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josel{at}bcm.tmc.edu
We have identified platelet glycoprotein (GP) Ib
as a counterreceptor for P-selectin. GP Ib
is a component of the GP Ib-IX-V complex, which mediates platelet adhesion to subendothelium at sites of injury. Cells expressing P-selectin adhered to immobilized GP Ib
, and GP Ib
–expressing cells adhered to and rolled on P-selectin and on histamine-stimulated endothelium in a P-selectin–dependent manner. In like manner, platelets rolled on activated endothelium, a phenomenon inhibited by antibodies to both P-selectin and GP Ib
. Unlike the P-selectin interaction with its leukocyte ligand, PSGL-1 (P-selectin glycoprotein ligand 1), the interaction with GP Ib
required neither calcium nor carbohydrate core-2 branching or
(1,3)-fucosylation. The interaction was inhibited by sulfated proteoglycans and by antibodies against GP Ib
, including one directed at a tyrosine-sulfated region of the polypeptide. Thus, the GP Ib-IX-V complex mediates platelet attachment to both subendothelium and activated endothelium.
Key Words: platelet adhesion endothelium platelet glycoproteins selectins PSGL-1
© 1999 The Rockefeller University Press
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