Platelet Glycoprotein Ibα Supports Experimental Lung Metastasis

The platelet paradigm in hemostasis and thrombosis involves an initiation step that depends on platelet membrane receptors binding to ligands on a damaged or inflamed vascular surface. Once bound to the surface, platelets provide a unique microenvironment supporting the accumulation of more platelets and the elaboration of a fibrin-rich network produced by coagulation factors. The platelet-specific receptor glycoprotein (GP) Ib-IX, is critical in this process and initiates the formation of a platelet-rich thrombus by tethering the platelet to a thrombogenic surface. A role for platelets beyond the hemostasis/thrombosis paradigm is emerging with significant platelet contributions in both tumorigenesis and inflammation. We have established congenie (N10) mouse colonies (C57BL/6J) with dysfunctional GP Ib-IX receptors in our laboratory that allow us an opportunity to examine the relevance of platelet GP Ib-IX in syngeneic mouse models of experimental metastasis. Our results demonstrate platelet GP Ib-IX contributes to experimental metastasis because a functional absence of GP Ib-IX correlates with a 15-fold reduction in the number of lung metastatic foci using B16F10.1 melanoma cells. The results demonstrate that the extracellular domain of the α-subunit of GP Ib is the structurally relevant component of the GP Ib-IX complex contributing to metastasis. Our results support the hypothesis that platelet GP Ib-IX functions that support normal hemostasis or pathologic thrombosis also contribute to tumor malignancy..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2007

Erschienen:

2007

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:104

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jain, Shashank [VerfasserIn]
Zuka, Masahiko [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jungling [VerfasserIn]
Russell, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Dent, Judith [VerfasserIn]
Guerrero, José A. [VerfasserIn]
Forsyth, Jane [VerfasserIn]
Maruszak, Brigid [VerfasserIn]
Gartner, T. Kent [VerfasserIn]
Felding-Habermann, Brunhilde [VerfasserIn]
Ware, Jerry [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adhesion
Biological sciences
Health sciences
Hemostasis
Knockout
Mathematics
Melanoma
Physical sciences
Research-article
Tumor

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JST06945339X