Selective dephosphorylation of the threonine(183) residue of ERK2 upon (alpha)llb(beta)3 engagement in platelets |
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Authors: | Pawlowski Marc Ragab Ashraf Rosa Jean-Philippe Bryckaert Marijke |
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Institution: | U348 INSERM, IFR-6 Circulation Lariboisière, H?pital Lariboisière, Paris, France. |
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Abstract: | Thrombin-induced extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 (ERK2) activation is negatively regulated in conditions of all bP3 integrin engagement and platelet aggregation. Here we show by Western blotting with antibodies against mono- and biphosphorylated forms of ERK2 that the dephosphorylation of ERK2 by alpha llb beta 3 engagement affects threonine183 and not tyrosine185. Addition of a potent serine/threonine phosphatase inhibitor, okadaic acid (OA), restored thrombin-induced threonine phosphorylation of ERK2 in conditions of platelet aggregation, whereas OA had no effect in the absence of alpha llb beta 3 engagement. These observations are consistent with alpha llb beta 3 engagement acting via at least one serine/threonine phosphatase,which dephosphorylates the phosphothreonine183 residue of ERK2. Moreover, a small amount (14%) of ERK2 was translocated to the alpha llb beta 3-dependent cytoskeleton, mostly ina monophosphorylated (i.e. inactive) form, suggesting that cytoskeleton-associated ERK2 plays only a minor role, if any. Finally, we show that negative regulation (i.e. dephosphorylation)occurs primarily or totally in the cytosol and that the alpha llb beta 3-dependent ERK2 Thr183-specific phosphatase is different from phosphatase 1 (PP1) or PP2A. We conclude that all alpha llb beta 3 engagement down-regulates ERK2 through selective dephosphorylation of the phosphothreonine183 residue by a cytosolic serine/threonine phosphatase different from known platelet phosphatases. |
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