scholarly journals Investigation of the Filamin A–Dependent Mechanisms of Tissue Factor Incorporation into Microvesicles

2017 ◽  
Vol 117 (11) ◽  
pp. 2034-2044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Collier ◽  
Camille Ettelaie ◽  
Benjamin Goult ◽  
Anthony Maraveyas ◽  
Alison Goodall

AbstractWe have previously shown that phosphorylation of tissue factor (TF) at Ser253 increases the incorporation of TF into microvesicles (MVs) following protease-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) activation through a process involving filamin A, whereas phosphorylation of TF at Ser258 suppresses this process. Here, we examined the contribution of the individual phosphorylation of these serine residues to the interaction between filamin A and TF, and further examined how filamin A regulates the incorporation of TF into MVs. In vitro binding assays using recombinant filamin A C-terminal repeats 22–24 with biotinylated phospho-TF cytoplasmic domain peptides as bait showed that filamin A had the highest binding affinities for phospho-Ser253 and double-phosphorylated TF peptides, while the phospho-Ser258 TF peptide had the lowest affinity. Analysis of MDA-MB-231 cells using an in situ proximity ligation assay revealed increased proximity between the C-terminus of filamin A and TF following PAR2 activation, which was concurrent with Ser253 phosphorylation and TF-positive MV release from these cells. Knock-down of filamin A expression suppressed PAR2-mediated increases in cell surface TF procoagulant activity without reducing cell surface TF antigen expression. Disrupting lipid rafts by pre-incubation with methyl-β-cyclodextrin prior to PAR2 activation reduced TF-positive MV release and cell surface TF procoagulant activity to the same extent as filamin A knock-down. In conclusion, this study shows that the interaction between TF and filamin A is dependent on the differential phosphorylation of Ser253 and Ser258. Furthermore, the interaction of TF with filamin A may translocate cell surface TF to cholesterol-rich lipid rafts, increasing cell surface TF activity as well as TF incorporation and release into MVs.

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 3718
Author(s):  
Yahya Madkhali ◽  
Araci M. R. Rondon ◽  
Sophie Featherby ◽  
Anthony Maraveyas ◽  
John Greenman ◽  
...  

Procoagulant activity of tissue factor (TF) in response to injury or inflammation is accompanied with cellular signals which determine the fate of cells. However, to prevent excessive signalling, TF is rapidly dissipated through release into microvesicles, and/or endocytosis. To elucidate the mechanism by which TF signalling may become moderated on the surface of cells, the associations of TF, fVII/fVIIa, PAR2 and caveolin-1 on MDA-MB-231, BxPC-3 and 786-O cells were examined and compared to that in cells lacking either fVII/fVIIa or TF. Furthermore, the localisation of labelled-recombinant TF with cholesterol-rich lipid rafts was explored on the surface of primary human blood dermal endothelial cells (HDBEC). Finally, by disrupting the caveolae on the surface of HDBEC, the outcome on TF-mediated signalling was examined. The association between TF and PAR2 was found to be dependent on the presence of fVIIa. Interestingly, the presence of TF was not pre-requisite for the association between fVII/fVIIa and PAR2 but was significantly enhanced by TF, which was also essential for the proliferative signal. Supplementation of HDBEC with exogenous TF resulted in early release of fVII/fVIIa from caveolae, followed by re-sequestration of TF-fVIIa. Addition of labelled-TF resulted in the accumulation within caveolin-1-containing cholesterol-rich regions and was also accompanied with the increased assimilation of cell-surface fVIIa. Disruption of the caveolae/rafts in HDBEC using MβCD enhanced the TF-mediated cellular signalling. Our data supports a hypothesis that cells respond to the exposure to TF by moderating the signalling activities as well as the procoagulant activity of TF, through incorporation into the caveolae/lipid rafts.


1997 ◽  
Vol 77 (05) ◽  
pp. 0975-0980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angel Gálvez ◽  
Goretti Gómez-Ortiz ◽  
Maribel Díaz-Ricart ◽  
Ginés Escolar ◽  
Rogelio González-Sarmiento ◽  
...  

SummaryThe effect of desmopressin (DDAVP) on thrombogenicity, expression of tissue factor and procoagulant activity (PCA) of extracellular matrix (ECM) generated by human umbilical vein endothelial cells cultures (HUVEC), was studied under different experimental conditions. HUVEC were incubated with DDAVP (1, 5 and 30 ng/ml) and then detached from their ECM. The reactivity towards platelets of this ECM was tested in a perfusion system. Coverslips covered with DD A VP-treated ECMs were inserted in a parallel-plate chamber and exposed to normal blood anticoagulated with low molecular weight heparin (Fragmin®, 20 U/ml). Perfusions were run for 5 min at a shear rate of 800 s1. Deposition of platelets on ECMs was significantly increased with respect to control ECMs when DDAVP was used at 5 and 30 ng/ml (p <0.05 and p <0.01 respectively). The increase in platelet deposition was prevented by incubation of ECMs with an antibody against human tissue factor prior to perfusion. Immunofluorescence studies positively detected tissue factor antigen on DDAVP derived ECMs. A chromogenic assay performed under standardized conditions revealed a statistically significant increase in the procoagulant activity of the ECMs produced by ECs incubated with 30 ng/ml DDAVP (p <0.01 vs. control samples). Northern blot analysis revealed increased levels of tissue factor mRNA in extracts from ECs exposed to DDAVP. Our data indicate that DDAVP in vitro enhances platelet adhesion to the ECMs through increased expression of tissue factor. A similar increase in the expression of tissue factor might contribute to the in vivo hemostatic effect of DDAVP.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Spizzichino ◽  
Dalila Boi ◽  
Giovanna Boumis ◽  
Roberta Lucchi ◽  
Francesca R. Liberati ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTDe novo thymidylate synthesis is a crucial pathway for normal and cancer cells. Deoxythymidine monophosphate (dTMP) is synthesized by the combined action of three enzymes: thymidylate synthase (TYMS), serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT) and dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), targets of widely used chemotherapeutics such as antifolates and 5-fluorouracil. These proteins translocate to the nucleus after SUMOylation and are suggested to assemble in this compartment into the thymidylate synthesis complex (dTMP-SC). We report the intracellular dynamics of the complex in lung cancer cells by in situ proximity ligation assay, showing that it is also detected in the cytoplasm. We have successfully assembled the dTMP synthesis complex in vitro, employing tetrameric SHMT1 and a bifunctional chimeric enzyme comprising human TYMS and DHFR. We show that the SHMT1 tetrameric state is required for efficient complex assembly, indicating that this aggregation state is evolutionary selected in eukaryotes to optimize protein-protein interactions. Lastly, our results on the activity of the complete thymidylate cycle in vitro, provide a useful tool to develop drugs targeting the entire complex instead of the individual components.


Blood ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 382-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
DJ Crutchley ◽  
MJ Hirsh

Abstract Exposure of human peripheral blood to 100 ng/mL of bacterial endotoxin for 2 hours resulted in a 20-fold increase in monocyte procoagulant activity. The activity was functionally identified as tissue factor, because it was not expressed in plasma deficient in factor VII and was specifically inhibited by a monoclonal antibody directed against human tissue factor. When the stable prostacyclin analog, iloprost, was added to blood 30 minutes before endotoxin, a dose-dependent inhibition of monocyte procoagulant activity occurred, with an I50 of 20 nmol/L. Prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) produced similar effects, with an I50 of 150 nmol/L. Exposure of THP-1 monocytic cells to 100 ng/mL endotoxin resulted in a threefold increase in procoagulant activity after 2 hours and a 20-fold increase after 6 hours. A 30-minute pretreatment with iloprost or PGE1 again inhibited development of procoagulant activity, with I50 values of 5 nmol/L and 150 nmol/L, respectively. Treatment of THP-1 cells with iloprost 2 hours after exposure to endotoxin significantly inhibited further increases in procoagulant activity. Iloprost was less potent under these conditions, 30% inhibition being obtained at 100 nmol/L and 70% at 1 mumol/L. These results suggest that prostacyclin may be a physiologic modulator of monocyte tissue factor expression; in addition, its stable analog, iloprost, may have clinical potential for the treatment of thrombotic disorders in which elevated monocyte procoagulant activity plays a role.


Blood ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 1391-1395 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Montemurro ◽  
A Lattanzio ◽  
G Chetta ◽  
L Lupo ◽  
L Caputi-Iambrenghi ◽  
...  

Abstract Intralipid, a fat emulsion widely used in parenteral nutrition, can produce marked functional changes of the mononuclear phagocyte system. We investigated the effect of Intralipid administration on the generation of procoagulant activity by rabbit mononuclear phagocytes. Two groups of ten rabbits given either a single infusion of Intralipid 10% or a similar volume of sterile saline were studied before and after infusion. Procoagulant activity was measured on isolated blood mononuclear cells after incubation with and without endotoxin, using a one-stage clotting assay. Cells from animals infused with Intralipid produced significantly more procoagulant activity than controls (P less than .01). Results were similar when freshly collected whole blood was incubated with and without endotoxin, and procoagulant activity was measured on subsequently isolated mononuclear cells (P less than .01). In addition, when rabbits were given a single injection of endotoxin, blood and spleen mononuclear cells harvested 50 to 60 minutes after the injection from animals pretreated with Intralipid expressed five to seven times more procoagulant activity than did cells from animals pretreated with saline. In all instances, procoagulant activity was identified as tissue factor. These findings suggest that Intralipid may cause functional changes in mononuclear phagocytes, resulting in increased production of tissue factor on incubation in short-term culture in vitro and in response to endotoxin in vivo.


Blood ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 671-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo R. Zacharski ◽  
Leon W. Hoyer ◽  
O. Ross McIntyre

Abstract Immunologic methods were employed in an attempt to identify a potent procoagulant present in homogenates of human skin fibroblasts cultured in vitro. The activity of this procoagulant was restricted to the early stages of coagulation and was heretofore considered to be due to tissue factor (tissue thromboplastin, factor III) either alone or in combination with one or more of the first-stage coagulation factors (VIII, IX, XI, XII). The present studies demonstrated that procoagulant activity was not diminished by incubation with anti-VIII or anti-IX antibodies of human origin or with anti-VIII antibody of rabbit origin. Furthermore, cell culture homogenates failed to bind antifactor VIII antibody and did not contain an inhibitor of the reaction between factor VIII and its antibody. By contrast, procoagulant activity was obliterated by an antibody to tissue factor protein regardless of whether plasmas deficient in factor VIII, IX, XI, or XII were used in the assay system. The antitissue factor antibody failed to block the procoagulant effect after tissue factor had complexed factor VII. The procoagulant, therefore, consisted entirely of tissue factor.


Blood ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 112 (11) ◽  
pp. 3736-3736
Author(s):  
Anna Falanga ◽  
Alfonso Vignoli ◽  
Marina Marchetti ◽  
Laura Russo ◽  
Marina Panova-Noeva ◽  
...  

Abstract Clinical data suggest an increased thrombotic risk in patients with ET or PV carrying the JAK2V617F mutation. Laboratory data from our group show that ET patients carrying the JAK2V617F mutation are characterized by an enhanced platelet and neutrophil activation status (Falanga et al, Exp Hem 2007) and blood coagulation activation (Marchetti et al, Blood 2008), as compared to JAK2 wild-type ET. Since monocytes significantly contribute to blood coagulation activation as an important source of circulating tissue factor (TF), in this study we aimed to characterize the prothrombotic phenotype of monocytes from ET and PV patients and to evaluate whether and to what extent it is influenced by the JAK2V617F mutation. Twenty-four ET patients (10 JAK2 wild-type; 14 JAK2V617F carriers with 2%–35% mutant allele burden), 27 PV patients (all JAK2V617F carriers, 16 with 9%– 44% and 11 with 60%–100% allele burden, respectively), and 20 age-matched healthy subjects (controls, C) were enrolled into the study. Monocyte-associated TF antigen was measured on the cell surface by whole blood flow-cytometry, in both basal condition and after in vitro stimulation by bacterial endotoxin (lypopolysaccharide, LPS), as well as in cell lysates by ELISA. Monocyte procoagulant activity was evaluated by the Calibrated Automated Thrombogram (CAT) as the capacity of isolated monocyte lysates to induce thrombin generation in normal pool plasma. In basal conditions, significantly (p<0.05) higher surface levels of TF were measured on monocytes from ET (17.1±3.2% positive cells) and PV (24.4±3.7% positive cells) patients compared to C (8.2±1.9% positive cells). Similarly, the total TF antigen content of cell lysates was significantly increased in patients compared to C. The analysis of the data according to JAK2V617F mutational status, showed a gradient of increased TF expression starting from JAK2V617F negative patients (11.7±2.5%), versus JAK2V617F ET and PV subjects with <50% allele burden (20.3±3.6% and 23.2±2.8%, respectively), versus JAK2V617F PV patients with >50% allele burden (26.1±4.2%). The in vitro LPS stimulation significantly increased TF expression on monocytes from all study subjects and C compared to non-stimulated monocytes (p<0.05 for all groups), with a more elevated expression by monocytes from PV and ET patients compared to C. However, the relative increase in TF expression was greater in C (=3.7 fold) compared to both ET (=2.2 fold) and PV (=2 fold) patients. As observed in basal conditions, LPS-induced TF was higher in JAK2V617F positive patients as compared to negative, with the highest expression in JAK2V617F PV carriers with >50% allele load. Thrombin generation induced by monocytes from ET and PV patients was significantly increased compared to controls, as determined by significantly higher thrombin peaks (ET=145±12, PV=142±17, C=72.2±5 nM), and quantity of thrombin generated in time, i.e. the endogenous thrombin potential (ETP) (ET=1143±34, PV=1074±64, C=787±58 nM*min). The JAK2V617F PV subjects with >50% allele burden presented with the highest thrombin generation capacity (peak= 184±34 nM; ETP= 1268±32 nM). Our data indicate that the expression of the JAK2V617F mutation in ET and PV patients may confer to monocytes a different hemostatic phenotype in terms of increased expression of surface TF and thrombin generation capacity. These findings are in agreement with the previous observation of a hypercoagulable state associated with this mutation and suggest a new mechanism linking hemostatic cellular phenotypic alteration to genetic dysfunction in patients with myeloproliferative disease.


1994 ◽  
Vol 127 (5) ◽  
pp. 1485-1495 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Alon ◽  
H Rossiter ◽  
X Wang ◽  
T A Springer ◽  
T S Kupper

Memory T lymphocytes extravasate at sites of inflammation, but the mechanisms employed by these cells to initiate contact and tethering with endothelium are incompletely understood. An important part of leukocyte extravasation is the initiation of rolling adhesions on endothelial selectins; such events have been studied in monocytes and neutrophils but not lymphocytes. In this study, the potential of T lymphocytes to adhere and roll on endothelial selectins in vitro was investigated. We demonstrate that T cells can form tethers and rolling adhesions on P selectin and E selectin under physiologic flow conditions. Tethering and rolling on P selectin was independent of cell-surface cutaneous lymphocyte antigen (CLA) expression, which correlated strictly with the capacity of T cells to form rolling adhesions under flow on E selectin. T cell tethering to P selectin was abolished by selective removal of cell surface sialomucins by a P. haemolytica O-glycoprotease, while cutaneous lymphocyte antigen expression was unaffected. A sialomucin molecule identical or closely related to P selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 (PSGL-1), the major P selectin ligand on neutrophils and HL-60 cells, appears to be a major T cell ligand for P selectin. P selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 does not appear to support T cell rolling on E selectin. In turn, E selectin ligands do not appear to be associated with sialomucins. These data demonstrate the presence of structurally distinct ligands for P or E selectins on T cells, provide evidence that both ligands can be coexpressed on a single T cell, and mediate tethering and rolling on the respective selectins in a mutually exclusive fashion.


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