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BLOOD
Volume 114, Issue 27, Pages 5532-5540Publisher
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-04-216804
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SCHU 1421/3-1, 3-2]
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Terminally mature megakaryocytes undergo dramatic cellular reorganization to produce hundreds of virtually identical platelets. A hallmark feature of this process is the generation of an elaborate system of branched protrusions called proplatelets. We recently identified RanBP10 as a tubulin-binding protein that is concentrated along polymerized micro-tubules in mature megakaryocytes. RanBP10 depletion in vitro caused the disturbance of polymerized filaments. Here we study the function of RanBP10 in vivo by generating deficient mice using a gene-trap approach. Mutant mice show normal platelet counts, and fetal liver-derived megakaryocytes reveal only slightly reduced proplatelet formation. However, ultrastructural analysis unveiled a significantly increased geometric axis ratio for resting platelets, and many platelets exhibited disorders in microtubule filament numbers and localization. Mutant mice showed a markedly prolonged bleeding time. Granule release, a process that depends on internal contraction of the microtubule marginal coil, also was reduced. Flow cytometry analysis revealed reduced expression of CD62P and CD63 after PAR4-peptide stimulation. These data suggest that RanBP10 plays an essential role in hemostasis and in maintaining microtubule dynamics with respect to both platelet shape and function. (Blood. 2009; 114: 5532-5540)
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