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BLOOD
卷 99, 期 3, 页码 905-911出版社
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
DOI: 10.1182/blood.V99.3.905
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL 56724] Funding Source: Medline
Phospholipase C (PLC)-beta2 plays a major role in platelet activation. Previous studies have described a unique patient with impaired receptor-mediated platelet aggregation, secretion, calcium mobilization, and phospholipase C (PLC) activation associated with a selective decrease in platelet PLC-beta2 isozyme. To identify the mechanisms leading to the defect, platelet RNA from the patient and healthy subjects was subjected to reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RTPCR) and the products sequenced. The PLC-beta2 cDNA sequence in the patient showed no abnormalities. Platelet PLC-beta2 and beta-actin (internal control) mRNA levels were assessed by RT-PCR; the ratio of PLC-beta2 to beta-actin mRNA levels was 0.80 to 0.95 in 4 healthy subjects and 0.28 in the patient. PLC-beta2 mRNA levels were similarly reduced compared with GPIIb and Galphaq mRNA levels. PLC-gamma2 and platelet factor 4 mRNA levels were normal. Calcium mobilization was studied in neutrophils upon activation with formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP), adenosine diphosphate (ADP), platelet-activating factor (PAF), interleukin-8 (IL-8), C5a, and leukotriene B-4 (LTB4), and it was normal. Neutrophil elastase secretion upon activation with fMLP, ADP, PAF, IL-8, C5a, and LTB4 was normal, as were neutrophil PLC-beta2 mRNA and PLC-beta2 on immunoblotting. Thus, responses to activation, PLC-beta2 protein, and PLC-beta2 mRNA are decreased in patient platelets but not in neutrophils, providing evidence for a hitherto undescribed lineage (platelet)-specific defect in PLC-beta2 gene expression. These studies provide a physiologically relevant model to delineate regulation of PLC-beta2 gene and its tissue-specific expression. (C) 2002 by The American Society of Hematology.
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