Soluble glycoprotein VI dimer inhibits platelet adhesion and aggregation to the injured vessel wall in vivo
- 4 December 2003
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 18 (2), 1-18
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.03-0464fje
Abstract
Platelet-collagen interactions play a fundamental role in the process of arterial thrombosis. The major platelet collagen receptor is the glycoprotein VI (GPVI). Here, we determined the effects of a soluble dimeric form of GPVI on platelet adhesion in vitro and in vivo. We fused the extracellular domain of GPVI with the human immunoglobulin Fc domain. The soluble dimeric form of GPVI (GPVI-Fc) specifically bound to immobilized collagen. Binding of GPVI-Fc to collagen was inhibited competitively by soluble GPVI-Fc, but not control Fc lacking the external GPVI domain. GPVI-Fc inhibited the adhesion of CHO cells that stably express human GPVI and of platelets on collagen and attenuated thrombus formation under shear conditions in vitro. To test the effects of GPVI-Fc in vivo, arterial thrombosis was induced in the mouse carotid artery, and platelet-vessel wall interactions were visualized by intravital fluorescence microscopy. Infusion of GPVI-Fc but not of control Fc virtually abolished stable arrest and aggregation of platelets following vascular injury. Importantly, GPVI-Fc but not control Fc, was detected at areas of vascular injury. These findings further substantiate the critical role of the collagen receptor GPVI in the initiation of thrombus formation at sites of vascular injury and identify soluble GPVI as a promising antithrombotic strategy.Keywords
Funding Information
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Ga481/4‐1)
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