期刊
BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
卷 417, 期 -, 页码 391-400出版社
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20081126
关键词
glycoprotein VI (GPVI); megakaryocyte; membrane microdomain; platelet; tetraspanin; Tspan9
资金
- MRC (Medical Research Council) New Investigator Award
- Wellcome Trust Value in People Award
- BHF (British Heart Foundation) Studentship
- European Union [LSHM-CT-2004-503485]
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
- MRC [G0400247] Funding Source: UKRI
- British Heart Foundation [FS/08/034/25085] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G0400247] Funding Source: researchfish
Platelets are essential for wound healing and inflammatory processes, but can also play a deleterious role by causing heart attack and stroke. Normal platelet activation is dependent oil tetraspanins, a superfamily of glycoproteins that function as 'organisers' of cell membranes by recruiting other receptors and signalling proteins into tetraspanin-enriched microdomains. However, our understanding of how tetraspanin microdomains regulate platelets is hindered by the fact that Only four of the 33 mammalian tetraspanins have been identified in platelets. This is because of a lack of antibodies to most tetraspanins and difficulties in measuring mRNA, due to low levels in this anucleate cell. To identify potentially platelet-expressed tetraspanins, mRNA was Measured in their nucleated progenitor cell, the megakaryocyte, using serial analysis or gene expression and DNA microarrays. Amongst 19 tetraspanins identified in megakaryocytes, Tspan9, a previously uncharacterized tetraspanin, was relatively specific to these cells. Through generating the first Tspan9 antibodies. Tspan9 expression was found to be tightly regulated in platelets. The relative levels of CD9, CD151, Tspan9 and CD63 were 100, 14, 6 and 2 respectively. Since CD9 was expressed at 49000 cell surface copies per platelet, this suggested a copy number of 2800 Tspan9 molecules. Finally, Tspan9 was shown to be a component of tetraspanin microdomains that included the collagen receptor GPVI (glycoprotein VI) and integrin alpha 6 beta 1, but not the von Willebrand receptor GPIb alpha or the integrins alpha IIb beta 3 or alpha 2 beta 1. These findings Suggest a role for Tspan9 in regulating platelet function in concert with other platelet tetraspanins and their associated proteins.
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