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FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
Volume 7, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2020.608391
Keywords
ADAM; calpain; caspase; coagulation factors; MMP; platelets; receptor proteolysis
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- China Scholarship Council [201908440512]
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
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The activities of adhesion and signaling receptors in platelets are regulated by various mechanisms, with proteolytic cleavage of receptors being a significant form of regulation. The proteases involved in this process can come from different sources and types, influencing platelet function through their activity on the platelet membrane. The review provides a detailed overview of how these proteases are activated, their target proteins, and their impact on platelet functions.
The activities of adhesion and signaling receptors in platelets are controlled by several mechanisms. An important way of regulation is provided by proteolytic cleavage of several of these receptors, leading to either a gain or a loss of platelet function. The proteases involved are of different origins and types: (i) present as precursor in plasma, (ii) secreted into the plasma by activated platelets or other blood cells, or (iii) intracellularly activated and cleaving cytosolic receptor domains. We provide a comprehensive overview of the proteases acting on the platelet membrane. We describe how these are activated, which are their target proteins, and how their proteolytic activity modulates platelet functions. The review focuses on coagulation-related proteases, plasmin, matrix metalloproteinases, ADAM(TS) isoforms, cathepsins, caspases, and calpains. We also describe how the proteolytic activities are determined by different platelet populations in a thrombus and conversely how proteolysis contributes to the formation of such populations.
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