scholarly journals Further studies on the topography of human platelet glycoprotein IIb. Localization of monoclonal antibody epitopes and the putative glycoprotein IIIa- and fibrinogen-binding regions

1991 ◽  
Vol 273 (3) ◽  
pp. 767-775 ◽  
Author(s):  
J J Calvete ◽  
J Arias ◽  
M V Alvarez ◽  
M M Lopez ◽  
A Henschen ◽  
...  

Glycoprotein IIb (GPIIb) is a major glycoprotein of the human platelet plasma membrane, which together with glycoprotein IIIa (GPIIIa) forms a Ca2(+)-dependent heterodimer, GPIIb/IIIa, which serves as the major fibrinogen receptor in activated platelets. The precise localization of the epitopes for six anti-GPIIb monoclonal antibodies (M1-M6) has been determined by a combination of enzymic and chemical cleavage procedures, peptide isolation, N-terminal sequence analysis, peptide synthesis and enzyme immunoassay. The following localizations were found: M1, beta 1-16-36, beta 2-4-24; M2, alpha 747-755; M alpha 2, alpha 837-843; M3, alpha 849-857; M4, alpha 143-151; M5, alpha 550-558; M6, alpha 657-665. Besides considerations of the degree of exposure of these epitopes, several remarkable features are readily apparent. The earliest and main chymotryptic cleavage site of GPIIb in whole platelets is between alpha cysteine-545 and alpha phenylalanine-551. The epitope for M3 was located within the same sequence (alpha 842-857) as is the epitope for PMI-1 [Loftus, Plow, Frelinger, D'Souza, Dixon, Lacy, Sorge & Ginsberg (1987) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 84, 7114-7118] in spite of the fact that the exposure of the latter in whole platelets is EDTA-dependent whereas that in the former is not. The epitope for M5 shares full homology with the 540-548 peptide stretch of the alpha-subunit of the vitronectin receptor, and this antibody cross-reacts with endothelial cells. The M6 epitope is located in the 25 kDa membrane-bound fragment of GPIIb, which is most epitope is destroyed at an early stage of chymotrypic digestion. This suggests that this region of GPIIb, somewhere between the epitope for M5 (alpha 550-558) and the epitope for M2 (alpha 747-755), may carry the surface of interaction of GPIIb with GPIIIa in the GPIIb/IIIa heterodimer. Finally, the sequence where the epitope for M6 has been located (alpha 657-667) was the only one found to be hydropathically complementary to the gamma 402-411 peptide of fibrinogen within the amino acid sequence of both GPIIb and GPIIIa. This complementariness, the EDTA- or thrombin-dependence of the exposure of the alpha 657-665 stretch in whole platelets to M6 and the ability of this antibody to inhibit platelet aggregation led us to postulate that this peptide stretch is a putative binding site for fibrinogen in the platelet receptor.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

1991 ◽  
Vol 274 (2) ◽  
pp. 457-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
J J Calvete ◽  
J Arias ◽  
M V Alvarez ◽  
M M Lopez ◽  
A Henschen ◽  
...  

The precise localization of the epitopes for six monoclonal antibodies specific for the N-terminal region of human platelet glycoprotein IIIa (GPIIIa) was determined. The epitope for P37, a monoclonal antibody that inhibits platelet aggregation, was found at GPIIIa 101-109, flanked by the epitopes for P23-3 (GPIIIa 16-28), P23-4 (GPIIIa 83-91), P23-5 (GPIIIa 67-73), P23-7 (GPIIIa 114-122) and P40 (GPIIIa 262-302), and very close to the early chymotryptic cleavage site of GPIIIa in whole platelets (Phe-100). When the amino acid sequence of GPIIIa was searched for peptide sequences hydropathically complementary to the fibrinogen gamma-chain C-terminal (gamma 400-411) and A alpha-chain RGD-containing peptides, none was found for the gamma 400-411, two (GPIIIa 128-132 and 380-384) were found complementary to fibrinogen A alpha 571-575 and two (GPIIIa 109-113 and 129-133) were found for A alpha 94-99. Two of these putative fibrinogen-binding sites overlap with each other, and a third one overlaps with the epitope for P37. These findings reinforce the earlier suggestion that the N-terminal region of GPIIIa is involved in fibrinogen binding, and suggest the existence in GPIIIa of either multiple or alternative RGD-binding sites or one RGD-binding domain with several moieties. Finally, early chymotryptic cleavage of GPIIIa in whole platelets liberates to the soluble fraction the peptide stretch Ser-101-Tyr-348, which carries the epitope for P37 and the putative binding sites for fibrinogen. The rest of the molecule, together with the GPIIb-resistant moiety, remains membrane-bound. This leads us to propose that the fibrinogen-binding domain of GPIIIa is not involved in the binding to GPIIb to form the Ca2(+)-dependent GPIIb-GPIIIa complex.


1993 ◽  
Vol 69 (05) ◽  
pp. 485-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Djaffar ◽  
Didier Vilette ◽  
Dominique Pidard ◽  
Jean-Luc Wautier ◽  
Jean-Philippe Rosa

SummaryThe human platelet antigen (HPA) 3 system is expressed on GPIIb, one subunit of GPIIb-IIIa, the platelet fibrinogen receptor. It was recently shown that HPA-3 was associated with an Ile843/Ser polymorphism. To investigate further HPA-3 determinant structure, we localized an HPA-3a determinant, recognized by the alloantiserum Leka, within the last 29 amino acids of GPIIbα. This region encompasses the polymorphic Ile843, which, as expected, is substituted into Ser in Leka-negative individuals, as shown by DNA sequence after polymerase chain reaction on platelet RNA. In addition, contribution of glycosylation to the determinant structure was demonstrated since the Leka antigenicity was strongly decreased after specifically removing nonterminal O-linked sugars, but not terminal sialic acids. We have thus refined the localization of an HPA-3a determinant within the last 29 amino acids, including Ile843, of GPIIb heavy chain, and shown that the Leka HPA-3a determinant is dependent, in part, upon the serine-linked carbohydrates adjacent to Ile/Ser843.


1996 ◽  
Vol 75 (01) ◽  
pp. 168-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigeru Tokita ◽  
Morio Arai ◽  
Naomasa Yamamoto ◽  
Yasuhiro Katagiri ◽  
Kenjiro Tanoue ◽  
...  

SummaryTo study the pathological functions of anti-phospholipid (anti-PL) antibodies, we have analyzed their effect on platelet function. We identified an IgG anti-PL mAb, designated PSG3, which cross-reacted specifically with glycoprotein (GP) IIIa in human platelets and inhibited platelet aggregation. PSG3 bound also to certain polyanionic substances, such as double-stranded DNA, heparan sulfate, dextran sulfate and acetylated-LDL, but not to other polyanionic substances. The binding of PSG3 to GPIIIa was completely inhibited by heparan sulfate and dextran sulfate, indicating that PSG3 recognizes a particular array of negative charges expressed on both GPIIIa and the specified polyanionic substances. Since neither neuraminidase- nor endoglycopeptidase F-treatment of GPIIIa had any significant effect on the binding of PSG3, this array must be located within the amino acid sequence of GPIIIa but not in the carbohydrate moiety. Reduction of the disulfide bonds in GPIIIa greatly reduced its reactivity, suggesting that the negative charges in the epitope are arranged in a particular conformation. PSG3 inhibited platelet aggregation induced by either ADP or collagen, it also inhibited fibrinogen binding to activated platelets in a dose-dependent fashion. PSG3, however, did not inhibit the binding of GRGDSP peptide to activated platelets. These results suggest that the PSG3 epitope on GPIIIa contains a particular array of negative charges, and possibly affects the fibrinogen binding to GPIIb/IIIa complex necessary for platelet aggregation.


1998 ◽  
Vol 201 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
D J Hill ◽  
A F Rowley

The involvement of a putative integrin-like fibrinogen receptor in the aggregatory and phagocytic behaviour of thrombocytes (platelet equivalents of fish) from the rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss was studied. Aggregation of trout thrombocytes was induced by the thromboxane mimetic U-46619 in the presence of trout fibrinogen. Thrombocyte aggregation was inhibited by the tetrapeptide RGDS, but not by RGES or fibrinogen binding inhibitor peptide (HHLGGAKQAGDV). A range of monoclonal antibodies against the human platelet integrin alphaIIbbeta3 (anti-CD41a, anti-beta3 and LK7r) showed no reactivity with trout thrombocytes. Subsequently, a panel of monoclonal antibodies was raised against thrombocyte membrane preparations in an attempt to obtain an antibody against the putative integrin fibrinogen receptor. Of these monoclonal antibodies, four were found to inhibit thrombocyte aggregation, namely 12G2, 30D8, 32F8 and 32H10. The antibody 32H10 was shown significantly to inhibit the attachment of thrombocytes to immobilised trout fibrinogen, suggesting that it and the other antibodies recognise the putative fibrinogen receptor on trout thrombocytes. FITC-labelled Bacillus cereus were employed as test particles to prove that thrombocytes internalise bacteria via an active process and not simply by passive sequestration into the open canalicular system. Preincubation of bacteria with trout fibrinogen resulted in a significant increase in the number of thrombocytes exhibiting phagocytosis. This enhancement of phagocytosis by preincubation of B. cereus with trout fibrinogen could be inhibited by the tetrapeptide RGDS, but not by RGES, hence implicating the putative fibrinogen receptor in the internalisation of microorganisms. The relevance of these findings to the possible existence of an integrin-like receptor on trout thrombocytes is discussed.


2008 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. T. Tetteroo ◽  
P. M. Lansdorp ◽  
O. C. Leeksma ◽  
A. E. G. Kr. von dem Borne

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
S E Graber ◽  
J Hawiger

Membrane receptor for fibrinogen plays an essential role in adhesion and aggregation of human platelets by allowing fibrinogen to bridge two or more platelets together. Whereas in normal, unstimulated platelets fibrinogen receptor is not available, it becomes mobilized upon stimulation of platelets with thrombin, ADP, and other stimuli. The mechanism(s) regulating availability of membrane receptor for fibrinogen remains unknown. Following our recent demonstration that prostacyclin (PGI2) prevents mobilization of fibrinogen receptor by thrombin and ADP (Nature 1980, 283,195), we investigated the relationship between cAMP levels and fibrinogen receptor availability. Platelets separated from plasma proteins were briefly exposed to a low thrombin concentration (0.05 U/ml) followed by hirudin to inactivate free thrombin. Binding of 125I-fi- brinogen and cAMP levels were determined in parallel samples. A dose-dependent rise in platelet cAMP levels from 3.3 pM to 10.3 pM/108 platelets in response to PGI2 (3×10-9M - 3×108M) was accompanied by a corresponding inhibition of 125I-fibrinogen binding. The degree of the cAMP increment correlated with binding inhibition (r=0.96). The inhibition of 125I-fibrinogen binding by PGI2 was sustained up to 120 min and was paralleled by a persistent rise in cAMP level. Stimulation of platelet cAMP synthesis “from within” by a ribosylation of the nucleotide regulatory component with subunit A1 of cholera toxin also increased cAMP levels and inhibited fibrinogen receptor mobilization.These results provide evidence that “up and down” regulation of fibrinogen receptor in platelets is linked to changes in cAMP levels induced by different types of adenyl cyclase antagonists and agonists.


1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario C Altieri ◽  
Rossella Bader ◽  
Pier M Mannucci

We recently showed that human blood monocytes bind fibrinogen through a genuine surface antigen only in part similar to the platelet GP Ilb/IIIa. Moreover, some anti-GP IIb/IIIa Mabs cross-react with monocytes. In this study we used the 7E3 Mab which preferentially binds to the activated conformation of the platelet GP IIb/IIIa to characterize the dynamic mechanism of "exposure" of the monocyte fibrinogen receptor. 7E3 Mab (25 μg/ml) completely suppressed the binding of i25I-fibrinogen to ADP (10μM)-stimulated monocytes. However, differently from the platelet GP IIb/IIIa, 125I-7E3 binding to unstimulated monocytes was a non-specific and non-saturable reaction. In contrast, after stimulation with ADP (10 μM), suspensions of human monocytes bound 125I-7E3 with saturation of 25-30 μg/ml of added Mab. Scatchard plot analysis was a single-affinity straight line revealing 97,400 binding sites/monocyte with a dissociation constant of 5.2×10−8 M. The monocyte surface antigen uniquely expressed after ADP-activation recognized by 7E3 was visualized by immunoprecipitation studies. Surface iodinated platelet lysate subjected to immunoprecipitation with 7E3 revealed a single band with molecular weight (Mr) of 116,000 corresponding to the platelet GP IIb/IIIa. In contrast, monocytes showed a dimeric surface antigen precipitated by 7E3 in two subunits with Mr=l55,000 and 95,000 respectively. These data indicate that the adhesion properties of the monocyte fibrinogen receptor defined by an anti-platelet GP IIb/IIIa cross-reacting Mab are structurally and functionally distinct from those of the platelet receptor.


Blood ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 73 (7) ◽  
pp. 1880-1887 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Cohen ◽  
DL Burk ◽  
JG White

Abstract The development of tension in platelet-rich clots is a manifestation of fibrin polymer binding to platelets as well as platelet contractile activity. Arg-Gly-Asp(RGD)-containing peptides of fibrinogen alpha- chain and gamma-400–411 of fibrinogen gamma chain increased clot tension considerably, especially when it developed under isometric conditions. Morphometry revealed increased confluence of oriented fibrin and platelet aggregates. Monoclonal antibodies directed against different epitopes on the glycoprotein IIb-IIIa complex had varying effects on clot tension development. Monoclonal antibodies A2A9 and 7E3 inhibited clot tension while T10 and 10E5 increased it. Since neither peptides nor antibodies affected the platelet actomyosin ATPase activity, their effect on tension must reflect the interaction between platelets and polymerizing fibrin. We conclude that gamma-400–411 and RGD-peptides increase platelet-polymerizing fibrin interaction. This suggests that clot tension requires a platelet receptor for polymerizing fibrin, which is different from the fibrinogen receptor domain required for aggregation. The results with the monoclonal antibodies support this hypothesis.


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