title: Megakaryocytic Maturation in Response to Shear Flow Is Mediated by the Activator Protein 1 (AP-1) Transcription Factor via Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) Mechanotransduction.
abstract: Megakaryocytes (MKs) are exposed to shear flow as they migrate from the bone marrow hematopoietic compartment into circulation to release pro/preplatelets into circulating blood. Shear forces promote DNA synthesis, polyploidization, and maturation in MKs, and platelet biogenesis. To investigate mechanisms underlying these MK responses to shear, we carried out transcriptional analysis on immature and mature stem cell-derived MKs exposed to physiological shear. In immature (day (d)9) MKs, shear exposure up-regulated genes related to growth and MK maturation, whereas in mature (d12) MKs, it up-regulated genes involved in apoptosis and intracellular transport. Following shear-flow exposure, six activator protein 1 (AP-1) transcripts (ATF4,JUNB,JUN,FOSB,FOS, andJUND) were up-regulated at d9 and two AP-1 proteins (JunD and c-Fos) were up-regulated both at d9 and d12. We show that mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling is linked to both the shear stress response and AP-1 up-regulation. c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) phosphorylation increased significantly following shear stimulation, whereas JNK inhibition reduced shear-induced JunD expression. Although p38 phosphorylation did not increase following shear flow, its inhibition reduced shear-induced JunD and c-Fos expression. JNK inhibition reduced fibrinogen binding and P-selectin expression of d12 platelet-like particles (PLPs), whereas p38 inhibition reduced fibrinogen binding of d12 PLPs. AP-1 expression correlated with increased MK DNA synthesis and polyploidization, which might explain the observed impact of shear on MKs. To summarize, we show that MK exposure to shear forces results in JNK activation, AP-1 up-regulation, and downstream transcriptional changes that promote maturation of immature MKs and platelet biogenesis in mature MKs.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware Biotechnology Institute, and.
authors.forename: Stephanie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Luff
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware Biotechnology Institute, and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19711 epaps@udel.edu.
authors.forename: Eleftherios T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Papoutsakis
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006801:Humans; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System; D040542:Mechanotransduction, Cellular; D008533:Megakaryocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011123:Polyploidy; D012212:Rheology; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
keywords: AP1 transcription factor (AP-1); Megakaryocyte; c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK); megakaryopoiesis; p38 MAPK; polyploidization; shear stress; transcriptomics
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