title: Protein phosphatase 2A negatively regulates integrin alpha(IIb)beta(3) signaling.
abstract: Integrin alpha(IIb)beta(3) activation is critical for platelet physiology and is controlled by signal transduction through kinases and phosphatases. Compared with kinases, a role for phosphatases in platelet integrin alpha(IIb)beta(3) signaling is less understood. We report that the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2Ac) associates constitutively with the integrin alpha(IIb)beta(3) in resting platelets and in human embryonal kidney 293 cells expressing alpha(IIb)beta(3). The membrane proximal KVGFFKR sequence within the cytoplasmic domain of integrin alpha(IIb) is sufficient to support a direct interaction with PP2Ac. Fibrinogen binding to alpha(IIb)beta(3) during platelet adhesion decreased integrin-associated PP2A activity and increased the phosphorylation of a PP2A substrate, vasodilator associated phosphoprotein. Overexpression of PP2Ac(alpha) in 293 cells decreased alpha(IIb)beta(3)-mediated adhesion to immobilized fibrinogen. Conversely, small interference RNA mediated knockdown of endogenous PP2Ac(alpha) expression in 293 cells, enhanced extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK1/2) and p38 activation, and accelerated alpha(IIb)beta(3) adhesion to fibrinogen and von Willebrand factor. Inhibition of ERK1/2, but not p38 activation, abolished the increased adhesiveness of PP2Ac (alpha)-depleted 293 cells to fibrinogen. Furthermore, knockdown of PP2A(calpha) expression in bone marrow-derived murine megakaryocytes increased soluble fibrinogen binding induced by protease-activated receptor 4-activating peptide. These studies demonstrate that PP2Ac (alpha) can negatively regulate integrin alpha(IIb)beta(3) signaling by suppressing the ERK1/2 signaling pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Francisca C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Gushiken
authors.forename: Vimal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Subhashree
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pradhan
authors.forename: Angela L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bergeron
authors.forename: Yuandong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: K Vinod
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Vijayan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008533:Megakaryocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000071636:Protein Phosphatase 2C; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D005340:Fibrinogen; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2; D000071636:Protein Phosphatase 2C