Integrin alpha(2)-deficient mice develop normally, are fertile, but display partially defective platelet interaction with collagen
Holtkotter, O., Nieswandt, B., Smyth, N., Muller, M., Hafner, M., Schulte, V., Krieg, T. and Eckes, B. (2002) Integrin alpha(2)-deficient mice develop normally, are fertile, but display partially defective platelet interaction with collagen. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277, (13), 10789-10794. (doi:10.1074/jbc.M112307200).
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The integrin 2-subunit was ablated in mice by targeted deletion of the ITGA2 gene. 2-Deficient animals develop normally, are fertile, and reproduce. Surprisingly, no obvious anatomical or histological differences were observed in mutant mice. Besides its significance in tissue morphogenesis, integrin 21 has been reported to play a major role in hemostasis by mediating platelet adhesion and activation on subendothelial collagen. To define its role in hemostasis, 2-deficient platelets were analyzed for their capacity to adhere to and aggregate in response to fibrillar or soluble collagen type I. We show that aggregation of 2-deficient platelets to fibrillar collagen is delayed but not reduced, whereas aggregation to enzymatically digested soluble collagen is abolished. Furthermore, 2-deficient platelets normally adhere to fibrillar collagen. However, in the presence of an antibody against GPVI (activating platelet collagen receptor), adhesion of 2-deficient but not wild type platelets is abrogated. These results demonstrate that integrin 21 significantly contributes to platelet adhesion to (fibrillar) collagen, which is further confirmed by the abolished adhesion of 2-deficient platelets to soluble collagen. Thus, 21 plays a supportive rather than an essential role in platelet-collagen interactions. These results are in agreement with the observation that 21-deficient animals suffer no bleeding anomalies.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0021-9258 (print) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Biological Sciences |
| Item ID: | 56332 |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Aug 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 04:55 |
| Contributors: | Holtkotter, O. (Author) Nieswandt, B. (Author) Smyth, N. (Author) Muller, M. (Author) Hafner, M. (Author) Schulte, V. (Author) Krieg, T. (Author) Eckes, B. (Author) |
| Date: | 1 March 2002 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/56332 |
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