on October 25, 2007
Published online before print October 25, 2007, doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.107.156273
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Submitted on April 5, 2007
Accepted on October 12, 2007
Thrombin Mutant W215A/E217A Acts as a Platelet GPIb Antagonist
Michelle A. Berny ;
From the Departments of Biomedical Engineering (M.A.B., T.C.W., E.I.T., A.G., O.J.T.M.) and Cell and Developmental Biology (O.J.T.M.), Oregon Health and Science University, Portland; and Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (L.A.B.-P., E.D.C.), Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mccartyo{at}ohsu.edu.
Objective—Thrombin containing the mutations Trp215Ala and Glu217Ala (WE) selectively activates protein C and has potent antithrombotic effects in primates. The aim of this study was to delineate the molecular mechanism of direct WE–platelet interactions under static and shear conditions.
Methods and Results—Purified platelets under static conditions bound and spread on immobilized wild-type but not WE thrombin. In PPACK-anticoagulated blood under shear flow conditions, platelets tethered and rolled on both wild-type and WE thrombin, and these interactions were abrogated by the presence of a glycoprotein Ib (GPIb)-blocking antibody. Platelet deposition on collagen was blocked in the presence of WE, but not wild-type thrombin or prothrombin. WE also abrogated platelet tethering and rolling on immobilized von Willebrand factor in whole blood under shear flow.
Conclusions—These observations demonstrate that the thrombin mutant WE, while not activating platelets, retains the ability to interact with platelets through GPIb, and inhibits GPIb-dependent binding to von Willebrand factor–collagen under shear.
Key words: platelet • thrombin • von Willebrand factor • GPIb
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