Unknown

Dataset Information

0

Functional display of platelet-binding VWF fragments on filamentous bacteriophage.


ABSTRACT: von Willebrand factor (VWF) tethers platelets to sites of vascular injury via interaction with the platelet surface receptor, GPIb. To further define the VWF sequences required for VWF-platelet interaction, a phage library displaying random VWF protein fragments was screened against formalin-fixed platelets. After 3 rounds of affinity selection, DNA sequencing of platelet-bound clones identified VWF peptides mapping exclusively to the A1 domain. Aligning these sequences defined a minimal, overlapping segment spanning P1254-A1461, which encompasses the C1272-C1458 cystine loop. Analysis of phage carrying a mutated A1 segment (C1272/1458A) confirmed the requirement of the cystine loop for optimal binding. Four rounds of affinity maturation of a randomly mutagenized A1 phage library identified 10 and 14 unique mutants associated with enhanced platelet binding in the presence and absence of botrocetin, respectively, with 2 mutants (S1370G and I1372V) common to both conditions. These results demonstrate the utility of filamentous phage for studying VWF protein structure-function and identify a minimal, contiguous peptide that bind to formalin-fixed platelets, confirming the importance of the VWF A1 domain with no evidence for another independently platelet-binding segment within VWF. These findings also point to key structural elements within the A1 domain that regulate VWF-platelet adhesion.

SUBMITTER: Yee A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3760814 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

altmetric image

Publications

Functional display of platelet-binding VWF fragments on filamentous bacteriophage.

Yee Andrew A   Tan Fen-Lai FL   Ginsburg David D  

PloS one 20130903 9


von Willebrand factor (VWF) tethers platelets to sites of vascular injury via interaction with the platelet surface receptor, GPIb. To further define the VWF sequences required for VWF-platelet interaction, a phage library displaying random VWF protein fragments was screened against formalin-fixed platelets. After 3 rounds of affinity selection, DNA sequencing of platelet-bound clones identified VWF peptides mapping exclusively to the A1 domain. Aligning these sequences defined a minimal, overla  ...[more]

Similar Datasets

| S-EPMC2920722 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC3367877 | biostudies-other
| S-EPMC9631691 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC55471 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC4300948 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC4653043 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC6886259 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC9244996 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC2518822 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC7952839 | biostudies-literature