%0 Journal Article
%A Pagani, Guilia
%A Pereira, Joana P. V.
%A Stoldt, Volker R.
%A Beck, Andreas
%A Scharf, Rüdiger E.
%A Gohlke, Holger
%T The human platelet antigen-1b variant of $\alpha$$_{IIb}$β$_{3}$ allosterically shifts the dynamic conformational equilibrium of this integrin toward the active state
%J The journal of biological chemistry
%V 293
%@ 0021-9258
%C Bethesda, Md.
%I Soc.
%M FZJ-2018-01518
%P 4830-4844
%D 2018
%X Integrins are heterodimeric cell-adhesion receptors comprising α and β subunits. The human platelet antigen-1 (HPA-1) polymorphism in αIIbβ3 arises from a Leu→Pro exchange at residue 33 in the genu of the β3 subunit, resulting in Leu-33 (HPA-1a) or Pro-33 (HPA-1b) isoforms. Although clinical investigations have provided conflicting results, some studies have suggested that Pro-33 platelets exhibit increased thrombogenicity. Under flow-dynamic conditions, the Pro-33 variant displays prothrombotic properties, characterized by increased platelet adhesion, aggregate/thrombus formation, and outside-in signaling. However, the molecular events underlying this prothrombotic phenotype have remained elusive. As residue 33 is located > 80 Å away from extracellular binding sites or transmembrane domains, we hypothesized that the Leu→Pro exchange allosterically shifts the dynamic conformational equilibrium of αIIbβ3 toward an active state. Multiple microsecond-long, all-atom molecular dynamics simulations of the ectodomain of the Leu-33 and Pro-33 isoforms provided evidence that the Leu→Pro exchange weakens interdomain interactions at the genu and alters the structural dynamics of the integrin to a more unbent and splayed state. Using FRET analysis of fluorescent proteins fused with αIIbβ3 in transfected HEK293 cells, we found that the Pro-33 variant in its resting state displays a lower energy transfer than the Leu-33 isoform. This finding indicated a larger spatial separation of the cytoplasmic tails in the Pro-33 variant. Together, our results indicate that the Leu→Pro exchange allosterically shifts the dynamic conformational equilibrium of αIIbβ3 to a structural state closer to the active one, promoting the fully active state and fostering the prothrombotic phenotype of Pro-33 platelets.
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%9 Journal Article
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%R 10.1074/jbc.RA118.002149
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/844002