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Thromb Haemost 1999; 82(06): 1749-1756
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614909
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Early Platelet Activation by Low Density Lipoprotein via p38MAP Kinase

Christian M. Hackeng
1   From the Departments of Clinical Chemistry and Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2   Haematology, University Hospital Utrecht, and Institute for Biomembranes, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
,
Ingrid A. M. Relou
1   From the Departments of Clinical Chemistry and Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2   Haematology, University Hospital Utrecht, and Institute for Biomembranes, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
,
Marc W. Pladet
1   From the Departments of Clinical Chemistry and Utrecht University, The Netherlands
,
Gertie Gorter
2   Haematology, University Hospital Utrecht, and Institute for Biomembranes, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
,
Herman J. M. van Rijn
1   From the Departments of Clinical Chemistry and Utrecht University, The Netherlands
,
Jan-Willem N. Akkerman
2   Haematology, University Hospital Utrecht, and Institute for Biomembranes, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
› Author AffiliationsThe authors would like to thank Dr. Claude Negrier, Hospital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France, for his assistence in the studies on 2 patients with Glanzmann’s thrombastenia. Support by the University Hospital Utrecht and the Netherlands Thrombosis Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.
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Received 15 September 1998

Accepted after revision 25 May 1999

Publication Date:
10 December 2017 (online)

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Summary

Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) is known to sensitize platelets for physiological agonists. To clarify the basis of this sensitization, we investigated the involvement of p38MAP Kinase (p38MAPK). As dual phosphorylation on Thr180 and Tyr182 of p38MAPK is the trigger for activation of the kinase, p38MAPK-activity was measured with an antibody that recognizes the dual-phosphorylated sequence. LDL induced a rapid and dose dependent activation of p38MAPK. The activation was not inhibited by a wide variety of inhibitors of platelet signalling, including TxA2-formation, Phospholipase C-activation, Ca2+-mobilization and ERK 1/2-activation. Only a slight reduction in p38MAPK-activation was observed when protein kinase C was inhibited. Activation of p38MAPK was strongly inhibited by a rise in cAMP. Thus, p38MAPK-activation was upstream of most signalling pathways and close to the LDL-receptor. A number of platelet receptors was screened with the use of antibodies. Integrins αIIbβ3 and α2β1, as well as the FcγRII-receptor, CD36 (platelet glycoprotein IV), CD68 (gp110) and Low Density Lipoprotein-receptor related protein (LRP) were not implicated in LDL-induced p38MAPK-activation. Inhibition of LDL binding by modification of apo B100 lysines reduced p38MAPK-activation by 80 %. Activation of p38MAPK resulted in an increase in release of arachidonic acid, the precursor for thromboxane A2 synthesis. In conclusion, activation of p38MAPK might be the first step in platelet sensitization by LDL, leading to formation of arachidonate metabolites and increased aggregation and secretion responses to physiological agonists.

Keywords

LDL - lipoproteins - mapkinase - platelet
 

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