Expression of glycoprotein VI in vascular endothelial cells

Glycoprotein (GP) VI, a collagen receptor, plays an important role in collagen-mediated platelet aggregation and adhesion. To date, GPVI expression has been found only in platelets and megakaryocytes. In the present studies, we have demonstrated that GPVI was also expressed in cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) at both transcript and protein levels. Using a GPVI-specific probe, a ˜6-kb band was detected in HUVEC as well as in platelets and megakaryoblastic cell lines by Northern blotting. Using polyclonal antibodies raised against platelet GPVI peptides, the same size band (57 kDa) was labeled with convulxin (CVX) after immuno-precipitation in both HUVEC and platelet lysates. In addition, a ˜70-kDa band was also labeled in HUVEC. Surface expression of GPVI in HUVEC was confirmed by flow cytometry with GPVI-specific IgG or by direct labeling with FITC-conjugated CVX. Since HUVEC lack FcRγ chain that forms complex with GPVI in platelets for signaling process, the function of GPVI in vascular endothelial cells remains to be determined.

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