title: Purification, cloning, expression, and mechanism of action of a novel platelet aggregation inhibitor from the salivary gland of the blood-sucking bug, Rhodnius prolixus.
abstract: Rhodnius prolixus aggregation inhibitor 1 (RPAI-1), a 19-kDa protein isolated from the salivary gland of R. prolixus, was purified by strong cation exchange and reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatographies. Based on 49 amino-terminal amino acid sequences of RPAI-1, primers were produced to generate probes to screen an R. prolixus salivary gland cDNA library. A phage containing the full-length clone of RPAI-1 codes for a mature protein of 155 amino acids. RPAI-1 shows sequence homology to triabin and pallidipin, lipocalins from Triatoma pallidipennis. The cDNA sequence was cloned in Pet17B Escherichia coli expression vector, producing an active peptide. RPAI-1 inhibits human platelet-rich plasma aggregation triggered by low concentrations of ADP, collagen, arachidonic acid, thromboxane A(2) mimetics (U46619), and very low doses of thrombin and convulxin. Here we show that ADP is the target of RPAI-1 since (i) RPAI-1 inhibits ADP-dependent large aggregation formation and secretion triggered by U46619, without affecting Ca(2+) increase and shape change; (ii) ADP restored the inhibition of U46619-induced platelet aggregation by RPAI-1, (iii) PGE(1)-induced increase of cAMP (which is antagonized by U46619 in an ADP-dependent manner) was restored by RPAI-1, (iv) RPAI-1 inhibits low concentrations of ADP-mediated responses of indomethacin-treated platelets, and (v) RPAI-1 binds to ADP, as assessed by large zone chromatography. RPAI-1 affects neither integrin alpha(2)beta(1)- nor glycoprotein VI-mediated platelet responses. We conclude that RPAI-1 is the first lipocalin described that inhibits platelet aggregation by a novel mechanism, binding to ADP.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0425, USA.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Francischetti
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Champagne
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002449:Cell Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism; D003435:Crotalid Venoms / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D019476:Insect Proteins; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D011817:Rabbits; D012239:Rhodnius / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000737:chemistry*; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003435:Crotalid Venoms; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D019476:Insect Proteins; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; C408466:RPAI-1 protein, Rhodnius prolixus; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; C028890:convulxin; D013928:Thromboxane A2; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D014364:Tryptophan; D003094:Collagen; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D002118:Calcium