title: Protein kinase C is activated in platelets subjected to pathological shear stress.
abstract: High levels of fluid shear stress at the blood vessel wall directly stimulate von Willebrand factor (vWF)-mediated platelet adhesion and aggregation and thereby contribute to the pathogenesis of arterial thrombosis. We have found that a pathological level of arterial wall shear stress (90 dynes/cm2) induces platelet aggregation that is associated with the phosphorylation of pleckstrin, a M(r) 47,000 protein kinase C substrate (p47). Shear-induced p47 phosphorylation depends entirely on vWF binding to platelet glycoprotein (Gp) Ib and GpIIb-IIIa, and the specific inhibition of protein kinase C with the staurosporine analogue Ro 31-7549 inhibits the full aggregation response to shear. Shear stress-induced platelet p47 phosphorylation occurs independent of any measurable change in diacylglycerol mass or hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. These results indicate that mechanical shear stress induces vWF to bind to platelet GpIb and GpIIb-IIIa, stimulating a diacylglycerol-independent pathway of protein kinase C activation that contributes to platelet aggregation in response to shear.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas 77001.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kroll
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hellums
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Durante
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Razdan
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Hrbolich
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Schafer
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000097:blood; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000097:blood / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000097:blood*; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013917:Thrombin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010743:Phospholipids; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013917:Thrombin; C025603:1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate