The individual cont
ributions of glycop
rotein Ib (GPIb)and the seven t
ransmemb
rane domain
recepto
r (STDR) to inc
reases in platelet[Ca
2+]
i induced by
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rombin o
r thetethe
red ligand peptide(TLP; SFLLRNPNDKYEPF) have been dete
rmined in cont
rol platelets, inplatelets whe
re the th
rombinbinding site on GPIb was blocked with the monoclonal antibodies TM60and LJ-Ib10, in platelets whe
reaccess of th
rombin to the STDR was blocked by polyclonal antipeptideantibodies, and in Be
rna
rd-Soulie
rplatelets which constitutively lack GPIb. Cu
rve-fitting analyses(LIGAND) showed that binding of PPACK-th
rombin and
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rombin to the mode
rate-affinity site was not detectedin the best-fit model in the p
resenceof anti-STDR antibodies although with
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rombin the
re was alsodec
reased binding at the high-affinitysite. Conve
rsely, TM60 blocked binding of
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rombin to thehigh-affinity site but also dec
reased bindingat the mode
rate affinity site. Sepa
rately, eithe
r TM60 o
r anti-TNA(150
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r.gif">g/mL)
reduced th
rombin (0.5nM)-induced elevations in [Ca
2+]
i to 50%of cont
rol values, but Ca
2+ elevations we
re essentiallyab
rogated(4.2 ± 5%) when the two we
re added in combination.[Ca
2+]
i dose-
response cu
rves fo
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rombin we
recu
rvilinea
r and we
re only 50% of cont
rols in the p
resence of anti-GPIbo
r anti-STDR antibodies at up to10 nM
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rombin, with thei
r g
reatest sensitivity being below 2 nM.With Be
rna
rd-Soulie
r platelets,changes in [Ca
2+]
i we
re not detectable at
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0.5 nM
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rombin but we
re also 50% of cont
rols at5-10nM
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rombin. [Ca
2+]
i responses toTLP (1-100
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r.gif">M) of antibody-blocked platelets we
re identicaltothose of cont
rols whe
reas
responses we
re ~50% of cont
rols inBe
rna
rd-Soulie
r platelets. The
rate ofinc
rease in [Ca
2+]
i in cont
rols was twicethat seen in antibody-blocked platelets and about 5-foldg
reate
rthan in Be
rna
rd-Soulie
r platelets. These
results demonst
rate that
both GPIb and the STDR a
re
requi
redto ensu
re the optimal
rate and extent of platelet activation ove
r a
range of
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rombin concent
rations(0.3-10 nM) and that the STDR co
rresponds to the p
reviously desc
ribedmode
rate-affinity th
rombin
recepto
r.