The role of Rac1 in glycoprotein Ib-IX-mediated signal transduction and integrin activation.
The role of Rac1 in glycoprotein Ib-IX-mediated signal transduction and integrin activation.
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10.1161/atvbaha.112.254920
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2012-11
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Du X
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Delaney MK;Liu J;Zheng Y;Berndt MC;Du X
The platelet receptor for von Willebrand factor (VWF), the glycoprotein Ib-IX (GPIb-IX) complex, mediates platelet adhesion at sites of vascular injury and transmits signals leading to platelet activation. VWF/GPIb-IX interaction sequentially activates the Src Family Kinase (SFK) Lyn, phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and Akt, leading to activation of integrin αIIbβ3, and integrin-dependent stable platelet adhesion and aggregation. It remains unclear how Lyn activates the PI3K/Akt pathway following ligand binding to GPIb-IX. Using platelet-specific Rac1−/− mice and the Rac1 inhibitor NSC23766, we examined the role of Rac1 in GPIb-IX-dependent platelet activation. Rac1−/− mouse platelets and NSC23766-treated human platelets were defective in GPIb-dependent stable adhesion to VWF under shear stress, integrin activation, thromboxane A2 (TXA2) synthesis and platelet aggregation. Interestingly, GPIb-induced activation of Rac1 and the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Rac1,Vav, was abolished in both Lyn−/− and PP2-treated platelets but was unaffected by the PI3K inhibitor LY-294002, indicating that Lyn mediates activation of Vav and Rac1 independently of PI3K. Furthermore, GPIb-induced activation of Akt was abolished in Rac1-deficient platelets, suggesting that Rac1 is upstream of the PI3K/Akt pathway. A Lyn/Vav/Rac1/PI3K/Akt pathway mediates VWF-induced activation of integrin αIIbβ3 to promote GPIb-IX-dependent platelet activation.