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J. Cell Biol., Volume 144, Number 1, January 11, 1999 175-184

Integrin-dependent Control of Translation: Engagement of Integrin alpha IIbbeta 3 Regulates Synthesis of Proteins in Activated Human Platelets

Ravinder Pabla,* Andrew S. Weyrich,*parallel Dan A. Dixon,Dagger Paul F. Bray,** Thomas M. McIntyre,*parallel Stephen M. Prescott,Dagger §parallel and Guy A. Zimmerman*parallel

* Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, Dagger  Program in Human Molecular Biology and Genetics, Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, § Department of Biochemistry, parallel  Department of Internal Medicine, and  Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112; and the ** Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205

Integrins are widely expressed plasma membrane adhesion molecules that tether cells to matrix proteins and to one another in cell-cell interactions. Integrins also transmit outside-in signals that regulate functional responses of cells, and are known to influence gene expression by regulating transcription. In previous studies we found that platelets, which are naturally occurring anucleate cytoplasts, translate preformed mRNA transcripts when they are activated by outside-in signals. Using strategies that interrupt engagement of integrin alpha IIbbeta 3 by fibrinogen and platelets deficient in this integrin, we found that alpha IIbbeta 3 regulates the synthesis of B cell lymphoma 3 (Bcl-3) when platelet aggregation is induced by thrombin. We also found that synthesis of Bcl-3, which occurs via a specialized translation control pathway regulated by mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), is induced when platelets adhere to immobilized fibrinogen in the absence of thrombin and when integrin alpha IIbbeta 3 is engaged by a conformation-altering antibody against integrin alpha IIbbeta 3. Thus, outside-in signals delivered by integrin alpha IIbbeta 3 are required for translation of Bcl-3 in thrombin-stimulated aggregated platelets and are sufficient to induce translation of this marker protein in the absence of thrombin. Engagement of integrin alpha 2beta 1 by collagen also triggered synthesis of Bcl-3. Thus, control of translation may be a general mechanism by which surface adhesion molecules regulate gene expression.

Key words: adhesion;  integrins;  platelets;  translation;  gene regulation


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