GTPases and Low Molecular Weight G Proteins during Cell-Cell Interaction between Neutrophils and Platelets
Abstract:
The involvement of low molecular weight G proteins (LMWG) was determined during cell-cell interaction between human neutrophils and platelets. α-[32P]-GTP binding revealed an enhanced expression of an 18-kD band and a diminished band at 21 kD derived from platelets after coincubation of both cell types. Coincubation of the cells did not show any effect on the expression of rap2, whereas rapl was enhanced. The subadditive GTPase activity after coincubation of PMN and platelets could be due to some extent to the diminished expression of the ras protein. The presented data suggest an important role of the LMWG during cell-cell interaction between PMN and platelets.
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