title: Induction of patching and its reversal on surface-activated human platelets.
abstract: Fibrinogen coupled to colloidal gold (Fgn/Au) has been used to follow GPIIb-IIIa receptors on surface-activated platelets and to evaluate the effects of the anti-actin agent, cytochalasin B (CB), on the movement of receptor-ligand complexes. Fgn/Au binds diffusely to spread platelets, but is translocated rapidly from the peripheral margin to cell centres and to channels of the open canalicular system (OCS). CB added after spreading and incubation with Fgn/Au reverses the centripetal movement of receptor-ligand complexes. Fgn/Au particles move back toward the margins of spread cells and form patches. The patches of receptor-ligand complexes overlie segments of the OCS filled with Fgn/Au. Washing out the CB reverses the process and receptor-ligand complexes are again translocated toward platelet centres.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003571:Cytochalasin B / Q000494:pharmacology; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism; D006046:Gold; D017979:Gold Colloid; D006801:Humans; D039421:Integrin alpha2; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D015539:Platelet Activation / Q000502:physiology; D019038:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIb-IX Complex; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D017979:Gold Colloid; C056564:ITGA2B protein, human; D039421:Integrin alpha2; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D019038:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIb-IX Complex; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; C040580:glycoprotein GP III; C032193:glycoprotein receptor GPIb-IX; C058457:Aurodye; D003571:Cytochalasin B; D006046:Gold; D005340:Fibrinogen