A Cdc42/RhoA regulatory circuit downstream of glycoprotein Ib guides transendothelial platelet biogenesis

Sebastian Dütting; Frederique Gaits-Iacovoni; David Stegner; Michael Popp; Adrien Antkowiak; Judith M.M. Van Eeuwijk; Paquita Nurden; Simon Stritt; Tobias Heib; Katja Aurbach; Oguzhan Angay; Deya Cherpokova; Niels Heinz; Ayesha A. Baig; Maximilian G. Gorelashvili; Frank Gerner; Katrin G. Heinze; Jerry Ware; Georg Krohne; Zaverio M. Ruggeri; Alan T. Nurden; Harald Schulze; Ute Modlich; Irina Pleines; Cord Brakebusch; Bernhard Nieswandt

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A Cdc42/RhoA regulatory circuit downstream of glycoprotein Ib guides transendothelial platelet biogenesis

Sebastian Dütting, Frederique Gaits-Iacovoni, David Stegner, Michael Popp, Adrien Antkowiak, Judith M.M. Van Eeuwijk, Paquita Nurden, Simon Stritt, Tobias Heib, Katja Aurbach, Oguzhan Angay, Deya Cherpokova, Niels Heinz, Ayesha A. Baig, Maximilian G. Gorelashvili, Frank Gerner, Katrin G. Heinze, Jerry Ware, Georg Krohne, Zaverio M. RuggeriAlan T. Nurden, Harald Schulze, Ute Modlich, Irina Pleines, Cord Brakebusch, Bernhard Nieswandt^*

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Blood platelets are produced by large bone marrow (BM) precursor cells, megakaryocytes (MKs), which extend cytoplasmic protrusions (proplatelets) into BM sinusoids. The molecular cues that control MK polarization towards sinusoids and limit transendothelial crossing to proplatelets remain unknown. Here, we show that the small GTPases Cdc42 and RhoA act as a regulatory circuit downstream of the MK-specific mechanoreceptor GPIb to coordinate polarized transendothelial platelet biogenesis. Functional deficiency of either GPIb or Cdc42 impairs transendothelial proplatelet formation. In the absence of RhoA, increased Cdc42 activity and MK hyperpolarization triggers GPIb-dependent transmigration of entire MKs into BM sinusoids. These findings position Cdc42 (go-signal) and RhoA (stop-signal) at the centre of a molecular checkpoint downstream of GPIb that controls transendothelial platelet biogenesis. Our results may open new avenues for the treatment of platelet production disorders and help to explain the thrombocytopenia in patients with Bernard-Soulier syndrome, a bleeding disorder caused by defects in GPIb-IX-V.

Original language	English
Article number	15838
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	8
Number of pages	13
ISSN	2041-1723
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15838
Publication status	Published - 15 Jun 2017

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Dütting, S., Gaits-Iacovoni, F., Stegner, D., Popp, M., Antkowiak, A., Van Eeuwijk, J. M. M., Nurden, P., Stritt, S., Heib, T., Aurbach, K., Angay, O., Cherpokova, D., Heinz, N., Baig, A. A., Gorelashvili, M. G., Gerner, F., Heinze, K. G., Ware, J., Krohne, G., ... Nieswandt, B. (2017). A Cdc42/RhoA regulatory circuit downstream of glycoprotein Ib guides transendothelial platelet biogenesis. Nature Communications, 8, Article 15838. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15838

Dütting, S, Gaits-Iacovoni, F, Stegner, D, Popp, M, Antkowiak, A, Van Eeuwijk, JMM, Nurden, P, Stritt, S, Heib, T, Aurbach, K, Angay, O, Cherpokova, D, Heinz, N, Baig, AA, Gorelashvili, MG, Gerner, F, Heinze, KG, Ware, J, Krohne, G, Ruggeri, ZM, Nurden, AT, Schulze, H, Modlich, U, Pleines, I, Brakebusch, C & Nieswandt, B 2017, 'A Cdc42/RhoA regulatory circuit downstream of glycoprotein Ib guides transendothelial platelet biogenesis', Nature Communications, vol. 8, 15838. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15838

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