von Willebrand factor promotes leukocyte extravasation
- 25 November 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Hematology in Blood
- Vol. 116 (22), 4712-4719
- https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2010-03-276311
Abstract
Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is an important player in hemostasis but has also been suggested to promote inflammatory processes. Gene ablation of VWF causes a simultaneous defect in P-selectin expression making it difficult to identify VWF-specific functions. Therefore, we analyzed whether blocking antibodies against VWF would be able to interfere with neutrophil extravasation. We found that these antibodies inhibited neutrophil recruitment into thioglycollate-inflamed peritoneum and KC-stimulated cremaster by approximately 50%. Whereas platelet-VWF was not involved, the contribution of VWF to granulocyte recruitment was strictly dependent on the presence of platelets and the accessibility of their VWF-receptor glycoprotein Ib. Surprisingly, platelet P-selectin was largely dispensable for leukocyte extravasation, in agreement with our observation that anti-VWF antibodies did not affect leukocyte rolling and adhesion. Searching for possible effects downstream of leukocyte capture, we found that anti-VWF antibodies significantly inhibited thioglycollate-induced vascular permeability. The increase of permeability was independent of circulating granulocytes, showing that it was not a side effect of neutrophil diapedesis. Collectively, our results demonstrate that VWF-associated platelets strongly support neutrophil extravasation at a step downstream of leukocyte docking to the vessel wall. This step could be related to leukocyte diapedesis facilitated by destabilization of the endothelial barrier.Keywords
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