title: Protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 fails to associate with cytoskeleton but is normally phosphorylated upon thrombin stimulation of thrombasthenic platelets.
abstract: SHP-1 is a cytoplasmic protein tyrosine phosphatase predominantly expressed in hematopoietic cells. Upon thrombin stimulation of human platelets, SHP-1 is rapidly phosphorylated on both serine and tyrosine residues, and becomes associated with the cytoskeleton, where it could participate in the formation of multiprotein signalling complexes. In order to discriminate between signalling events occurring downstream of G-protein-coupled thrombin receptor and those subsequent to integrin alpha IIb beta 3 engagement, SHP-1 behaviour was examined in platelets from two patients lacking integrin alpha IIb beta 3 (Glanzmann's thrombasthenia). Upon thrombin stimulation, phosphorylation of SHP-1 occurred normally in thrombasthenic platelets, whereas association with the cytoskeleton was abolished. Moreover, inhibition of normal platelet aggregation with the tetrapeptide arg-gly-asp-ser (RGDS) which impairs fibrinogen binding to integrin alpha IIb beta 3, did not alter significantly SHP-1 phosphorylation. It is concluded that SHP-1 phosphorylation is not a consequence of integrin signalling but might rather occur downstream of thrombin receptor and heterotrimeric G-proteins.
authors.affiliation: Institut Fédératif de Recherche en Immunologie cellulaire et Moléculaire, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: R Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gaits
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ragab-Thomas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maclouf
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Caen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lévy-Toledano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chap
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008297:Male; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000187:drug effects; D054592:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D013915:Thrombasthenia / Q000097:blood*; D013917:Thrombin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C516724:PTPN11 protein, human; C509249:PTPN6 protein, human; D054592:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D013917:Thrombin