Ferraro, F;
da Silva, ML;
Grimes, W;
Lee, HK;
Ketteler, R;
Kriston-Vizi, J;
Cutler, DF;
(2016)
Weibel-Palade body size modulates the adhesive activity of its von Willebrand Factor cargo in cultured endothelial cells.
Scientific Reports
, 6
, Article 32473. 10.1038/srep32473.
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Abstract
Changes in the size of cellular organelles are often linked to modifications in their function. Endothelial cells store von Willebrand Factor (vWF), a glycoprotein essential to haemostasis in Weibel-Palade bodies (WPBs), cigar-shaped secretory granules that are generated in a wide range of sizes. We recently showed that forcing changes in the size of WPBs modifies the activity of this cargo. We now find that endothelial cells treated with statins produce shorter WPBs and that the vWF they release at exocytosis displays a reduced capability to recruit platelets to the endothelial cell surface. Investigating other functional consequences of size changes of WPBs, we also report that the endothelial surface-associated vWF formed at exocytosis recruits soluble plasma vWF and that this process is reduced by treatments that shorten WPBs, statins included. These results indicate that the post-exocytic adhesive activity of vWF towards platelets and plasma vWF at the endothelial surface reflects the size of their storage organelle. Our findings therefore show that changes in WPB size, by influencing the adhesive activity of its vWF cargo, may represent a novel mode of regulation of platelet aggregation at the vascular wall.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Weibel-Palade body size modulates the adhesive activity of its von Willebrand Factor cargo in cultured endothelial cells |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/srep32473 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep32473 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Science & Technology - Other Topics, KRUPPEL-LIKE FACTOR-2, COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS, PLATELET-ADHESION, STATIN TREATMENT, FLOW CONDITIONS, FACTOR STRINGS, SHEAR-STRESS, IN-VITRO, INTERVENTION, ORGANIZATION |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Lab for Molecular Cell Bio MRC-UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1514425 |
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