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ArticlePloS one2014

The adaptor protein Swiprosin-1/EFhd2 is dispensable for platelet function in mice.

Martina Morowski, Sebastian Brachs, Dirk Mielenz, Bernhard Nieswandt, Sebastian Dütting

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Martina MorowskiUniversity of Würzburg, Department of Experimental Biomedicine, University Hospital and Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine, Würzburg, Germany.
Sebastian BrachsDivision of Molecular Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Nikolaus Fiebiger Center, University Hospital Erlangen and University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Dirk MielenzDivision of Molecular Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Nikolaus Fiebiger Center, University Hospital Erlangen and University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Bernhard NieswandtUniversity of Würzburg, Department of Experimental Biomedicine, University Hospital and Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine, Würzburg, Germany.
Sebastian DüttingUniversity of Würzburg, Department of Experimental Biomedicine, University Hospital and Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine, Würzburg, Germany.
Universitätsklinikum Würzburg · DEFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEUniversitätsklinikum Erlangen · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPlatelets are anuclear cell fragments derived from bone marrow megakaryocytes that safeguard vascular integrity, but may also cause pathological vessel occlusion. Reorganizations of the platelet cytoskeleton and agonist-induced intracellular Ca2+-mobilization are crucial for platelet hemostatic function. EF-hand domain containing 2 (EFhd2, Swiprosin-1) is a Ca2+-binding cytoskeletal adaptor protein involved in actin remodeling in different cell types, but its function in platelets is unknown.

objectiveBased on the described functions of EFhd2 in immune cells, we tested the hypothesis that EFhd2 is a crucial adaptor protein for platelet function acting as a regulator of Ca2+-mobilization and cytoskeletal rearrangements. METHODS AND

resultsWe generated EFhd2-deficient mice and analyzed their platelets in vitro and in vivo. Efhd2-/- mice displayed normal platelet count and size, exhibited an unaltered in vivo life span and showed normal Ca2+-mobilization and activation/aggregation responses to classic agonists. Interestingly, upon stimulation of the immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif-coupled receptor glycoprotein (GP) VI, Efhd2-/- platelets showed a slightly increased coagulant activity. Furthermore, absence of EFhd2 had no significant impact on integrin-mediated clot retraction, actomyosin rearrangements and spreading of activated platelets on fibrinogen. In vivo EFhd2-deficiency resulted in unaltered hemostatic function and unaffected arterial thrombus formation.

conclusionThese results show that EFhd2 is not essential for platelet function in mice indicating that other cytoskeletal adaptors may functionally compensate its loss.

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AnimalsBlood PlateletsCalcium-Binding ProteinsCell AdhesionMiceMice, KnockoutPlatelet ActivationPlatelet AggregationPlatelet Function TestsCalcium-Binding ProteinsEFHD2 protein, mouse

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