scholarly journals The in vitro synthesis of polypeptides for the platelet membrane glycoproteins IIb and IIIa

Blood ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 1031-1037 ◽  
Author(s):  
SM Silver ◽  
MM McDonough ◽  
G Vilaire ◽  
JS Bennett

Abstract The platelet membrane glycoproteins IIb (GpIIb) and GpIIIa form calcium- dependent heterodimers containing binding sites for fibrinogen, von Willebrand factor, and fibronectin. Although GpIIb and GpIIIa are distinct proteins, both GpIIb and GpIIIa are deficient in platelets from individuals with the recessive disorder Glanzmann's thrombasthenia. To gain a better understanding of the genetic basis for GpIIb and GpIIIa synthesis, we studied their synthesis by two human leukemia cell lines, HEL and K562. HEL cells contained complexes of GpIIb and GpIIIa, and K562 cells expressed GpIIIa, but not GpIIb, when stimulated with phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA). RNA from HEL cells directed the in vitro synthesis of a 110,000-Mr precursor for GpIIb and a 92,000-Mr precursor for GpIIIa, which indicates that the synthesis of GpIIb and GpIIIa by HEL cells is directed by separate mRNAs. In contrast, RNA from PMA-stimulated K562 cells only directed the synthesis of a 92,000-Mr precursor for GpIIIa. The dissociation of GpIIb and GpIIIa synthesis in K562 cells suggests that GpIIb and GpIIIa may be the products of separate genes.

Blood ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 1031-1037 ◽  
Author(s):  
SM Silver ◽  
MM McDonough ◽  
G Vilaire ◽  
JS Bennett

The platelet membrane glycoproteins IIb (GpIIb) and GpIIIa form calcium- dependent heterodimers containing binding sites for fibrinogen, von Willebrand factor, and fibronectin. Although GpIIb and GpIIIa are distinct proteins, both GpIIb and GpIIIa are deficient in platelets from individuals with the recessive disorder Glanzmann's thrombasthenia. To gain a better understanding of the genetic basis for GpIIb and GpIIIa synthesis, we studied their synthesis by two human leukemia cell lines, HEL and K562. HEL cells contained complexes of GpIIb and GpIIIa, and K562 cells expressed GpIIIa, but not GpIIb, when stimulated with phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA). RNA from HEL cells directed the in vitro synthesis of a 110,000-Mr precursor for GpIIb and a 92,000-Mr precursor for GpIIIa, which indicates that the synthesis of GpIIb and GpIIIa by HEL cells is directed by separate mRNAs. In contrast, RNA from PMA-stimulated K562 cells only directed the synthesis of a 92,000-Mr precursor for GpIIIa. The dissociation of GpIIb and GpIIIa synthesis in K562 cells suggests that GpIIb and GpIIIa may be the products of separate genes.


Blood ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 927-937
Author(s):  
FM LaDuca ◽  
RE Bettigole ◽  
WR Bell ◽  
EB Robson

The contribution of von Willebrand factor (vWF)-platelet binding to platelet-collagen interaction was examined in vitro. The binding of vWF to platelets was mediated and regulated by ristocetin. Subthreshold concentrations of ristocetin (less than or equal to 1 mg/mL), insufficient to cause ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation (RIPA), were added to platelet-rich plasma (PRP) prior to the addition of collagen. The collagen-induced platelet aggregation (CIPA) was modified by ristocetin and the degree of alteration was dependent on the ristocetin concentration. Response as a function of ristocetin concentration was designated the Collagen-Platelet Aggregation Response (CoI-PAR). In normal PRP the CoI-PAR was a progressive inhibition followed by decreasing inhibition and then an enhanced response. The enhanced response occurred over a narrow range of ristocetin concentrations (0.8 to 1.0 mg/mL). In the absence of vWF (severe von Willebrand's disease, Type I, vWF less than 1%) the CoI-PAR was a progressive, eventually complete inhibition with no enhanced response (with ristocetin concentrations up to 3.0 mg/mL). With addition of vWF to this PRP an enhanced response was observed at a ristocetin concentration inversely proportional to the vWF level. PRP from a patient with severe Hemophilia A showed a response within the normal range. Subthreshold ristocetin did not cause plasma protein precipitation or platelet release of 3H-serotonin, nor induce micro platelet aggregate formation. Digestion of platelet membrane glycoproteins (GP(s] with chymotrypsin demonstrated that upon removal of GPI, RIPA was absent, CIPA retained and the CoI-PAR was progressive inhibition, with no enhancement. With removal of GPs I, II, and III, RIPA, CIPA, and the CoI-PAR were absent. A dose-response 125I-vWF- platelet binding occurred with increasing ristocetin concentrations which was unchanged by the addition of collagen. These results demonstrated that ristocetin-platelet association inhibited CIPA, and vWF-platelet binding enhanced platelet-collagen adhesion and platelet aggregation. The in vitro-enhanced CIPA represents a vWF-dependent aggregation of sufficient magnitude to overcome the inhibitory effect of ristocetin. These studies demonstrate an influential interaction of ristocetin, vWF, and collagen with the platelet membrane and imply an important hemostatic contribution of vWF-platelet binding in platelet- collagen interaction.


2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 650-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianna V. S. Castello Branco ◽  
Maristella C. Anazetti ◽  
Marcelo S. Silva ◽  
Josean F. Tavares ◽  
Margareth F. F. Melo Diniz ◽  
...  

Two new diterpenes were isolated from stems and leaves of Xylopia langsdorffi ana, entatisane- 7α,16α-diol (xylodiol) and ent-7α-acetoxytrachyloban-18-oic acid (trachylobane), along with the known 8(17),12E,14-labdatrien-18-oic acid (labdane). We investigated their antitumour effects on HL60, U937 and K562 human leukemia cell lines. We found that xylodiol was the most potent diterpene in inhibiting cell proliferation of HL60, U937 and K562 cells, with mean IC50 values of 90, 80 and 50 μM, respectively. Based on the nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) reduction assay, all the diterpenes were found to induce terminal differentiation in HL60 and K562 cells, with xylodiol being the most effective. NBT reduction was increased by almost 120% after 12 h exposure of HL60 cells to xylodiol at a concentration lower than the IC50 (50 μM). Thus, xylodiol inhibited human leukemia cell growth in vitro partly by inducing cell differentiation, and merits further studies to examine its mechanism of action as a potential antitumoural agent


1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Takami ◽  
W L Nichols ◽  
S E Kaese ◽  
R S Miller ◽  
J A Katzmann ◽  
...  

For further study of the porcine hemostatic mechanism, we have prepared murine monoclonal antibodies, and F(ab')2 and Fab fragments, specific for porcine platelet membrane glycoproteins GP lb and GP Ilb/IIIa. To avoid production of antibodies to von Willebrand factor (vWF), mice were immunized with platelets obtained from pigs with severe von Willebrand,s disease. One monoclonal antibody (PP3-4C), of IgG1 subclass, caused 85% inhibition of Ristocetin-induced platelet binding of 125I-vWF (porcine) at ≥12 µg IgG/ml. PP3-4C did not affect ADP or collagen-induced platelet aggregation nor inhibit 125I-fibrinogen (porcine) binding. Pepsin and papain digestion, respectively, were used to prepare PP3-4C F(ab')2 and Fab fragments. PP3-4C F(ab')2 at concentrations ≥12 µg/ml caused 80% inhibition of washed platelet agglutination in the presence of vWF and Ristocetin, whereas Fab fragments at concentrations ≥10 µg/ml caused 60% inhibition. Another monoclonal antibody (PP3-3A), of IgG1 subclass, completely inhibited ADP or collagen-induced platelet aggregation at an IgG concentration of 6 µg/ml. At 10 µg IgG/ml PP3-3A completely inhibited binding either of 125I-fibrinogen or of 125I-vWF to ADP-stimulated porcine platelets. PP3-3A did not affect vWF-dependent Ristocetin-induced platelet agglutination, nor 125I-vWF binding to platelets in the presence of Ristocetin. PP3-3A did not bind to platelets which were treated with 10 mM EDTA at 37°C for 60 min. F(ab')2 and Fab fragments were isolated from PP3-3A pepsin or papain digests. Both types of PP3-3A fragments caused 100% inhibition of ADP-induced platelet aggregation, at concentrations ≥6 yg/ml. Immunoprecipitation of surface-radiolabeled porcine platelets and subsequent SDS-PAGE demonstrated that PP3-4C recognized a glycoprotein with molecular weight of 140,000 (under reducing conditions), and 165,000 (non-reduced). PP3-3A recognized glycoproteins with molecular weights of 115,000 and 100,000 (reduced), and 130,000 and 80,000 (non-reduced). Neither monoclonal antibody bound to human platelets. These monoclonal antibodies to porcine platelet membrane glycoproteins which are analogues of human GP lb and GP Ilb/IIIa will be useful for in vitro and in vivo studies to further understanding of mammalian hemostatic mechanisms.


Blood ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 927-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
FM LaDuca ◽  
RE Bettigole ◽  
WR Bell ◽  
EB Robson

Abstract The contribution of von Willebrand factor (vWF)-platelet binding to platelet-collagen interaction was examined in vitro. The binding of vWF to platelets was mediated and regulated by ristocetin. Subthreshold concentrations of ristocetin (less than or equal to 1 mg/mL), insufficient to cause ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation (RIPA), were added to platelet-rich plasma (PRP) prior to the addition of collagen. The collagen-induced platelet aggregation (CIPA) was modified by ristocetin and the degree of alteration was dependent on the ristocetin concentration. Response as a function of ristocetin concentration was designated the Collagen-Platelet Aggregation Response (CoI-PAR). In normal PRP the CoI-PAR was a progressive inhibition followed by decreasing inhibition and then an enhanced response. The enhanced response occurred over a narrow range of ristocetin concentrations (0.8 to 1.0 mg/mL). In the absence of vWF (severe von Willebrand's disease, Type I, vWF less than 1%) the CoI-PAR was a progressive, eventually complete inhibition with no enhanced response (with ristocetin concentrations up to 3.0 mg/mL). With addition of vWF to this PRP an enhanced response was observed at a ristocetin concentration inversely proportional to the vWF level. PRP from a patient with severe Hemophilia A showed a response within the normal range. Subthreshold ristocetin did not cause plasma protein precipitation or platelet release of 3H-serotonin, nor induce micro platelet aggregate formation. Digestion of platelet membrane glycoproteins (GP(s] with chymotrypsin demonstrated that upon removal of GPI, RIPA was absent, CIPA retained and the CoI-PAR was progressive inhibition, with no enhancement. With removal of GPs I, II, and III, RIPA, CIPA, and the CoI-PAR were absent. A dose-response 125I-vWF- platelet binding occurred with increasing ristocetin concentrations which was unchanged by the addition of collagen. These results demonstrated that ristocetin-platelet association inhibited CIPA, and vWF-platelet binding enhanced platelet-collagen adhesion and platelet aggregation. The in vitro-enhanced CIPA represents a vWF-dependent aggregation of sufficient magnitude to overcome the inhibitory effect of ristocetin. These studies demonstrate an influential interaction of ristocetin, vWF, and collagen with the platelet membrane and imply an important hemostatic contribution of vWF-platelet binding in platelet- collagen interaction.


1997 ◽  
Vol 77 (02) ◽  
pp. 383-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Bellucci ◽  
J P Girma ◽  
M Lozano ◽  
D Meyer ◽  
J P Caen

SummaryThe Bernard-Soulier syndrome (BSS) is characterized by thrombocytopenia with giant platelets, a prolonged bleeding time with defective platelet adhesion to the subendothelium related to a defect in platelet membrane glycoprotein lb (GPIb) and a decreased prothrombin consumption. The mechanism of the latter abnormality remains unknown. In this study, we showed that this defect was corrected by the addition of purified human factor VIII (FVIII) to blood from four patients with BSS. The correction of prothrombin consumption was almost complete at concentrations between 1.5 and 3 IU/ml of FVIII procoagulant activity (VIII.'C) and partially abolished by a monoclonal antibody which neutralizes VIII:C. This correction was specific for FVIII and was not observed after addition of purified human FIX. It was obtained, in the same magnitude range, with FVIII complexed to von Willebrand factor (vWF) but not with free vWF. These data provide a new insight into the knowledge of the physiological interaction between the platelet membrane and the vWF-FVIII complex facilitating plasma coagulation activation and may lead to helpful therapeutic advances.


Blood ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 80 (9) ◽  
pp. 2246-2251 ◽  
Author(s):  
JG Kelton ◽  
TE Warkentin ◽  
CP Hayward ◽  
WG Murphy ◽  
JC Moore

Abstract Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is characterized by thrombocytopenia and disseminated platelet thrombi throughout the microvasculature. Studies by our group have demonstrated calcium- dependent proteolytic activity (calpain) that is no longer detectable in the serum of patients with acute TTP after their recovery. The purpose of this study was to investigate if the protease activity of TTP was detectable in plasma and, therefore, not an in vitro phenomenon secondary to the formation of serum. Additionally, we looked for evidence of membrane association of the active protease in the patients' samples, which would explain the persistence of its activity in the presence of plasma inhibitors. Acute TTP samples, both serum and plasma, were collected from 10 patients with TTP. Calpain was measured using bioassays for enzyme activity and also by detection of the protein using immunoblotting with an anticalpain monoclonal antibody (MoAb). In all instances, calpain could be detected both functionally and antigenically in the acute TTP sera and plasma. No calpain activity could be detected in any of the controls, although antigenic calpain was detectable in one sample from a patient who had undergone cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. To investigate whether the calpain was associated with microparticles in the plasma, the TTP plasma samples were ultrafiltered and ultracentrifuged. Activity was not lost by passage across a 0.2-micron filter but was detectable only in the pellet following ultracentrifugation. Membrane association of the calpain in the microparticles also was demonstrated using solubilization with Triton X-100. Immunoprecipitation studies demonstrated that the calpain activity could be removed by MoAbs against platelet membrane glycoproteins (IX and IIb/IIa) but not by a MoAb against red blood cell membrane glycophorin. These studies indicate that active calpain is associated with platelet microparticles in plasma from patients with TTP.


1987 ◽  
Vol 516 (1 Blood in Cont) ◽  
pp. 52-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
KJELL S. SAKARIASSEN ◽  
EDITH FRESSINAUD ◽  
JEAN-PIERRE GIRMA ◽  
DOMINIQUE MEYER ◽  
HANS R. BAUMGARTNER

Blood ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 1603-1611 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Duperray ◽  
A Troesch ◽  
R Berthier ◽  
E Chagnon ◽  
P Frachet ◽  
...  

Abstract The platelet membrane glycoproteins GPIIb and GPIIIa form a calcium- dependent heterodimer that functions as a receptor for adhesive proteins on stimulated platelets. In this study, we have investigated the kinetics of the assembly reaction that result in GPIIb-IIIa dimerization. Pulse-chase experiments analysis performed on human megakaryocytes obtained from liquid cultures of chronic myelogenous leukemic patients with antibodies specific for GPIIIa or GPIIb demonstrated the existence of a pro-GPIIb-GPIIIa complex and of a large pool (60%) of unassociated GPIIIa; nearly all the GPIIb and the pro- GPIIb molecules were found associated with GPIIIa. This free GPIIIa was not exposed on the cell surface. Pulse-chase experiments on a subclone of the human megakaryocytic cell line LAMA-84 revealed that the cells from this subclone produced only the pro-GPIIb, which was neither processed into mature GPIIb nor expressed on the cell surface. The expression of GPIIIa in PMA treated cells resulted in the production of the mature GPIIb form and the expression of the GPIIb-IIIa complex on the cell surface. These results indicate that assembly between the early forms of pro-GPIIb and GPIIIa is an obligatory step for the maturation of the heterodimer and its expression on the cell surface.


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