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ADAMTS13 binds to CD36: a potential mechanism for platelet and endothelial localization of ADAMTS13
Author(s) -
Davis Amanda K.,
Makar Robert S.,
Stowell Christopher P.,
Kuter David J.,
Dzik Walter H.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
transfusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.045
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1537-2995
pISSN - 0041-1132
DOI - 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01978.x
Subject(s) - adamts13 , thrombospondin , cd36 , chemistry , von willebrand factor , glycoprotein ib , platelet , platelet membrane glycoprotein , microbiology and biotechnology , recombinant dna , glycoprotein , plasma protein binding , biochemistry , enzyme , biology , metalloproteinase , receptor , immunology , gene
BACKGROUND: ADAMTS13 cleaves ultralarge von Willebrand factor (VWF) and plays a significant role in vascular biology and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. CD36, a transmembrane protein present on endothelial cells and platelets (PLTs), binds to thrombospondin via three thrombospondin type 1 repeats. ADAMTS13 contains eight thrombospondin type 1 repeats. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: An enzyme‐linked immunoassay was used to explore the binding of recombinant human CD36 (rHuCD36) to recombinant human ADAMTS13 (rHuADAMTS13). A competition assay between rHuADAMTS13 and recombinant human (rHu)‐thrombospondin‐2 for binding to CD36 was then performed. Subsequently, binding of rHuADAMTS13 to PLT membrane fragments expressing CD36 (PLT glycoprotein IV) and glycoprotein Ib/IX was assessed. To examine the functional significance of an ADAMTS13‐CD36 interaction, ADAMTS13 activity measured by a fluorescence resonance energy transfer assay was investigated in the presence of either rHuCD36 or concentrated PLTs. RESULTS: rHuCD36 bound to rHuADAMTS13 in a dose‐dependent fashion. rHu‐thrombospondin‐2 competed with ADAMTS13 for CD36 occupancy, but even high concentrations of rHu‐thrombospondin‐2 failed to completely block binding of rHuADAMTS13 to rHuCD36. rHuADAMTS13 bound to PLT membrane fragments expressing CD36 (PLT glycoprotein IV) in preference to PLT membrane fragments expressing glycoprotein Ib/IX. ADAMTS13 activity was not inhibited by the presence of either rHuCD36 or concentrated PLTs. CONCLUSION: rHuADAMTS13 binds to both rHuCD36 and PLT membrane CD36 in vitro. The binding of CD36 to rHuADAMTS13 with retention of its enzymatic activity is consistent with a proposed role for CD36 in localizing ADAMTS13 on the endothelial cell surface where it regulates the cleavage of VWF.