Reconstitution of the Platelet Glycoprotein Ib-IX Complex in Phospholipid Bilayer Nanodiscs
Reconstitution of the Platelet Glycoprotein Ib-IX Complex in Phospholipid Bilayer Nanodiscs
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磷脂双层纳米圆盘中血小板糖蛋白 Ib-IX 复合物的重建
DOI:
10.1021/bi201351d
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发表时间:
2011-12-13
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Li, Renhao
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作者:
Yan, Rong;Mo, Xi;Li, Renhao
The glycoprotein Ib-IX (GPIb-IX) complex expressed on platelet plasma membrane is involved in thrombosis and hemostasis via the initiation of adhesion of platelets to von Willebrand factor (VWF) exposed at the injured vessel wall. While most of the knowledge of the GPIb-IX complex was obtained from studies on platelets and transfected mammalian cells expressing the GPIb-IX complex, there is not an in vitro membrane system that allows systematic analysis of this receptor. The phospholipid bilayer Nanodisc composed of a patch of phospholipid surrounded by membrane scaffold protein is an attractive tool for membrane protein study. We show here that the GPIb-IX complex purified from human platelets has been reconstituted into the Nanodisc. The Nanodisc-reconstituted GPIb-IX complex was able to bind various conformation-sensitive monoclonal antibodies. Furthermore, it bound to VWF in the presence of botrocetin with an apparent K-d of 0.73 +/- 0.07 nM. The binding to VWF was inhibited by anti-GPIb alpha antibodies with epitopes overlapping with the VWF-binding site, but not by anti-GPIb beta monoclonal antibody RAM.1. Finally, the Nanodisc-reconstituted GPIb-IX complex exhibited ligand. binding activity similar to that of the isolated extracellular domain of GPIb alpha. In conclusion, the GPIb-IX complex in Nanodiscs native-like Conformation and possesses the ability to bind its natural ligands, thus making a Nanodisc a suitable in vitro platform for further investigation of this hemostatically important receptor complex.