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Glucocorticoids can dampen inflammatory responses by inhibiting neutrophil recruitment to tissue sites. The detailed mechanism by which glucocorticoids exert this affect on neutrophils is unknown. L-selectin is a leukocyte cell surface receptor that is implicated in several steps of neutrophil recruitment. Recently, several studies have shown that systemic treatment of animals and humans with glucocorticoids induces decreased L-selectin expression on neutrophils, suggesting one mechanism by which inflammation may be negatively regulated. However, when neutrophils are treated in vitro with glucocorticoids, no effect on L-selectin expression is observed. Thus, the existence of an additional mediator is plausible. In this study, we investigate whether annexin 1 (ANX1), a recognized second messenger of glucocorticoids, could be such a mediator. We show that ANX1 induces a dose- and time-dependent decrease in L-selectin expression on both peripheral blood neutrophils and monocytes but has no effect on lymphocytes. The loss of L-selectin from neutrophils is due to shedding that is mediated by a cell surface metalloprotease ("sheddase"). Using cell shape and a beta(2) integrin activation epitope, we show that the ANX1-induced shedding of L-selectin appears to occur without overt cell activation. These data may provide the basis for further understanding of mechanisms involved in the down-regulation of inflammatory responses.

A Potential Role for Annexin 1 as a Physiologic Mediator of Glucocorticoid-Induced L-Selectin Shedding from Myeloid Cells