A new functional role of the fibrinogen RGD motif as the molecular switch that selectively triggers integrin αIIbβ3-dependent RhoA activation during cell spreading
A new functional role of the fibrinogen RGD motif as the molecular switch that selectively triggers integrin αIIbβ3-dependent RhoA activation during cell spreading
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.m500146200
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发表时间:
2005-09-30
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Kieffer, N
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作者:
Salsmann, A;Schaffner-Reckinger, E;Kieffer, N
A number of RGD-type integrins rely on a synergistic site in addition to the canonical RGD site for ligand binding and signaling, although it is still unclear whether these two recognition sites function independently, synergistically, or competitively. Experimental evidence has suggested that fibrinogen binding to the RGD-type integrin alpha IIb beta 3 occurs exclusively through the synergistic gamma(400-411) sequence, thus questioning the functional role of the RGD recognition site. Here we have investigated the respective role of the fibrinogen gamma(400-411) sequence and the RGD motif in the molecular events leading to ligand-induced alpha IIb beta 3-dependent Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell or platelet spreading, by using intact fibrinogen and well characterized plasmin-generated fibrinogen fragments containing either the RGD motif ( fragment C) or the gamma(400-411) sequence ( fragment D), and CHO cells expressing resting wild type (alpha IIb beta 3wt), constitutively active (alpha IIb beta 3T562N), or non-functional (alpha IIb beta 3D119Y) receptors. Our data provide evidence that the gamma(400-411) site by itself is able to initiate alpha IIb beta 3 clustering and recruitment of intracellular proteins to early focal complexes, mediating cell attachment, FAK phosphorylation, and Rac1 activation, while the RGD motif subsequently acts as a molecular switch on the beta 3 subunit to trigger cell spreading. More importantly, we show that the premier functional role of the RGD site is not to reinforce cell attachment but, rather, to imprint a conformational change on the beta 3 subunit leading to maximal RhoA activation and actin cytoskeleton organization in CHO cells as well as in platelets. Finally, alpha IIb beta 3-dependent RhoA stimulation and cell spreading, but not cell attachment, are Src-dependent and phosphoinositide 3-kinase-independent and are inhibited by the Src antagonist PP2.