title: Tyrosine phosphorylation of alpha-actinin in activated platelets.
abstract: The integrin alpha(IIb)beta(3) mediates tyrosine phosphorylation of a 105-kDa protein (pp105) in activated platelets. We have partially purified a 105-kDa tyrosine-phosphorylated protein from platelets stimulated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and obtained the sequence of an internal 12-mer peptide derived from this protein. The sequence was identical to human alpha-actinin sequences deposited in the Swiss Protein Database. alpha-Actinin, a 105-kDa protein in platelets, was subsequently purified from activated platelets by four sequential chromatographic steps. Fractions were analyzed by Western blotting and probed with alpha-actinin and anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies. The distribution of alpha-actinin and pp105 overlapped throughout the purification. Furthermore, in the course of this purification, a 105-kDa tyrosine-phosphorylated protein was only detected in fractions that contained alpha-actinin. The purified alpha-actinin protein was immunoprecipitated with antibodies to phosphotyrosine in the absence but not in the presence of phenyl phosphate. alpha-Actinin resolved by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of activated platelet lysates was recognized by the antibodies to phosphotyrosine, whereas pretreatment of the platelets with bisindolylmaleimide, a protein kinase C inhibitor that prevents tyrosine phosphorylation of pp105, inhibited the reactivity of the antibodies to phosphotyrosine with alpha-actinin. Taken together, these data demonstrate that a fraction of alpha-actinin is tyrosine-phosphorylated in activated platelets.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Izaguirre
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aguirre
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aneskievich
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Haimovich
mesh_terms: D000185:Actinin / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000737:chemistry*; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D006801:Humans; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010766:Phosphorylation; D015539:Platelet Activation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D000185:Actinin; D014443:Tyrosine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C496050:PTK2 protein, human; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate