title: Regulation of alphaIIb beta3 function in human B lymphocytes.
abstract: We studied the function of the platelet integrin alphaIIb beta3 using a B lymphocyte model in which alphaIIb beta3 can be induced to interact with fibrinogen using phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). To determine whether a G protein-coupled receptor could also activate alphaIIb beta3 in lymphocytes, we coexpressed the human formyl peptide receptor (fPR) and alphaIIb beta3, finding that the fPR agonist formyl Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP)-stimulated lymphocyte adherence to immobilized fibrinogen and binding of soluble fibrinogen to the lymphocyte surface. The response to fMLP, but not PMA, was abrogated by pertussis toxin, indicating that the fPR was coupled to the G-protein Galphai, whereas the protein kinase C inhibitor bisindolylmaleimide I inhibited the response to both fMLP and PMA, indicating that signaling from the fPR included protein kinase C. On the other hand, the tyrosine kinase inhibitor genistein, the Syk inhibitor piceatannol, and the RhoA inhibitor C3 exoenzyme had no effect, implying that neither tyrosine phosphorylation nor the GTPase RhoA were involved. Furthermore, whereas micromolar concentrations of cytochalasin D inhibited the PMA-stimulated interaction of alphaIIb beta3 with fibrinogen, nanomolar concentrations actually induced fibrinogen binding to unstimulated cells. Our studies demonstrate that alphaIIb beta3 expressed in B lymphocytes can be activated by a physiologic agonist and outline an activating pathway that includes Galphai, protein kinase C, and the actin cytoskeleton.
authors.affiliation: Hematology-Oncology Division and the Department of Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Loh
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vilaire
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Bennett
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D015638:Cytochalasin D / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000235:genetics*; D019833:Genistein / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D008301:Maleimides / Q000494:pharmacology; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / Q000502:physiology*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000235:genetics; D018000:Receptors, Peptide / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007211:Indoles; D008301:Maleimides; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D018000:Receptors, Peptide; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D015638:Cytochalasin D; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D005340:Fibrinogen; D019833:Genistein; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; C088060:bisindolylmaleimide; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate