations of either the A1-specific agonist ADAC or the A2-specific agonist CPCA were examined in our endothelial paracellular permeability model (Fig. 8). Whereas the A1 agonist ADAC did not influence FITC-dextran transendothelial flux, the A2 agonist CPCA decreased flux in a manner similar to 5'-AMP and adenosine. At present, a specific A2B receptor agonist is not available (20). Therefore, A2A and A2B receptor antagonists were used to further define the A2 receptor subtype. 5'-AMP was added to HUVEC monolayers pretreated with increasing concentrations of either CSC (A2A antagonist) or alloxazine (A2B antagonist; Fig. 9). Whereas pretreatment with CSC had no significant influence (Fig. 9 A), pretreatment with alloxazine significantly diminished the 5'-AMP-mediated decrease in endothelial paracellular permeability (B). We conclude that 5'-AMP decreases permeability via conversion to adenosine with subsequent adenosine A2B receptor activation. Western blot analysis confirmed the presence of the adenosine A2B receptor in both HUVEC and HMVEC (Fig. 9 C), similar to T84 intestinal epithelia cells (20).
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Activation of adenosine A2 receptors results in increased intracellular levels of cAMP via stimulation of adenylate cyclase through receptor interaction with Gs (26).
Therefore, adenylate cyclase activity in response to 5'-AMP (50 µM) or adenosine (50 µM) was investigated by
determining the cumulative production of cAMP over 15 min in the presence of the non-xanthine phosphodiesterase inhibitor Ro 20-1724 (0.5 mM; reference 21). Compared
with control (HBSS), administration of 5'-AMP and adenosine resulted in similar increases in intracellular cAMP
levels (287 ± 23% and 321 ± 21% increase, respectively),
suggesting that 5'-AMP and adenosine are equipotent in
their stimulation of adenylate cyclase activity.
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Endothelial cells, the primary determinants of vascular permeability (33), may suffer PMN-mediated injury and dysfunction during inflammation. Such injury and dysfunction is typically manifested by a decrease in endothelial barrier function (2). In this study, we examined the influence of PMN on endothelial paracellular permeability. This study revealed that intact PMN promote endothelial barrier function. Similarly, small (<1 kD), stable PMN-derived mediators also promote endothelial barrier function. These soluble mediators were identified as 5'-AMP and adenosine based on their physical and chemical characteristics and chromatographic behavior. Further studies revealed that 5'-AMP undergoes conversion to adenosine at the endothelial cell surface. Adenosine, whether from CD73-mediated conversion of 5'-AMP or PMN-derived, activates A2B receptors, increases intracellular cAMP, and results in increased endothelial barrier function.
Neutrophil-mediated endothelial cell injury may occur during inflammation but requires PMN-endothelial cell adhesion (5, 6). However, PMN-endothelial adhesion does not necessarily result in endothelial injury. For example, in vitro, PMN-endothelial adhesion or transendothelial PMN migration does not lead to increased permeability without prior endothelial cell activation (5, 7, 34). Furthermore, in vivo, ~100 billion PMN normally exit the circulation per day (8) via PMN-endothelial cell adhesion and transendothelial PMN migration, without clear adverse consequences. In the studies presented here, PMN interactions with unactivated endothelium resulted in enhanced endothelial barrier function. To eliminate the possible direct physical obstruction to tracer flux by PMN, we examined the influence of cell-free supernatants from activated PMN. Under these conditions, PMN supernatants increased endothelial barrier function by as much as twofold. Thus, activated PMN release soluble mediators that dramatically promote endothelial barrier function. This is the first report of PMN-mediated enhancement of endothelial barrier function and is contrary to the dogma that PMN-endothelial interactions result in endothelial injury. Other investigators using similar models have not observed such an influence of activated PMN or activated PMN supernatants (35, 36), possibly due to their use of lower PMN concentrations. Indeed, in these experiments, low numbers of PMN (105 or 106 per monolayer) or dilute PMN supernatants (>1:8 dilution) failed to influence endothelial paracellular permeability, suggesting that these PMN-derived soluble mediators act locally.
Upon activation, PMN release numerous compounds, either via exocytosis of intracellular granules or directly across the cellular membrane (37). Based on biophysical features of this PMN-derived mediator (i.e., stable, MW <1 kD) and previous work demonstrating actions of PMN-derived 5'-AMP and its metabolite, adenosine, in an epithelial cell model (18), we measured concentrations of these compounds in supernatants from activated PMN. Concentrations of 5'-AMP and adenosine were in a range sufficient to influence endothelial paracellular permeability. However, because the concentrations of these compounds in supernatants do not fully account for the observed changes in endothelial paracellular permeability, their effects are likely augmented by or additive with other, unidentified PMN-derived compounds. As with other PMN-derived mediators, local concentrations of 5'-AMP and adenosine are greater within the PMN-endothelial microenvironment (23, 38). The elevated concentrations of 5'-AMP in activated PMN supernatants are likely due to extracellular metabolism of ATP and ADP released by viable PMN (39, 40). Similarly, the elevated concentrations of adenosine in activated PMN supernatants are likely due to extracellular metabolism of PMN-derived 5'-AMP (40). The mechanisms by which PMN release adenine nucleotides and adenosine into the extracellular environment are not clearly defined but appear to involve direct transport or diffusion across the cell membrane (19). The concentrations of 5'-AMP and adenosine in activated PMN supernatants reported here are consistent with those reported by others (18, 39), and as with previous reports (39), even higher concentrations of these compounds were observed upon PMN activation with PMA (data not shown).
Although we investigated PMN-derived 5'-AMP and adenosine, other cell types may contribute to intravascular concentrations of these compounds and thereby modulate endothelial paracellular permeability. Endothelial cells themselves release adenine nucleotides and adenosine (19) that have the potential to influence permeability through an autocrine pathway. Eosinophils also release 5'-AMP and adenosine in quantities similar to that produced by PMN (41). Platelets release adenine nucleotides and adenosine (42). Platelet-derived ATP and ADP concentrations may reach 20 µM in serum and even higher (i.e., mM) at the endothelial cell surface (43). Through endothelial cell surface conversion of ATP and ADP to 5'-AMP via ecto-ATP diphosphohydrolase (CD39; reference 44) and subsequent conversion to adenosine via 5'-ectonucleotidase/ CD73, such platelet-derived ATP and ADP may indirectly modulate endothelial paracellular permeability (44). Similar enzymatic conversion of ATP to adenosine may modulate endothelial paracellular permeability in conditions where serum ATP concentrations reach 20-100 µM such as organ injury (45) and traumatic shock (46).
Endothelial cell surface metabolism of 5'-AMP to adenosine requires 5'-ectonucleotidase/CD73; other ectonucleotidases are not capable of metabolizing 5'-AMP (44).
Through inhibition of endothelial 5'-ectonucleotidase/
CD73 with APCP or mAb 1E9, our data demonstrate that
the 5'-AMP-mediated decrease in endothelial paracellular
permeability requires endothelial cell surface conversion of
5'-AMP to adenosine. The competitive inhibitor APCP
abolished the influence of 5'-AMP, whereas the less potent, noncompetitive inhibitor mAb 1E9 substantially diminished the influence of 5'-AMP. In comparison, neither
5'-ectonucleotidase/CD73 inhibitor had any influence on
the adenosine-mediated decrease in endothelial paracellular
permeability. Thus, 5'-ectonucleotidase/CD73 influences endothelial cell permeability in addition to its previously
characterized role as a cell adhesion molecule (47). This
role of 5'-ectonucleotidase in modulating endothelial paracellular permeability via conversion of 5'-AMP to adenosine and subsequent adenosine receptor activation is supported by its previously reported roles in modulating the intestinal chloride secretory effects of PMN-derived 5'-AMP (18) and the anti-inflammatory effects of endothelial-derived 5'-AMP (19). Although this study was restricted to
the role of endothelial CD73 in the 5'-AMP-mediated decrease in endothelial paracellular permeability, other cell
types may also enhance this 5'-AMP-mediated decrease in
endothelial paracellular permeability. For example, PMN
have themselves been demonstrated to contribute 5'-ectonucleotidase activity (40). At present, it is not known whether
such 5'-ectonucleotidases are regulated or whether such
regulation contributes to modulation of vascular permeability in vivo. The CD73 promoter contains a binding site
for the nuclear transcription factor NF-B (48), establishing the possibility that this enzyme may be regulated by
proinflammatory mediators (17). Such a mechanism is well established for other endothelial proteins (49).
Adenosine A2B receptor activation, either directly by adenosine or after conversion of 5'-AMP, results in an increase in endothelial barrier function. This increase in endothelial barrier function is the opposite of that expected with endothelial injury but is consistent with adenosine's other, antiinflammatory roles. Although adenosine promotes PMN chemotaxis and PMN-endothelial adherence at low concentrations (i.e., picomolar), adenosine at higher concentrations (i.e., nanomolar) decreases PMN reactive oxygen species and leukotriene generation and inhibits PMN-endothelial adhesion (50, 51). These latter direct effects of adenosine on PMN function may account for the inhibition of PMN-mediated organ injury observed with adenosine administration both in vitro (52) and in vivo (53). Therefore, adenosine may also indirectly promote endothelial barrier function during inflammation via inhibition of PMN cytotoxicity. Other direct antiinflammatory effects of adenosine include inhibition of monocyte and endothelial release of inflammatory cytokines, inhibition of endothelial cell adhesion molecule expression, inhibition of PMN leukotriene biosynthesis, and activation of cellular antioxidant defense systems (51, 54). Adenosine's antiinflammatory effects extend into the postinflammatory phase via its promotion of wound healing (55). Thus, the adenosine-mediated increase in endothelial barrier function demonstrated in this study appears to represent part of an overall antiinflammatory role of this molecule (54).
In our model, adenosine primarily derived from 5'-AMP
promoted endothelial barrier function. Adenosine receptor
subtypes may be classified as A1, A2A, A2B, or A3. The presence of A2B receptors in HUVEC was demonstrated by
RT-PCR by Montesinos (55) and confirmed by Western
blot in this study. Adenosine A2 receptor activation (either
A2A or A2B) increases intracellular levels of cAMP via stimulation of adenylate cyclase and receptor interaction with Gs (26), whereas adenosine A1 or A3 receptor activation decreases intracellular levels of cAMP. In our model, adenosine decreased endothelial paracellular permeability and
increased intracellular levels of cAMP via adenosine A2B receptor activation. Therefore, our observations are consistent with the known consequences of adenosine A2 receptor activation and prior observations demonstrating a close
association between endothelial paracellular permeability antagonists and increased intracellular cAMP (56). Previous studies have yielded conflicting results on the influence of
adenosine receptor activation on endothelial paracellular
permeability. These differences may be due to differences
in endothelial cell origin or proportional expression of adenosine receptor subtypes (21, 25). Our data do not explain the
dependence of enhanced endothelial barrier function upon
activation of low-affinity A2B receptors rather than activation of high-affinity A2A receptors (26). Possibly, this difference may be due to either increased HUVEC A2B receptor
expression or intracellular cAMP compartmentalization.
Although the mechanism by which adenosine A2B receptor activation decreases endothelial paracellular permeability is not clear, it is attractive to propose that it is mediated through increased levels of intracellular cAMP for the following reasons. First, activation of adenosine A2B receptors increase intracellular cAMP (26). And second, there is an association between permeability antagonists and increased intracellular cAMP (56). In endothelial cells from different origins, increased intracellular cAMP (and decreased permeability) is accompanied by a rapid increase in polymerized actin, an increase in cell surface area, a loss of stress fibers, and increased phosphorylation of intermediate filaments, suggesting that cAMP-mediated changes in endothelial paracellular permeability may be due to alterations in cellular cytoskeleton (57). In turn, these cytoskeletal alterations most likely are dependent upon the activity of Rho GTPase proteins (58). Ultimately, these intracellular processes alter endothelial paracellular permeability via their actions on the intercellular junctions (59). Tight junctions and adherens junctions determine paracellular permeability in endothelial cells (4). In endothelial cells where baseline permeability is relatively high such as in HUVEC, organized tight junctions are not expressed and therefore, adherens junctions may be the predominate determinant of permeability (5). The importance of adherens junctions in determining endothelial paracellular permeability is supported by recent observations of a close correlation of permeability with phosphorylation of VE-cadherin, an adherens junction protein (60).
Therefore, based on the data presented here, we propose that PMN-derived 5'-AMP decreases endothelial paracellular permeability via CD73-mediated conversion of 5'-AMP to adenosine (Fig. 10). Adenosine, whether from endothelial CD73-mediated conversion of 5'-AMP or PMN-derived, activates endothelial adenosine A2B receptors. Receptor activation stimulates adenylate cyclase and leads to an increase in intracellular cAMP. This increase in cAMP results in cytoskeletal changes that decrease paracellular permeability via actions at interendothelial junctions. This decrease in endothelial paracellular permeability prevents edema and intravascular loss of fluid and solutes. Such a model suggests an inherent mechanism to dampen increased endothelial paracellular permeability during PMN-endothelial interactions.
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Address correspondence to Sean P. Colgan, Center for Experimental Therapeutics & Reperfusion Injury, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Thorn Bldg. 704, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115. Phone: 617-732-5500, ext. 1401; FAX: 617-278-6957; E-mail: colgan{at}zeus.bwh.harvard.edu
Received for publication 29 May 1998 and in revised form 7 August 1998.
We wish to thank Dr. Linda Thompson for supplying antibodies and Ms. Margaret Morrissey, Ms. Nana Fueki, and Ms. Andrea Dzus for their technical assistance.
This work was supported by National Institutes of Health grants KO8 HL03688-01 (to P.F. Lennon), DK50189 (to S.P. Colgan), DK09699 (to C.T. Taylor), and HL52886 and HL56086 (to G.L. Stahl). P.F. Lennon is a New Investigator of the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER).
Abbreviations used in this paper
ADAC, adenosine amine congener;
AMP, adenosine monophosphate;
APCP, ,
-methylene ADP;
CPCA, 5'-(N-cyclopropyl)-carboxamidoadenosine;
CSC, 8-(3-chlorostyryl) caffeine;
E-ADO, ethenoadenosine;
E-AMP, ethenoadenosine-5'-monophosphate;
ECL, enhanced chemiluminescence;
HMVEC, human microvascular endothelial cells;
HUVEC, human umbilical vein endothelial cells;
NBTI, nitrobenzylthioinosine;
NECA, 5'-(N-ethylcarboxamido)adenosine.
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