Synthesis and ultrastructural localization of protein C inhibitor in human platelets and megakaryocytes
Synthesis and ultrastructural localization of protein C inhibitor in human platelets and megakaryocytes
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DOI:
10.1182/blood.v94.4.1300.416k26_1300_1312
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发表时间:
1999-08-15
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20.3
通讯作者:
Geiger, M
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作者:
Prendes, MJ;Bielek, E;Geiger, M
The occurrence of protein C inhibitor (PCI) in human platelets and megakaryocytes was analyzed. As judged from enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), PCI was present in platelets at a concentration of 160 ng/(2) x 10(9) cells. Its specific activity was 5 times higher than that of plasma PCI, Consistently, mainly the 57-kD form (active PCI) and some high molecular weight (M-r,) forms, but no bands corresponding to cleaved PCI, were detected when platelet lysates were immunoprecipitated with monoclonal anti-PCI-IgG and analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and Western blotting. The localization of PCI in platelets was studied by immunofluorescence histochemistry and immunotransmission electron microscopy: PCI was detected in a granules, in the open canalicular system, and on the plasma membrane. At these sites, colocalization with plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 was seen. Studies were performed to clarify whether platelet PCI is endogenously synthesized or taken up from plasma. Internalization of biotinylated-PCI was analyzed using platelets in suspension and gold-labeled streptavidin for visualization of incorporated biotin. Dose- and time-dependent uptake of PCI was found. PCI mRNA was detected in platelets by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Southern blotting, as well as In megakaryocytes by in situ hybridization of human bone marrow cryosections, We therefore conclude that platelets contain a functionally active PCI pool that is derived from both endogenous synthesis as well as internalization. (C) 1999 by The American Society of Hematology.