Macrophage network dynamics depend on haptokinesis for optimal local surveillance

Abstract: Macrophages are key immune cells with important roles for tissue surveillance in almost all mammalian organs. Cellular networks made up of many individual macrophages allow for optimal removal of dead cell material and pathogens in tissues. However, the critical determinants that underlie these population responses have not been systematically studied. Here, we investigated how cell shape and the motility of individual cells influences macrophage network responses in 3D culture settings and in mouse tissues. We show that surveying macrophage populations can tolerate lowered actomyosin contractility, but cannot easily compensate for a lack of integrin-mediated adhesion. Although integrins were dispensable for macrophage chemotactic responses, they were crucial to control cell movement and protrusiveness for optimal surveillance by a macrophage population. Our study reveals that β1 integrins are important for maintaining macrophage shape and network sampling efficiency in mammalian tissues, and sets macrophage motility strategies apart from the integrin-independent 3D migration modes of many other immune cell subsets

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
ISSN: 2050-084X

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Veröffentlichung
(where)
Freiburg
(who)
Universität
(when)
2024
Creator
Paterson, Neil
Lämmermann, Tim

DOI
10.7554/elife.75354
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2449825
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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