title: Antithrombotic effects of targeting alphaIIbbeta3 signaling in platelets.
abstract: alphaIIbbeta3 interaction with fibrinogen promotes Src-dependent platelet spreading in vitro. To determine the consequences of this outside-in signaling pathway in vivo, a "beta3(Delta760-762)" knockin mouse was generated that lacked the 3 C-terminal beta3 residues (arginine-glycine-threonine [RGT]) necessary for alphaIIbbeta3 interaction with c-Src, but retained beta3 residues necessary for talin-dependent fibrinogen binding. beta3(Delta760-762) mice were compared with wild-type beta3(+/+) littermates, beta3(+/-) heterozygotes, and knockin mice where beta3 RGT was replaced by beta1 C-terminal cysteine-glycine-lysine (EGK) to potentially enable signaling by Src kinases other than c-Src. Whereas beta3(+/+), beta3(+/-) and beta3/beta1(EGK) platelets spread and underwent tyrosine phosphorylation normally on fibrinogen, beta3(Delta760-762) platelets spread poorly and exhibited reduced tyrosine phosphorylation of c-Src substrates, including beta3 (Tyr(747)). Unlike control mice, beta3(Delta760-762) mice were protected from carotid artery thrombosis after vessel injury with FeCl(3). Some beta3(Delta760-762) mice exhibited prolonged tail bleeding times; however, none demonstrated spontaneous bleeding, excess bleeding after surgery, fecal blood loss, or anemia. Fibrinogen binding to beta3(Delta760-762) platelets was normal in response to saturating concentrations of protease-activated receptor 4 or glycoprotein VI agonists, but responses to adenosine diphosphate were impaired. Thus, deletion of beta3 RGT disrupts c-Src-mediated alphaIIbbeta3 signaling and confers protection from arterial thrombosis. Consequently, targeting alphaIIbbeta3 signaling may represent a feasible antithrombotic strategy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0726, USA. aablooglu@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Ararat J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ablooglu
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Brian G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Petrich
authors.forename: Mark H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Ginsberg
authors.forename: Sanford J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Shattil
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000502:physiology*; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism; D055879:Gene Knock-In Techniques; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control; D006487:Hemostasis / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex; D005340:Fibrinogen; D019061:src-Family Kinases