title: Low density lipoprotein phosphorylates the focal adhesion-associated kinase p125(FAK) in human platelets independent of integrin alphaIIb beta3.
abstract: Low density lipoprotein (LDL) is known to sensitize platelets to agonists via integrin mediated outside-in signaling (Hackeng, C. M., Huigsloot, M., Pladet, M. W., Nieuwenhuis, H. K., Rijn, H. J. M. v., and Akkerman, J. W. N. (1999) Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol., in press). As outside in signaling is associated with phosphorylation of p125(FAK), the effect of LDL on p125(FAK) phosphorylation in platelets was investigated. LDL induced p125(FAK) phosphorylation in a dose- and time- dependent manner. The phosphorylation was independent of ligand binding to integrin alphaIIbbeta3 and aggregation, such in contrast to alpha-thrombin-induced p125(FAK) phosphorylation, that critically depended on platelet aggregation. Platelets from patients with Glanzmann's thrombastenia showed the same LDL- induced phos- phorylation of p125(FAK) as control platelets, whereas alpha-thrombin completely failed to phosphorylate the kinase in the patients platelets. LDL signaling to p125(FAK) was independent of integrin alpha2 beta1, the FcgammaRII receptor, and the lysophosphatidic acid receptor and not affected by inhibitors of cyclooxygenase, protein kinase C, ERK1/2 or p38(MAPK). Phosphorylation of p125(FAK) by LDL was strongly inhibited by cyclic AMP. These observations indicate that LDL is a unique platelet agonist, as it phosphorylates p125(FAK) in platelet suspensions, under unstirred conditions and independent of integrin alphaIIb beta3.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Utrecht, and Institute for Biomembranes, Utrecht University, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Hackeng
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Pladet
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Akkerman
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: van Rijn
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000201:enzymology*; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000097:blood*; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D006801:Humans; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000097:blood*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / Q000378:metabolism*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000097:blood*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C496050:PTK2 protein, human