Thromb Haemost 2003; 89(06): 1016-1023
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613403
Platelets and Blood Cells
Schattauer GmbH

Platelet P-selectin expression: requirement for protein kinase C, but not protein tyrosine kinase or phosphoinositide 3-kinase

Danielle Libersan
1   Montreal Heart Institute and the University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
,
Yahye Merhi
1   Montreal Heart Institute and the University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
› Author Affiliations

Financial support: This study was supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Quebec.
Further Information

Publication History

Received 22 October 2002

Accepted after revision 30 January 2003

Publication Date:
08 December 2017 (online)

Preview

Summary

P-selectin is translocated from the α-granules to the surface of activated platelets where it participates in thrombosis and inflammation. We investigated the signaling pathways involved in thrombin-induced human platelet P-selectin expression. Assessed by flow cytometry, inhibition of protein kinase C (PKC) with chelerythrine reduced P-selectin expression by 66%, platelet/neutrophil binding, GPIIb/IIIa activation and aggregation (p<0.05). Gö 6976, an inhibitor of the conventional PKCs (α and β), did not alter P-selectin expression. However, rottlerin inhibited by 50% its expression (p<0.05), but only at doses that interfere with the novel (є, η) and atypical (ζ) PKCs. Inhibition of protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3-K) did not significantly affect P-selectin expression. In conclusion, thrombin-induced P-selectin expression is PKC-sensitive, but PTK and PI3-K-insensitive. The novel є and η and atypical ζ, but not the conventional α and β and the novel θ PKCs, may be involved in this process.