Procalpain I in cytoplasm is translocated onto plasma and granule membranes during platelet stimulation with thrombin and then activated on the membranes. |
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Authors: | M Kuboki H Ishii S Horie M Kazama |
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Affiliation: | Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University, Kanagawa, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Thrombin stimulation of platelets resulted in changes in the subcellular localization of calpain I, with a concomitant alteration of its molecular weight as measured by immunoblotting. Calpain I in resting platelets was distributed as procalpain I, an 80 kDa form which does not exhibit the enzyme activity, and 83% of the total antigen was localized in the cytosol fraction. When platelets were stimulated with thrombin, the total content of calpain I antigen was not significantly changed as compared with that of the resting platelets, though a decrease in the cytosolic distribution of 80 kDa form (from 83% to 47% of the total antigen) was observed with concomitant appearance of the active 76 kDa and intermediate 78 kDa forms of calpain I and increase in the 80 kDa form in the granule and membrane fractions. These results indicated that calpain I was translocated from the cytosol to both the plasma and granule membranes as procalpain I and then activated on the membranes during platelet stimulation with thrombin. |
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