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. 2006 Dec;7(12):1299-308.
doi: 10.1038/ni1406.

Fever-range thermal stress promotes lymphocyte trafficking across high endothelial venules via an interleukin 6 trans-signaling mechanism

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Fever-range thermal stress promotes lymphocyte trafficking across high endothelial venules via an interleukin 6 trans-signaling mechanism

Qing Chen et al. Nat Immunol. 2006 Dec.

Abstract

Fever is an evolutionarily conserved response during acute inflammation, although its physiological benefit is poorly understood. Here we show thermal stress in the range of fever temperatures increased the intravascular display of two 'gatekeeper' homing molecules, intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) and CCL21 chemokine, exclusively in high endothelial venules (HEVs) that are chief portals for the entry of blood-borne lymphocytes into lymphoid organs. Enhanced endothelial expression of ICAM-1 and CCL21 was linked to increased lymphocyte trafficking across HEVs. A bifurcation in the mechanisms controlling HEV adhesion was demonstrated by evidence that the thermal induction of ICAM-1 but not of CCL21 involved an interleukin 6 trans-signaling pathway. Our findings identify the 'HEV axis' as a thermally sensitive alert system that heightens immune surveillance during inflammation by amplifying lymphocyte trafficking to lymphoid organs.

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  • Turning up the heat on HEVs.
    Bromley SK, Luster AD. Bromley SK, et al. Nat Immunol. 2006 Dec;7(12):1288-90. doi: 10.1038/ni1206-1288. Nat Immunol. 2006. PMID: 17110949 No abstract available.

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