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Molecular Medicine |
Converting Enzyme (ADAM17) Mediates GPIb
Shedding From Platelets In Vitro and In Vivo
From the CBR Institute for Biomedical Research (W.B., C.L.P., G.C., V.S.D., U.H.v.A., D.D.W.) and the Department of Pathology (W.B., V.S.D., U.H.v.A., D.D.W.), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; and Wyeth Research (Y.Z.), Cambridge, Mass.
Correspondence to Dr Denisa D. Wagner, Harvard Medical School, CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, 800 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115-6399. E-mail wagner{at}cbr.med.harvard.edu
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subunit was first described >25 years ago, the protease mediating this event as well as its physiological function, however, have not been elucidated. We reported recently that shedding of GPIb
induced by platelet storage or mitochondrial injury involves a platelet-derived metalloproteinase(s). Here we show that GPIb
shedding in response to mitochondrial injury or physiological activation is inhibited in platelets obtained from chimeric mice, which express inactive tumor necrosis factor-
converting enzyme (TACE
Zn/
Zn) in blood cells only. Shedding was also inhibited in mouse and human platelets in the presence of 2 potent TACE inhibitors: TAP1 and TMI-1. Our data further suggest that TACE is important in the regulation of GPIb
expression in vivo because we observed an
90% reduction in soluble GPIb
(glycocalicin) in plasma of TACE
Zn/
Zn chimeras as well as significantly increased levels of GPIb
on circulating platelets. In contrast, shedding of P-selectin from activated platelets was not affected by the mutation in TACE. Damaged TACE
Zn/
Zn platelets were further characterized by a markedly improved post-transfusion recovery and hemostatic function in mice. In conclusion, our data demonstrate that TACE is expressed in platelets and that it is the key enzyme mediating shedding of GPIb
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Key Words: platelets TACE GPIb
, shedding
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(TNF-
), TNF-
converting enzyme (TACE; ADAM17) was also shown to mediate the release of many other cell surface transmembrane proteins, including adhesion molecules such as L-selectin and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1).46 Inactivation of the metalloproteinase activity of TACE by targeted deletion of the Zn2+-binding domain in mice (TACE
Zn/
Zn) results in perinatal lethality, demonstrating the importance of ectodomain shedding in vivo.4
In platelets, proteolytic cleavage has been identified as a key mechanism to regulate the surface expression of a variety of adhesion receptors, including P-selectin, CD40 ligand, and the glycoprotein (GP) V and GPIb
subunits of the von Willebrand factor receptor complex, GPIb-V-IX.79 GPIb-V-IX plays an important role in the adhesion of circulating platelets to sites of vascular injury.10,11 Cellular activation leads to internalization of GPIb-V-IX as well as ectodomain shedding of the GPIb
subunit from the cell surface.9,12 Soluble GPIb
(glycocalicin [GC]) is normally found in plasma at concentrations of
2 µg/mL and
20 µg/mL in humans13 and mice,12 respectively. Its physiological function is not known. We demonstrated recently that GPIb
shedding in damaged platelets correlates with the clearance of such cells and that release of GPIb
and platelet clearance require the activation of endogenous metalloproteinase(s).14 Although it is well documented that platelets can mobilize several MMPs15 as well as ADAM1016 on cellular activation, the proteinase mediating GPIb
shedding has not yet been identified.
To investigate whether TACE plays a role in the shedding of GPIb
, we generated TACE
Zn/
Zn chimeric mice that lack the enzyme in blood cells only. Our results demonstrate that TACE mediates shedding of GPIb
from platelets and that it is the major sheddase responsible for generation of GC in mice.
| Materials and Methods |
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Zn mutant mice (C57BL/6J/129Sv background)4 were kindly provided by Dr Jaques Peschon at Amgen (Seattle, Wash). Experimental procedures were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of the CBR Institute For Biomedical Research.
Materials
ADP, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), thrombin, carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP), ferric chloride, human fibrinogen (Sigma), calcein acetoxymethyl ester (AM), calcein red-orange AM (Molecular Probes), P-selectin ELISA (R&D Systems), and N(R)-[2-(hydroxyaminocarbonyl)methyl]-4-methylpentanoyl-L-naphthylalanyl-L-alanine amide TNF-
protease inhibitor (TAPI) (Calbiochem) were purchased. Inhibitor 4-[[4-(2-butynyloxy)phenyl]sulfonyl]-N-hydroxy-2,2-dimethyl-(3S)-thiomorpholinecarboxamide (TMI-1)17 was provided by Wyeth (Cambridge, Mass). Collagen-related peptides (CRPs) were a kind gift from Dr J. Hartwig (Boston, Mass). Antibodies against mouse P-selectin, mouse L-selectin, human GPIb
, and human GPIX (BD PharMingen), human fibrinogen (DAKO), mouse neutrophil marker Ly-6 G (also known as myeloid differentiation antigen Gr-1) (eBiosciences), and mouse GPIb
, GPIX, and integrin
IIbß3 (emfret ANALYTICS) were purchased.
Generation of TACE
Zn/
Zn Chimeras
Fetal liver cells were isolated from TACE+/+ and TACE
Zn/
Zn sibling embryos at day 16.5 of development and injected into irradiated C57BL/6J recipient mice (1250 rad; 1x107 cells per mouse). The genotype of the embryos was initially identified phenotypically (open eye at birth)4 and subsequently verified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
Surface Expression of L-Selectin
Whole blood was diluted 10-fold in red blood cell lysis buffer (155 mmol/L NH4Cl, 10 mmol/L KHCO3, and 0.1 mmol/L Na2EDTA, pH 7.4) and incubated for 5 minutes at room temperature (RT). After washing, leukocytes were resuspended in modified Tyrodes-HEPES buffer, activated with PMA (200 ng/mL) for 10 minutes, and stained with monoclonal antibodies against L-selectin and Ly-6G (10 minutes at RT). Samples were analyzed by flow cytometry.
Expression of Glycoproteins on Resting and Activated Platelets
Platelets (1x106) were either kept resting or treated with thrombin or ADP (in the presence of 5 µmol/L thromboxane A2 analog U46619) for 5 minutes at RT, stained with saturating amounts of fluorophore-coupled antibodies, and immediately analyzed.
GPIb
Shedding From Mouse and Human Platelets
Mouse and human platelets were isolated and analyzed for GPIb
expression.14 Mouse platelets were treated with 100 µmol/L CCCP (60 minutes), 200 ng/mL PMA (10 minutes), 0.5 U/mL thrombin (10 minutes), or 5 µg/mL CRP (10 minutes). Human platelets were treated for 5 hours with 100 µmol/L CCCP. We obtained informed consent from all donors and approval from the institutional review board of the CBR Institute for Biomedical Research. TAPI and TMI-1 were added at the indicated concentrations 5 minutes before addition of CCCP. CCCP, PMA, TAPI, and TMI-1 were dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO); the final concentration of DMSO in any sample did not exceed 1% v/v. For flow cytometry, samples were stained with saturating amounts of anti-GPIb
mAb pop4-PE (15 minutes at RT) and immediately analyzed on a FACScalibur. For immunoblotting, samples were diluted in 2x sodium dodecyl sulfate sample buffer, separated by SDS-PAGE (7.5%) under reducing conditions, and transferred to a polyvinylidene fluoride membrane. The membrane was first incubated with 2.5 µg/mL anti-GPIb
mAb p0p5,12 followed by rabbit anti-rathorseradish peroxidase (1 µg/mL).Proteins were visualized by enhanced chemiluminescence. The Western blot was quantified by densitometry using NIH Image software on digitized photographs.
P-Selectin Shedding In Vivo
Platelets were labeled with 25 µg/mL biotin for 10 minutes at RT, washed once, resuspended in modified Tyrodes-HEPES buffer containing 5 mmol/L EDTA, and activated with 0.1 U/mL thrombin for 10 minutes. After incubation with hirudin (0.5 U/mL for 10 minutes), platelets were intravenously infused into the retro-orbital plexus of mice (
1.5x108 platelets per 15 g body weight). Blood was taken 3 hours after platelet transfusion. Diluted blood samples were stained with streptavidin-PE and anti-P-selectinfluorescein isothiocyanate (10 minutes at RT) and analyzed on a FACScalibur.
Aggregometry
To determine platelet aggregation, light transmission was measured using washed platelets adjusted to a platelet concentration of 3x108 platelets/mL with modified Tyrodes buffer containing 1 mmol/L CaCl2 (thrombin) or plasma (ADP). Agonists were added as 100-fold concentrates, and transmission was recorded over 14 minutes on a Chrono-Log 4-channel optical aggregation system (Chrono-Log).
Platelet Counts
Platelet counts in whole blood were determined by flow cytometry according to a method described previously by Alugupalli et al.18 Briefly, 30 µL diluted whole blood samples (1/20 in PBS containing 10 U/mL heparin) were labeled with anti-
IIbß3 mAb JON1-PE (10 minutes at RT), and samples were diluted by the addition of 950 µL PBS. SPHERO rainbow fluorescence polystyrene beads (Sperotech Inc.) were added as an internal standard at a final concentration of 105 beads/mL. Platelets and beads were resolved on the basis of the scatter characteristics and their fluorescence signals.
Bleeding Time Measurement
A 3-mm segment of the tail was amputated from age-matched TACE+/+ and TACE
Zn/
Zn chimeric mice. The tail was immersed in PBS at 37°C, and the time required for the stream of blood to stop was defined as the bleeding time.
In Vivo Thrombosis Model
Platelets were labeled for 10 minutes with calcein-green (5 µg/mL) or calcein-red/orange (2.5 µg/mL) and infused into 3- to 5-week-old anesthetized male mice. The mesentery was exposed through a midline abdominal incision, and injury was induced by application of FeCl3.19 Vessels were monitored until cessation of blood flow lasted longer than 10 seconds.
Platelet Recovery and Survival in Mice
Platelets were labeled with 1 µg/mL calcein-green for 15 minutes at RT, washed once, resuspended in modified Tyrodes-HEPES buffer, and intravenously infused into the retro-orbital plexus of mice (
0.75x108 platelets per 15 g body weight). For determination of the in vivo recovery and survival of transfused platelets, blood samples were collected at various time points after transfusion using heparin-coated microcapillaries. Diluted whole blood samples (1/20 in PBS containing 10 U/mL heparin) were stained with anti-
IIbß3 mAb JON1-PE and analyzed by flow cytometry to determine the percentage of calcein-positive platelets. Platelets were identified by forward scatter characteristics and fluorescence 2.
Statistics
Unless stated otherwise, results are reported as mean value±SD. The statistical significance was assessed by Student t test.
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.11 We and others demonstrated recently that ectodomain shedding is a key mechanism for the regulation of GPIb
on the platelet surface and that shedding is dependent on endogenous metalloproteinase activity.9,14
Generation of TACE Chimeric Mice
To study a potential role of TACE in the cleavage of GPIb
, we generated chimeric mice that express inactive TACE in blood cells only. For that purpose, we transplanted irradiated wild-type recipient mice with fetal liver cells isolated from TACE+/+ or TACE
Zn/
Zn embryos. To determine the percentage of chimerism, we took advantage of the fact that TACE mediates shedding of the adhesion receptor L-selectin from activated leukocytes.20 In contrast to controls, >98% of the neutrophils from all TACE
Zn/
Zn chimeras tested did not downregulate surface-expressed L-selectin when activated by PMA (Figure 1), demonstrating that these cells were of donor origin. The absence of native TACE in blood cells obtained from TACE
Zn/
Zn chimeras was confirmed by PCR on leukocytes isolated from several chimeric mice (data not shown).
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Characterization of Platelets Obtained From TACE
Zn/
Zn Chimeras
Examination of mice 6 weeks after fetal liver cell transplantation demonstrated similar platelet counts (Figure 2A) and platelet size (data not shown) in TACE+/+ and TACE
Zn/
Zn chimeras. To investigate whether the absence of functional TACE in blood cells affects primary hemostasis, we compared the tail bleeding times in TACE+/+ and TACE
Zn/
Zn mice. No significant difference in the bleeding times was observed between TACE+/+ and TACE
Zn/
Zn mice (182.3±20.0 and 168.5±21.5, respectively; P=0.65; Figure 2B). When compared with controls, TACE
Zn/
Zn platelets showed normal aggregation in response to 0.1 U/mL thrombin or 1 µmol/L ADP (Figure 3A). To evaluate whether TACE activity plays a role in platelet degranulation, we next measured surface expression of P-selectin by flow cytometry. No significant differences in P-selectin expression were observed between TACE+/+ and TACE
Zn/
Zn platelets stimulated with various concentrations of thrombin or ADP (in the presence of the thromboxane A2 analog U46619; Figure 3B).
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Shedding of GPIb
Is Inhibited in TACE
Zn/
Zn Platelets
We next studied the surface expression of GPIb
in response to mitochondrial injury (induced by CCCP, a lipid-soluble amphipathic molecule that uncouples oxidative phosphorylation21), or activation with various agonists in platelets obtained from TACE+/+ and TACE
Zn/
Zn chimeras. As shown in Figure 4A, treatment with CCCP or PMA led to a >90% decrease in GPIb
staining on the surface of TACE+/+ platelets, whereas almost no decrease was observed on TACE
Zn/
Zn platelets. In contrast, no difference in the surface expression of GPIX was observed between TACE+/+ and TACE
Zn/
Zn platelets treated with PMA (89.2±1.1% versus 90.3±0.7%, respectively, with 100% referring to GPIX staining on untreated platelets) or CCCP (95.6±0.7% and 95.2±0.8%, respectively), indicating that the surface expression of GPIb
predominantly decreased because of shedding and not internalization of the GPIb-V-IX receptor complex. Consistently, elevated levels of GC were found in the supernatant of TACE+/+ but not TACE
Zn/
Zn platelets during treatment with CCCP or PMA (Figure 4B). In addition, TACE-mediated release of GC into the supernatant was observed during activation of platelets by the physiological agonist thrombin or CRPs. These data demonstrate that TACE is expressed in platelets and that it is the key enzyme mediating shedding of GPIb
from the surface of injured or activated mouse platelets.
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P-Selectin is also shed from activated platelets in mice, resulting in an increase in soluble P-selectin in plasma.7 To study a potential role of TACE in P-selectin shedding, we transfused thrombin-activated TACE
Zn/
Zn platelets into TACE
Zn/
Zn chimeras. As in wild-type controls, P-selectin staining was rapidly lost from transfused TACE
Zn/
Zn platelets, indicating that the receptor was shed from the cell surface (Figure 4C). Shedding was further confirmed by a concomitant increase of soluble P-selectin in the plasma of transfused mice (data not shown).
TACE Inhibitors Prevent GPIb
Shedding From Human Platelets
To our knowledge, humans with TACE deficiency have not been reported, which most likely is to be explained by the embryonic lethality of such a genetic defect.4 To confirm that TACE is also responsible for the cleavage of human GPIb
, we studied the effect of 2 potent TACE inhibitors, TAPI22 and TMI-1,17 on CCCP-induced shedding of human and mouse GPIb
. Both compounds are hydroxamate-based inhibitors, which have been shown to block TACE-mediated cleavage of TNF-
peptide with an IC50 of
100 nmol/L and
10 nmol/L, respectively. As shown in Figure 5, both compounds effectively blocked shedding of GPIb
from human and mouse platelets (IC50(TAPI):
110 nmol/L and
700 nmol/L, respectively, and IC50(TMI-1):
9 nmol/L and
50 nmol/L, respectively). And although both inhibitors are not specific for TACE, their inhibitory effects suggest that TACE may also mediate GPIb
shedding from human platelets.
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TACE Mediates Shedding of GPIb
In Vivo
To demonstrate the physiological importance of TACE for the shedding of GPIb
in blood, we next determined the levels of GC in plasma of chimeric mice. When compared with TACE+/+ mice, the GC levels in TACE
Zn/
Zn chimeras were reduced by
90% (Figure 6A), demonstrating that TACE is the major protease mediating shedding of GPIb
from platelets in vivo.
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In addition to the marked reduction in plasma GC, we observed slightly elevated levels of GPIb
on freshly isolated TACE
Zn/
Zn platelets when compared with TACE+/+ platelets (P<0.0001). It is important to note that there was no difference in the expression of either GPIX, another subunit of the GPIb-V-IX receptor complex that is not susceptible to proteolytic cleavage, or the major platelet integrin
IIbß3 (Figure 6B).
Improved Recovery and Function of Damaged TACE
Zn/
Zn Platelets on Transfusion Into Mice
We described recently that mitochondrial platelet injury after treatment with CCCP not only induces shedding of GPIb
but leads to a markedly reduced post-transfusion recovery of these platelets in mice.14 We further showed that the cellular changes leading to both GPIb
shedding and platelet clearance involve metalloproteinase activity. To test whether TACE activity plays a role in the clearance of damaged platelets in vivo, we studied the recovery of CCCP-treated TACE+/+ and TACE
Zn/
Zn platelets transfused into wild-type recipient mice (Figure 7A). Although CCCP treatment markedly reduced the immediate recovery of wild-type platelets (
57% reduction), it had little effect on TACE
Zn/
Zn platelets (
24% reduction). Interestingly, 24 hours after platelet transfusion, no difference in the numbers of untreated and CCCP-treated TACE
Zn/
Zn platelets were detectable. In contrast, the numbers of circulating CCCP-treated wild-type platelets were still
65% lower than those of untreated wild-type cells.
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To test whether damaged (CCCP-treated) TACE+/+ and TACE
Zn/
Zn platelets are functional in vivo, we performed intravital microscopy studies in a model of arterial thrombosis.19 To compare the adhesion of both platelet preparations in the same animal, mice were infused with
2x108 CCCP-treated TACE+/+ platelets labeled with calcein-red/orange and
1x108 CCCP-treated TACE
Zn/
Zn platelets labeled with calcein-green. As shown in Figure 7B, CCCP-treated TACE
Zn/
Zn platelets showed a markedly improved adhesion to the damaged vascular wall as well as a better incorporation into the growing thrombus.
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subunit of the platelet membrane glycoprotein GPIb-V-IX is essential in the cascade of events leading to thrombus formation.10,11 Shedding of GPIb
, as determined by the presence of GC in the supernatant of activated platelets, was first described in 1978.23 However, so far, neither the protease mediating GPIb
shedding nor the physiological importance of this event has been elucidated. We now provide evidence that shedding of GPIb
in vitro and in vivo is mainly mediated by TACE (ADAM17). TACE is a well-known sheddase for a variety of surface-expressed proteins, including adhesion molecules such as L-selectin and VCAM-1.24 However, genetic inactivation of TACE in mice results in embryonic lethality,4 making it difficult to study its role as a sheddase in vivo. To study the role of TACE in GPIb
shedding, we generated chimeric mice expressing inactive TACE (TACE
Zn/
Zn) in blood cells only. Platelets obtained from TACE
Zn/
Zn chimeras did not shed significant amounts of GPIb
in response to mitochondrial injury or cellular activation as induced by thrombin, CRPs, or PMA (Figure 4), indicating that TACE may play a major role in GPIb
shedding in vivo. The latter hypothesis was confirmed by 2 complementary observations: (1) an
90% reduction in GC levels in plasma from TACE
Zn/
Zn chimeras when compared with controls, and (2) significantly more GPIb
expressed on the surface of circulating TACE
Zn/
Zn platelets (Figure 6). The fact that we detected residual amounts of GC in all plasma samples obtained from TACE
Zn/
Zn chimeras indicates that GPIb
shedding from platelets can be mediated in part by a less efficient proteinase, probably another member of the metalloproteinase family. Such a second minor mechanism for shedding has also been reported for other TACE substrates such as L-selectin5 and VCAM-1.6 Furthermore, GPIb
shedding from mouse and human platelets was inhibited by nanomolar concentrations of 2 highly effective TACE inhibitors: TAPI22 and TMI-117 (Figure 5). Although both compounds inhibit other metalloproteinases, we think that in combination with the mouse data, these results make a strong case for TACE as the enzyme that mediates shedding of human GPIb
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The question of what determines the substrate specificity of TACE has not been resolved.24 The sequences cleaved in various proteins are highly variable, suggesting that sequences distal to the cleavage site are also involved. In platelets, several surface receptors, including P-selectin, CD40 ligand, and the GPV and GPIb
subunits of the GPIb-V-IX complex,79 have been identified as substrates for proteolytic degradation; the responsible proteases have not been identified so far. Our data demonstrate that TACE is not responsible for the shedding of P-selectin from activated mouse platelets (Figure 4C), indicating that TACE is not the universal protease mediating cleavage of platelet surface receptors. We also recently identified the platelet collagen receptor GPVI as a substrate for metalloproteinase-mediated shedding.25 Preliminary studies indicate that TACE is involved in the shedding of GPVI from damaged mouse platelets (W.B., 2004, unpublished data). However, the physiological importance of this event is unclear because GPVI shedding in vivo has only been described in 1 patient experiencing idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura.26
Inactivation of TACE in circulating blood cells did not affect platelet counts (Figure 2A) or platelet size in mice, suggesting that TACE function is not required during platelet generation. Our data on platelet degranulation and aggregation (Figure 3) suggest that TACE
Zn/
Zn platelets have normal in vitro responses toward platelet agonists such as ADP or thrombin. Furthermore, tail bleeding time studies did not show any major defect in primary hemostasis in TACE
Zn/
Zn chimeras (Figure 2B), indicating that the shedding of GPIb
does not play a major role in primary hemostasis. These results are in line with our previous observations showing that thrombus formation in whole blood perfused over a collagen surface is not affected by the presence of a broad-range metalloproteinase inhibitor, GM6001.14 Further in vivo and ex vivo studies will be required to investigate whether TACE-mediated shedding of GPIb
or other surface receptors affects thrombus formation under high shear rate conditions.
We showed recently that inhibition of metalloproteinase activity during in vitro aging or mitochondrial injury markedly improves the post-transfusion recovery and the hemostatic function of such platelets in mice.14 We have now identified TACE as the metalloproteinase responsible for the development of the cellular changes leading to platelet clearance and reduced hemostatic function (Figure 7). The data presented here further confirm our recent finding that shedding of GPIb
may serve as an indicator for the quality of stored platelets because we found a close relationship between TACE-mediated cleavage of GPIb
and the recovery of transfused platelets in mice.
In summary, we suggest that TACE is the major sheddase for platelet GPIb
and that TACE inhibitors could modulate GPIb
shedding in vivo and in vitro during platelet storage.
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