title: Lysophosphatidic acid-induced platelet shape change proceeds via Rho/Rho kinase-mediated myosin light-chain and moesin phosphorylation.
abstract: Platelet activation plays an important role in arterial thrombotic disorders. Here we show that the serum-borne phospholipid lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) activates the GTPase Rho and its target Rho-kinase to induce myosin light-chain (MLC) and moesin phosphorylation, leading to platelet shape change. MLC phosphorylation, moesin phosphorylation, and shape change were blocked by preincubating platelets with C3 transferase from Clostridium botulinum and Y-27632-specific inhibitors of Rho and Rho kinase, respectively. LPA did not increase the cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration during shape change. Our results suggest that LPA via Rho-Rho kinase induces MLC and moesin phosphorylation leading to shape change in the absence of an increase in the cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration. Rho/Rho kinase inhibition could be a therapeutic strategy to prevent pathologic platelet activation during arterial thrombotic disorders.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Prophylaxe und Epidemiologie der Kreislaufkrankheiten, Pettenkoferstr. 9, 80336, München, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Retzer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Essler
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D048429:Cell Size; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008246:Lysophospholipids / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018994:Myosin Light Chains / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D054460:rho-Associated Kinases
chemical_list: D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008246:Lysophospholipids; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D018994:Myosin Light Chains; C071058:moesin; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D054460:rho-Associated Kinases; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins; D002118:Calcium