title: Inhibition of platelet-von Willebrand factor binding to platelets by adhesion site peptides.
abstract: Synthetic peptides containing the adhesion site recognition sequences present on the A alpha and gamma chains of fibrinogen were studied for their effect on the binding of endogenous platelet-von Willebrand factor (vWF) and exogenous plasma-vWf to thrombin-stimulated platelets. In agreement with previously reported data, the tetrapeptide consisting of the RGDS sequence was a more potent inhibitor of plasma-vWf binding to platelets than was the pentadecapeptide of the carboxy terminus of the fibrinogen gamma-chain (IC50 10.6 mumol/L for the RGDS tetrapeptide v 44.9 mumol/L for the gamma-chain pentadecapeptide). No apparent synergy in the inhibition of plasma-vWf binding was noted when the RGDS and gamma-chain peptides were used together (IC50 15.2 mumol/L). In contrast, the gamma-chain peptide was significantly more inhibitory than was the RGDS tetrapeptide on the binding of platelet-vWf to platelets (IC50 1.4 mumol/L for the gamma-chain pentadecapeptide v 4.5 mumol/L for the RGDS tetrapeptide, P less than .05), and there was significant synergy in the inhibition of platelet-vWf binding noted when the gamma-chain and RGDS peptides were used together (IC50 0.04 mumol/L). These results indicate that the binding of platelet-vWf to its receptor on the platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa complex involves both the RGDS and gamma-chain recognition sites. In contrast to the results with plasma-vWf binding, the gamma-chain recognition site appears to be more important than the RGDS recognition site in platelet-vWf binding to platelets.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Pathology Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Gralnick
mesh_terms: D001667:Binding, Competitive; D006801:Humans; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010973:Platelet Adhesiveness / Q000187:drug effects*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000187:drug effects*; D013917:Thrombin; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D014841:von Willebrand Factor; C028254:von Willebrand factor receptor; C046617:arginyl-glycyl-aspartyl-serine; D013917:Thrombin