title: Expression of the collagen receptor glycoprotein VI during megakaryocyte differentiation.
abstract: This study examined the expression of the platelet collagen receptor glycoprotein VI (GPVI) in megakaryocyte cell lines and primary megakaryocytes by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and by flow cytometry and ligand blotting using the snake venom toxin convulxin. Expression of GPVI is increased in the megakaryoblastic cell lines HEL and CMK on differentiation with the phorbol ester phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), along with the Fc receptor gamma-chain (FcR gamma-chain). The increase in GPVI expression is associated with marked potentiation of tyrosine phosphorylation and Ca(++) elevation in response to convulxin. Syk, linker for activated T cells, and phospholipase C gamma 2 (PLC gamma 2) are among the proteins tyrosine phosphorylated on convulxin stimulation in PMA-differentiated HEL cells. Studies on primary murine megakaryocytes grown in vitro confirmed that GPVI is up-regulated in parallel with functional activation, assessed by measurement of [Ca(++)](i), during differentiation. The results demonstrate that expression of GPVI is up-regulated along with the FcR gamma-chain during differentiation of megakaryocytes. (Blood. 2000;96:2740-2745)
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. oscar.berlanga@pharm.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Berlanga
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bobe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leduc
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bon
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gibbins
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frampton
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000187:drug effects; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D003435:Crotalid Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008533:Megakaryocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D017452:Receptors, IgG / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D003435:Crotalid Venoms; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017452:Receptors, IgG; C098341:platelet membrane glycoprotein VI; C028890:convulxin; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate