Stritt Simon, Wolf Karen, Lorenz Viola, Vögtle Timo, Gupta Shuchi, Bösl Michael R, Nieswandt Bernhard
Department of Experimental Biomedicine, University Hospital and Rudolf Virchow Center, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Blood. 2015 Jan 8;125(2):219-22. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-08-597542. Epub 2014 Oct 21.
Platelet aggregation at sites of vascular injury is essential for hemostasis but also thrombosis. Platelet adhesiveness is critically dependent on agonist-induced inside-out activation of heterodimeric integrin receptors by a mechanism involving the recruitment of talin-1 to the cytoplasmic integrin tail. Experiments in heterologous cells have suggested a critical role of Rap1-guanosine triphosphate-interacting adaptor molecule (RIAM) for talin-1 recruitment and thus integrin activation, but direct in vivo evidence to support this has been missing. We generated RIAM-null mice and found that they are viable, fertile, and apparently healthy. Unexpectedly, platelets from these mice show unaltered β3- and β1-integrin activation and consequently normal adhesion and aggregation responses under static and flow conditions. Similarly, hemostasis and arterial thrombus formation were indistinguishable between wild-type and RIAM-null mice. These results reveal that RIAM is dispensable for integrin activation and function in mouse platelets, strongly suggesting the existence of alternative mechanisms of talin-1 recruitment.
血管损伤部位的血小板聚集对于止血和血栓形成都至关重要。血小板黏附性关键依赖于激动剂诱导的异源二聚体整合素受体由内向外的激活,其机制涉及踝蛋白-1募集至整合素细胞质尾部。异源细胞实验表明,Rap1-三磷酸鸟苷相互作用衔接分子(RIAM)对于踝蛋白-1募集进而整合素激活起关键作用,但一直缺乏支持此观点的直接体内证据。我们培育出RIAM基因敲除小鼠,发现它们能够存活、繁殖且外表健康。出乎意料的是,这些小鼠的血小板显示β3和β1整合素激活未改变,因此在静态和流动条件下具有正常的黏附和聚集反应。同样,野生型和RIAM基因敲除小鼠之间的止血和动脉血栓形成并无差异。这些结果表明,RIAM对于小鼠血小板整合素激活和功能并非必需,强烈提示存在踝蛋白-1募集的替代机制。