Defective Association of the Platelet Glycoprotein Ib-IX Complex with the Glycosphingolipid-Enriched Membrane Domain Inhibits Murine Thrombus and Atheroma Formation.
Defective Association of the Platelet Glycoprotein Ib-IX Complex with the Glycosphingolipid-Enriched Membrane Domain Inhibits Murine Thrombus and Atheroma Formation.
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10.4049/jimmunol.1501946
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发表时间:
2016-07-01
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Peng Y
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Zhou H;Ran Y;Da Q;Shaw TS;Shang D;Reddy AK;López JA;Ballantyne CM;Ware J;Wu H;Peng Y
Localization of the platelet glycoprotein Ib-IX complex to the membrane lipid domain is essential for platelet adhesion to von Willebrand factor (vWf) and subsequent platelet activation in vitro. Yet, the in vivo importance of this localization has never been addressed. We recently found that the disulfide linkage between Ibα and Ibβ is critical for the association of Ibα with the glycosphingolipid-enriched membrane (GEM) domain, in this study, we established a transgenic mouse model expressing this mutant human Ibα that is also devoid of endogenous Ibα (HαSSMα−/−). Characterization of this model demonstrated a similar dissociation of Ibα from murine platelet GEMs to that expressed in CHO cells, which correlates well with the impaired adhesion of the transgenic platelets to vWf ex vivo and in vivo. Furthermore, we bred our transgenic mice into an atherosclerosis-prone background (HαSSMα−/−ApoE−/− and HαWTMα−/−ApoE−/−). We observed that atheroma formation was significantly inhibited in mutant mice where fewer platelet-bound CD11c+ leukocytes were circulating (CD45+/CD11c+/CD41+) and residing in atherosclerotic lesions (CD45+/CD11c+), suggesting that platelet-mediated adhesion and infiltration of CD11c+ leukocytes may be one of the mechanisms. These observations provide the first in vivo evidence showing that the membrane GEMs is physiologically and pathophysiologically critical in the function of the GP Ib-IX complex.