PMID- 26342259 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160323 LR - 20181113 IS - 1872-7905 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1759 (Print) IS - 0022-1759 (Linking) VI - 426 DP - 2015 Nov TI - Visualization of integrin Mac-1 in vivo. PG - 120-7 LID - S0022-1759(15)30039-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jim.2015.08.012 [doi] AB - beta2 integrins play critical roles in migration of immune cells and in the interaction with other cells, pathogens, and the extracellular matrix. Among the beta2 integrins, Mac-1 (Macrophage antigen-1), composed of CD11b and CD18, is mainly expressed in innate immune cells and plays a major role in cell migration and trafficking. In order to image Mac-1-expressing cells both in live cells and mouse, we generated a knock-in (KI) mouse strain expressing CD11b conjugated with monomeric yellow fluorescent protein (mYFP). Expression of CD11b-mYFP protein was confirmed by Western blot and silver staining of CD11b-immunoprecipitates and total cell lysates from the mouse splenocytes. Mac-1-mediated functions of the KI neutrophils were comparable with those in WT cells. The fluorescence intensity of CD11b-mYFP was sufficient to image CD11b expressing cells in live mice using intravital two-photon microscopy. In vitro, dynamic changes in the intracellular localization of CD11b molecules could be measured by epifluorescent microscopy. Finally, CD11b-expressing immune cells from tissue were easily detected by flow cytometry without anti-CD11b antibody staining. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Lim, Kihong AU - Lim K AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. Electronic address: Kihong_Lim@urmc.rochester.edu. FAU - Hyun, Young-Min AU - Hyun YM AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. FAU - Lambert-Emo, Kris AU - Lambert-Emo K AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. FAU - Topham, David J AU - Topham DJ AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. FAU - Kim, Minsoo AU - Kim M AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. Electronic address: minsoo_kim@urmc.rochester.edu. LA - eng GR - P01 AI102851/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 HL018208/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - HL018208/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20150902 PL - Netherlands TA - J Immunol Methods JT - Journal of immunological methods JID - 1305440 RN - 0 (Bacterial Proteins) RN - 0 (CD11b Antigen) RN - 0 (CD18 Antigens) RN - 0 (Luminescent Proteins) RN - 0 (Macrophage-1 Antigen) RN - 0 (yellow fluorescent protein, Bacteria) RN - 126547-89-5 (Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Bacterial Proteins/genetics MH - CD11b Antigen/*immunology MH - CD18 Antigens/immunology MH - Cell Adhesion MH - Cell Movement/immunology MH - Extracellular Matrix/immunology MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Gene Knock-In Techniques MH - Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1/metabolism MH - Luminescent Proteins/genetics MH - Macrophage-1 Antigen/*analysis/*immunology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Microscopy, Fluorescence MH - Neutrophils/*immunology MH - Phagocytosis/immunology MH - Spleen/*cytology/immunology MH - Staining and Labeling/methods PMC - PMC4651804 MID - NIHMS721555 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CD11b OT - Imaging OT - Integrin OT - MAC-1 OT - YFP EDAT- 2015/09/08 06:00 MHDA- 2016/03/24 06:00 PMCR- 2016/11/01 CRDT- 2015/09/07 06:00 PHST- 2015/05/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/08/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/08/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/09/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/09/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/03/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0022-1759(15)30039-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jim.2015.08.012 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol Methods. 2015 Nov;426:120-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jim.2015.08.012. Epub 2015 Sep 2.