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Manipulating leukocyte interactions in vivo through optogenetic chemokine release.


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Article

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Authors

Olekhnovitch, Romain 
Bousso, Philippe 

Abstract

Light-mediated release of signaling ligands, such as chemoattractants, growth factors, and cytokines is an attractive strategy for investigation and therapeutic targeting of leukocyte communication and immune responses. We introduce a versatile optogenetic method to control ligand secretion, combining UV-conditioned endoplasmic reticulum-to-Golgi trafficking and a furin-processing step. As proof of principle, we achieved light-triggered chemokine secretion and demonstrated that a brief pulse of chemokine release can mediate a rapid flux of leukocyte contacts with target cells in vitro and in vivo. This approach opens new possibilities for dynamic investigation of leukocyte communication in vivo and may confer the potential to control the local release of soluble mediators in the context of immune cell therapies.

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Animals, Animals, Genetically Modified, Cell Communication, Chemokines, Chemotactic Factors, Chemotaxis, Leukocyte, Embryo, Nonmammalian, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Leukocytes, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Optogenetics, Signal Transduction, Zebrafish

Journal Title

Blood

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Journal ISSN

0006-4971
1528-0020

Volume Title

127

Publisher

Ash Publications
Sponsorship
Medical Research Council (MR/L019523/1)
Royal Society (RG170240)
This work was supported by Institut Pasteur, INSERM, the European Research Council (starting grant LymphocyteContacts) (P.B.), and the Medical Research Council (RG73189) (M.S.).