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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-6
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Here we report the characterization of a mouse model of the Bernard-Soulier syndrome generated by a targeted disruption of the gene encoding the glycoprotein (GP) Ibbeta subunit of the GP Ib-IX complex. Similar to a Bernard-Soulier model generated by disruption of the mouse GP Ibalpha subunit, GP Ibbeta(Null) mice display macrothrombocytopenia and a severe bleeding phenotype. When examined by transmission electron microscopy, the large platelets produced by a GP Ibbeta(Null) genotype revealed alpha-granules with increased size as compared with the alpha-granules from control mouse platelets. Data are presented linking the overexpression of a septin protein, SEPT5, to the presence of larger alpha-granules in the GP Ibbeta(Null) platelet. The SEPT5 gene resides approximately 250 nucleotides 5' to the GP Ibbeta gene and has been associated with modulating exocytosis from neurons and platelets as part of a presynaptic protein complex. Fusion mRNA transcripts present in megakaryocytes can contain both the SEPT5 and GP Ibbeta coding sequences as a result in an imperfect polyadenylation signal within the 3' end of both the human and mouse SEPT5 genes. We observed a 2- to 3-fold increase in SEPT5 protein levels in platelets from GP Ibbeta(Null) mice. These results implicate SEPT5 levels in the maintenance of normal alpha-granule size and may explain the variant granules associated with human GP Ibbeta mutations and the Bernard-Soulier syndrome.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
104
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2339-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15213102-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15213102-Bernard-Soulier Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:15213102-Bleeding Time, pubmed-meshheading:15213102-Blood Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:15213102-Blood Platelets, pubmed-meshheading:15213102-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:15213102-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15213102-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:15213102-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:15213102-Gene Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:15213102-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15213102-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:15213102-Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:15213102-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:15213102-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:15213102-Platelet Glycoprotein GPIb-IX Complex, pubmed-meshheading:15213102-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15213102-Septins, pubmed-meshheading:15213102-Tail
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetic deletion of mouse platelet glycoprotein Ibbeta produces a Bernard-Soulier phenotype with increased alpha-granule size.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W Markham St, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't