Lymphocyte Egress Signal Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Promotes Erm-Guided, Bleb-Based Migration
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Migration
S1P
T cells
Allergy and Immunology
Cell Biology
Immunology and Infectious Disease
Medical Immunology
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Ezrin, radixin, and moesin (ERM) family proteins regulate cytoskeletal responses bytethering the plasma membrane to the underlying actin cortex. Mutations in ERM proteins lead to severe combined immunodeficiency, but the function of these proteins in T cells remains poorly defined. Using mice in which T cells lack all ERM proteins, we demonstrate a selective role for these proteins in facilitating egress from lymphoid organs in response to sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), a pleiotropic signaling lipid abundant in the blood and lymph. ERM-deficient T cells display defective S1P-induced migration in vitro, despite normal responses to standard protein chemokines that control entry into and migration within lymphoid organs. Analysis of these defects revealed that S1P promotes a fundamentally different mode of migration than chemokines, characterized by intracellular pressurization and bleb-based motility. ERM proteins facilitate this process, controlling directional migration by limiting blebbing to the leading edge. We propose that the distinct modes of motility induced by S1P and chemokines are specialized to allow T cell migration across lymphatic barriers and through tissue stroma, respectively.