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J. Cell Biol.
© The Rockefeller University Press
0021-9525/97/06/1433/11 $2.00
Volume 137, Number 6, June 16, 1997 1433-1443

Affinity Modulation of Platelet Integrin alpha IIbbeta 3 by beta 3-Endonexin, a Selective Binding Partner of the beta 3 Integrin Cytoplasmic Tail

Hirokazu Kashiwagi,* Martin A. Schwartz,* Martin Eigenthaler,* K.A. Davis,§ Mark H. Ginsberg,* and Sanford J. Shattil*Dagger

* Department of Vascular Biology, Dagger  Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037; and § Becton-Dickinson Immunocytometry Systems, San Jose, California 95131

Platelet agonists increase the affinity state of integrin alpha IIbbeta 3, a prerequisite for fibrinogen binding and platelet aggregation. This process may be triggered by a regulatory molecule(s) that binds to the integrin cytoplasmic tails, causing a structural change in the receptor. beta 3-Endonexin is a novel 111-amino acid protein that binds selectively to the beta 3 tail. Since beta 3-endonexin is present in platelets, we asked whether it can affect alpha IIbbeta 3 function. When beta 3-endonexin was fused to green fluorescent protein (GFP) and transfected into CHO cells, it was found in both the cytoplasm and the nucleus and could be detected on Western blots of cell lysates. PAC1, a fibrinogen-mimetic mAb, was used to monitor alpha IIbbeta 3 affinity state in transfected cells by flow cytometry. Cells transfected with GFP and alpha IIbbeta 3 bound little or no PAC1. However, those transfected with GFP/beta 3-endonexin and alpha IIbbeta 3 bound PAC1 specifically in an energy-dependent fashion, and they underwent fibrinogen-dependent aggregation. GFP/beta 3-endonexin did not affect levels of surface expression of alpha IIbbeta 3 nor did it modulate the affinity of an alpha IIbbeta 3 mutant that is defective in binding to beta 3-endonexin. Affinity modulation of alpha IIbbeta 3 by GFP/beta 3-endonexin was inhibited by coexpression of either a monomeric beta 3 cytoplasmic tail chimera or an activated form of H-Ras. These results demonstrate that beta 3-endonexin can modulate the affinity state of alpha IIbbeta 3 in a manner that is structurally specific and subject to metabolic regulation. By analogy, the adhesive function of platelets may be regulated by such protein-protein interactions at the level of the cytoplasmic tails of alpha IIbbeta 3.


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