Thrombomodulin Switches Signaling and Protease-Activated Receptor 1 Cleavage Specificity of Thrombin

BACKGROUND: Cleavage of the extracellular domain of PAR1 (protease-activated receptor 1) by thrombin at Arg41 and by APC (activated protein C) at Arg46 initiates paradoxical cytopathic and cytoprotective signaling in endothelial cells. In the latter case, the ligand-dependent coreceptor signaling by EPCR (endothelial protein C receptor) is required for the protective PAR1 signaling by APC. Here, we investigated the role of thrombomodulin in determining the specificity of PAR1 signaling by thrombin.

METHODS: We prepared a PAR1 knockout (PAR1-/-) EA.hy926 endothelial cell line by CRISPR/Cas9 and transduced PAR1-/- cells with lentivirus vectors expressing PAR1 mutants in which either Arg41 or Arg46 was replaced with an Ala. Furthermore, human embryonic kidney 293 cells were transfected with wild-type or mutant PAR1 cleavage reporter constructs carrying N-terminal Nluc (NanoLuc luciferase) and C-terminal enhanced yellow fluorescent protein tags.

RESULTS: Characterization of transfected cells in signaling and receptor cleavage assays revealed that, upon interaction with thrombomodulin, thrombin cleaves Arg46 to elicit cytoprotective effects by a β-arrestin-2 biased signaling mechanism. Analysis of functional data and cleavage rates indicated that thrombin-thrombomodulin cleaves Arg46>10-fold faster than APC. Upon interaction with thrombin, the cytoplasmic domain of thrombomodulin recruited both β-arrestin-1 and -2 to the plasma membrane. Thus, the thrombin cleavage of Arg41 was also cytoprotective in thrombomodulin-expressing cells by β-arrestin-1-biased signaling. APC in the absence of EPCR cleaved Arg41 to initiate disruptive signaling responses like thrombin.

CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that coreceptor signaling by thrombomodulin and EPCR determines the PAR1 cleavage and signaling specificity of thrombin and APC, respectively.

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CommentIn: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024 Mar;44(3):617-619. - PMID 38269587

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

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Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 44(2024), 3 vom: 03. März, Seite 603-616

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Biswas, Indranil [VerfasserIn]
Giri, Hemant [VerfasserIn]
Panicker, Sumith R [VerfasserIn]
Rezaie, Alireza R [VerfasserIn]

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Beta-Arrestins
EC 3.4.21.5
Endothelial Protein C Receptor
Endothelial cells
Journal Article
Receptor
Receptor, PAR-1
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Signaling
Thrombin
Thrombomodulin

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Date Completed 23.02.2024

Date Revised 09.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024 Mar;44(3):617-619. - PMID 38269587

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/ATVBAHA.123.320185

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366651846