Inositol polyphosphate 4-phosphatase is inactivated by calpain-mediated proteolysis in stimulated human platelets
F A Norris1, R C Atkins, P W Majerus
1Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Abstract:
Inositol polyphosphate 4-phosphatase (4-phosphatase), an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the 4-position phosphate of phosphatidylinositol 3,4-bisphosphate, was shown to be a substrate for the calcium-dependent protease calpain in vitro and in stimulated human platelets. Stimulation of platelets with the calcium ionophore, A23187, resulted in complete proteolysis of 4-phosphatase and a 75% reduction in enzyme activity. Thrombin stimulation of platelets resulted in partial proteolysis of 4-phosphatase and a 41% reduction in enzyme activity (n = 8, range of 36-51%). In addition, preincubation with the calpain inhibitor, calpeptin, suppressed the accumulation of phosphatidylinositol 3, 4-bisphosphate in thrombin-stimulated platelets by 36% (n = 2, range = 35-37%). These data suggest that the calpain-mediated inhibition of 4-phosphatase is involved in the phosphatidylinositol 3, 4-bisphosphate accumulation in thrombin-stimulated platelets.
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