IDENTIFICATION OF THE SRC FAMILY KINASES, LCK AND FGR IN PLATELETS - THEIR TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATION STATUS AND SUBCELLULAR-DISTRIBUTION COMPARED WITH OTHER SRC FAMILY MEMBERS
Ti. Pestina et al., IDENTIFICATION OF THE SRC FAMILY KINASES, LCK AND FGR IN PLATELETS - THEIR TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATION STATUS AND SUBCELLULAR-DISTRIBUTION COMPARED WITH OTHER SRC FAMILY MEMBERS, Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 17(11), 1997, pp. 3278-3285
We have identified the Src family members, Lck and Fgr in resting huma
n and rodent platelets and compared their subcellular distributions an
d tyrosine phosphorylation status to those of the other Src family kin
ases to gain insights into the signal transduction pathways active in
maintaining platelets in the circulation. Like Fyn, Lyn, and Yes, most
of Fgr and Lck was detergent-insoluble in human and rat platelets. In
comparison, Src showed higher detergent solubility than the Src-relat
ed kinases. Most all human platelet Src was detergent-soluble, while t
hat of rodent platelets was present in all detergent fractions. We als
o compared the tyrosine-phosphorylation status of Lck and Fgr to other
Src family members in resting platelets using immunoprecipitation and
immunoblotting. All of these Src family members except Fgr exhibited
substantial phosphotyrosine antibody labeling. The partitioning of the
se kinases, with the exception of Src, with the detergent-insoluble fr
action, their tyrosine-phosphorylation status, and co-localization wit
h endocytotic vesicles lead us to hypothesize that the Src family kina
ses are involved in signaling events that drive cytoskeletal reorganiz
ation and active endocytosis of plasma proteins by circulating platele
ts.