title: Low-density lipoprotein specifically binds glycoprotein IIb/IIIa: a flow cytometric method for ligand-receptor interaction.
abstract: Primary platelet aggregation requires agonist-mediated activation of membrane receptor glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa, binding of fibrinogen to GpIIb/IIIa, and cellular events after fibrinogen binding. This study investigated whether fibrinogen receptor GpIIb/IIIa is also the binding site for low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in platelets by using GpIIb/IIIa-coated polystyrene microbeads incubated with various concentrations of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled ligands. Binding was assayed by flow cytometry. Binding of fibrinogen (Fg)-FITC and LDL-FITC to GpIIb/IIIa coated microbeads was concentration dependent, reaching saturation. Binding of LDL-FITC to GpIIb/IIIa coated microbeads was inhibited by fibrinogen. Binding of LDL-FITC or Fg-FITC to freshly isolated platelets gave similar results as those of GpIIb/IIIa coated microbeads. Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa, the fibrinogen receptor on platelets is also one of the binding sites of LDL on platelets. This rapid and reliable flow cytometric technique using coated microbeads may be used as a first step for the study of all ligand receptor interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey. stetik@marmara.edu.tr
authors.forename: Sermin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tetik
authors.forename: Fikriye
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Uras
authors.forename: Emel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ekşioğlu-Demiralp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Turay Yardimci
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000378:metabolism*; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex