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ArticleBlood2010

Platelets regulate lymphatic vascular development through CLEC-2-SLP-76 signaling.

Cara C Bertozzi, Alec A Schmaier, Patricia Mericko, Paul R Hess, Zhiying Zou, Mei Chen, Chiu-Yu Chen, Bin Xu, Min-min Lu, Diane Zhou and 10 more

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Article in Blood, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 204 papers.

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204 citing papers in PubMed, 424 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Cara C BertozziDepartment of Medicine and Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania, 421 Curie Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Alec A Schmaier
Patricia Mericko
Paul R Hess
Zhiying Zou
Mei Chen
Chiu-Yu Chen
Bin Xu
Min-min Lu
Diane Zhou
Eric Sebzda
Matthew T Santore
Demetri J Merianos
Matthias Stadtfeld
Alan W Flake
Thomas Graf
Radek Skoda
Jonathan S Maltzman
Gary A Koretzky
Mark L Kahn
University of Pennsylvania · USChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia · USCancer Research Center · USCentre for Genomic Regulation · ESHarvard Stem Cell Institute · USUniversity Hospital of Basel · CHVanderbilt University · US

Funding

Regulation of Angiogenesis by SLP-76 SignalingR01HL072798 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KAHN, MARK L · 2003 to 2011
$3.5M
Control of lymphatic vessel growth and development by plateletsR01HL103432 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KAHN, MARK L · 2010 to 2013
$1.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL072798NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL072798NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL103432
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although platelets appear by embryonic day 10.5 in the developing mouse, an embryonic role for these cells has not been identified. The SYK-SLP-76 signaling pathway is required in blood cells to regulate embryonic blood-lymphatic vascular separation, but the cell type and molecular mechanism underlying this regulatory pathway are not known. In the present study we demonstrate that platelets regulate lymphatic vascular development by directly interacting with lymphatic endothelial cells through C-type lectin-like receptor 2 (CLEC-2) receptors. PODOPLANIN (PDPN), a transmembrane protein expressed on the surface of lymphatic endothelial cells, is required in nonhematopoietic cells for blood-lymphatic separation. Genetic loss of the PDPN receptor CLEC-2 ablates PDPN binding by platelets and confers embryonic lymphatic vascular defects like those seen in animals lacking PDPN or SLP-76. Platelet factor 4-Cre-mediated deletion of Slp-76 is sufficient to confer lymphatic vascular defects, identifying platelets as the cell type in which SLP-76 signaling is required to regulate lymphatic vascular development. Consistent with these genetic findings, we observe SLP-76-dependent platelet aggregate formation on the surface of lymphatic endothelial cells in vivo and ex vivo. These studies identify a nonhemostatic pathway in which platelet CLEC-2 receptors bind lymphatic endothelial PDPN and activate SLP-76 signaling to regulate embryonic vascular development.

Indexed as

Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsBlood PlateletsBlood VesselsCells, CulturedEmbryo, MammalianEndothelial CellsEndothelium, LymphaticEndothelium, VascularHumansLectins, C-TypeLymphatic VesselsMembrane GlycoproteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCLEC-2 protein, mouseLectins, C-TypeMembrane GlycoproteinsPdpn protein, mousePhosphoproteinsPodoplaninSLP-76 signal Transducing adaptor proteins

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PMID20363774
PMCPMC3324297
OpenAlexW2035465177

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