title: Disulfide isomerization switches tissue factor from coagulation to cell signaling.
abstract: Cell-surface tissue factor (TF) binds the serine protease factor VIIa to activate coagulation or, alternatively, to trigger signaling through the G protein-coupled, protease-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) relevant to inflammation and angiogenesis. Here we demonstrate that TF.VIIa-mediated coagulation and cell signaling involve distinct cellular pools of TF. The surface-accessible, extracellular Cys186-Cys209 disulfide bond of TF is critical for coagulation, and protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) disables coagulation by targeting this disulfide. A TF mutant (TF C209A) with an unpaired Cys186 retains TF.VIIa signaling activity, and it has reduced affinity for VIIa, a characteristic of signaling TF on cells with constitutive TF expression. We further show that PDI suppresses TF coagulant activity in a nitric oxide-dependent pathway, linking the regulation of TF thrombogenicity to oxidative stress in the vasculature. Furthermore, a unique monoclonal antibody recognizes only the noncoagulant, cryptic conformation of TF. This antibody inhibits formation of the TF.PAR2 complex and TF.VIIa signaling, but it does not prevent coagulation activation. These experiments delineate an upstream regulatory mechanism that controls TF function, and they provide initial evidence that TF.VIIa signaling can be specifically inhibited with minimal effects on coagulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, SP258, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
authors.forename: Jasimuddin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ahamed
authors.forename: Henri H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Versteeg
authors.forename: Marjolein
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kerver
authors.forename: Vivien M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Barbara M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hogg
authors.forename: Wolfram
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ruf
mesh_terms: D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000502:physiology; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D003545:Cysteine / Q000378:metabolism; D004220:Disulfides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D015942:Factor VIIa / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007536:Isomerism; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D019704:Protein Disulfide-Isomerases / Q000378:metabolism; D044464:Receptor, PAR-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D013925:Thromboplastin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004220:Disulfides; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D044464:Receptor, PAR-2; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D013925:Thromboplastin; D015942:Factor VIIa; D019704:Protein Disulfide-Isomerases; D003545:Cysteine