Requirement of leucine-rich repeats of glycoprotein (GP) Ib alpha for shear-dependent and static binding of von Willebrand factor to the platelet membrane GP Ib-IX-V complex
Y. Shen et al., Requirement of leucine-rich repeats of glycoprotein (GP) Ib alpha for shear-dependent and static binding of von Willebrand factor to the platelet membrane GP Ib-IX-V complex, BLOOD, 95(3), 2000, pp. 903-910
The platelet glycoprotein (GP) Ib-IX-V complex mediates adhesion to von Wil
lebrand factor (vWf) in (patho)physiologic thrombus formation. The vWf-bind
ing site on GP Ib-IX-V is within the N-terminal 282 residues of GP Iba, whi
ch consist of an N-terminal flanking sequence (His-1-IIe-35), 7 leucine-ric
h repeats (Leu-36-Ala-200), a C-terminal flank (Phe-201-Gly-268), and a sul
fated tyrosine sequence (Asp-269-Glu-282), We have used mammalian cell expr
ession of canine-human chimeras of GP Ib alpha, corresponding to precise st
ructural boundaries, to demonstrate the first specific requirement for indi
vidual leucine-rich repeats for binding of vWf either induced by a modulato
r, ristocetin, or under hydrodynamic flow. implicit in this approach was th
at the GP Ib alpha chimeras retained a functional conformation, a suppositi
on confirmed by analyzing restoration of function to reversed human-canine
chimeras and demonstrating that all chimeras bound vWf activated by botroce
tin, a modulator that is indiscriminate between species. Leucine-rich repea
ts 2, 3, and 4 of GP Ib alpha were identified as being critical for vWf adh
esion to GP Ib-IX-V.
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