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Platelet surface receptors GPIb-IX-V and GPVI initiate thrombus formation and may co-associate in an adhesive cluster to trigger signaling responses in hemostasis and thrombotic disease.
The co-association of GPIb-IX-V and GPVI receptors into an 'adhesosome' may represent a common molecular mechanism for initiating thrombus formation in both physiological haemostasis and pathological thrombosis.
Patho/physiological platelet aggregate (thrombus) formation is initiated by engagement of platelet surface receptors, glycoprotein (GP)Ib-IX-V and GPVI that bind von Willebrand factor or collagen. Although beneficial in response to vascular injury by preventing blood loss (haemostasis), platelet aggregation in a sclerotic coronary artery or other diseased blood vessel (thrombosis) can cause thrombotic diseases like heart attack and stroke. At the molecular level, ligand interactions with GPIb-IX-V or GPVI trigger signalling responses, including elevation of cytosolic Ca2+, dissociation of calmodulin from their cytoplasmic domains, cytoskeletal actin-filament rearrangements, activation of src-family kinases or PI 3-kinase, and 'inside-out' activation of the integrin, alphaIIbbeta3 (GPIIb-llla), that binds von Willebrand factor or fibrinogen and mediates platelet aggregation. Furthermore, emerging evidence supports a topographical co-association of these receptors of the leucine-rich repeat family (GPIb-IX-V) and immunoglobulin superfamily (GPVI) in an adhesive cluster or 'adhesosome'. This arrangement may underlie common mechanisms of initiating thrombus formation in haemostasis or thrombotic disease.
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Andrews et al. (2004) conducted a review in Thrombosis. Platelet surface receptors GPIb-IX-V and GPVI initiate thrombus formation and may co-associate in an adhesive cluster to trigger signaling responses in hemostasis and thrombotic disease.
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