Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Regulation of phosphoinositide hydrolysis and fibrinogen receptor expression by GTP regulatory protein(s) in isolated platelet membranes

Conference · · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6898981

Thrombin through a GTP-dependent mechanism, stimulated fibrinogen binding and indogenous (/sup 3/H) inositol- and (/sup 32/P)-labeled phosphoinositide hydrolysis in membranes prepared from platelets. Incubation of isolated membranes with GTP enhanced both fibrinogen binding and phosphoinositide metabolism in a dose dependent fashion with half-maximal activation at approximately 50..mu..m and 25..mu..m respectively. Addition of thrombin (l..mu../ml) or ADP (10..mu..M) and GTP enhanced fibrinogen lending 10-fold compared to GTP alone. Inositol triphosphate formation was increased by 300 to 500% within 60 seconds after the addition of thrombin (l..mu../ml). Addition of thrombin plus GTP, however, did not lead to the formation of inositol on glycerol phosphoinositol. These data suggest that in a cell free system these processes are mediated by guanine nucleotide binding regulatory protein(s). Although a general role for GTP-binding proteins in receptor-regulated processes is currently a popular idea, this data is the most direct evidence to date for a role in platelets other than the well established mediation of adenylate cyclase activity.

Research Organization:
American Red Cross, St. Louis, MO
OSTI ID:
6898981
Report Number(s):
CONF-8606151-
Journal Information:
Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States), Journal Name: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) Vol. 45:6; ISSN FEPRA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

GTP and cytosol stimulate phosphoinositide hydrolysis in isolated platelet membranes
Journal Article · Fri Jun 13 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.; (United States) · OSTI ID:7171498

Guanine nucleotide and agonist-induced hydrolysis of phosphoinositides in isolated platelet membranes
Conference · Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) · OSTI ID:6986065

Membrane-associated 41-kDa GTP-binding protein in collagen-induced platelet activation
Journal Article · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · FASEB Journal (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology); (USA) · OSTI ID:6623020