Nr4a1-Dependent Ly6C(low) Monocytes Monitor Endothelial Cells and Orchestrate Their Disposal

Leo M. Carlin, Efstathios G. Stamatiades, Cedric Auffray, Richard N. Hanna, Leanne Glover, Gema Vizcay-Barrena, Catherine C. Hedrick, H. Terence Cook, Sandra Diebold, Frederic Geissmann*

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Abstract

The functions of Nr4a1-dependent Ly6C(low) monocytes remain enigmatic. We show that they are enriched within capillaries and scavenge microparticles from their lumenal side in a steady state. In the kidney cortex, perturbation of homeostasis by a TLR7-dependent nucleic acid "danger" signal, which may signify viral infection or local cell death, triggers Gai-dependent intravascular retention of Ly6C(low) monocytes by the endothelium. Then, monocytes recruit neutrophils in a TLR7-dependent manner to mediate focal necrosis of endothelial cells, whereas the monocytes remove cellular debris. Prevention of Ly6C(low) monocyte development, crawling, or retention in Nr4a1(-/-), Itgal(-/-), and Tlr7(host-/-BM+/+) and Cx3cr1(-/-) mice, respectively, abolished neutrophil recruitment and endothelial killing. Prevention of neutrophil recruitment in Tlr7(host+/+BM-/-) mice or by neutrophil depletion also abolished endothelial cell necrosis. Therefore, Ly6C(low) monocytes are intravascular housekeepers that orchestrate the necrosis by neutrophils of endothelial cells that signal a local threat sensed via TLR7 followed by the in situ phagocytosis of cellular debris.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)362-375
Number of pages14
JournalCell
Volume153
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Apr 2013

Keywords

  • BONE-MARROW
  • BACTERIAL-INFECTION
  • ATHEROSCLEROSIS
  • NEPHRITIS
  • MICE
  • FRACTALKINE EXPRESSION
  • DENDRITIC CELLS
  • FUNCTION-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN-1
  • RECRUITMENT
  • SYSTEMIC-LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS

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