TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gotru, Sanjeev Kiran
A1  - van Geffen, Johanna P.
A1  - Nagy, Magdolna
A1  - Mammadova-Bach, Elmina
A1  - Eilenberger, Julia
A1  - Volz, Julia
A1  - Manukjan, Georgi
A1  - Schulze, Harald
A1  - Wagner, Leonard
A1  - Eber, Stefan
A1  - Schambeck, Christian
A1  - Deppermann, Carsten
A1  - Brouns, Sanne
A1  - Nurden, Paquita
A1  - Greinacher, Andreas
A1  - Sachs, Ulrich
A1  - Nieswandt, Bernhard
A1  - Hermanns, Heike M.
A1  - Heemskerk, Johan W. M.
A1  - Braun, Attila
T1  - Defective Zn2+ homeostasis in mouse and human platelets with α- and δ-storage pool diseases
JF  - Scientific Reports
N2  - Zinc (Zn2+) can modulate platelet and coagulation activation pathways, including fibrin formation. Here, we studied the (patho)physiological consequences of abnormal platelet Zn2+ storage and release. To visualize Zn2+ storage in human and mouse platelets, the Zn2+ specific fluorescent dye FluoZin3 was used. In resting platelets, the dye transiently accumulated into distinct cytosolic puncta, which were lost upon platelet activation. Platelets isolated from Unc13d−/− mice, characterized by combined defects of α/δ granular release, showed a markedly impaired Zn2+ release upon activation. Platelets from Nbeal2−/− mice mimicking Gray platelet syndrome (GPS), characterized by primarily loss of the α-granule content, had strongly reduced Zn2+ levels, which was also confirmed in primary megakaryocytes. In human platelets isolated from patients with GPS, Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (HPS) and Storage Pool Disease (SPD) altered Zn2+ homeostasis was detected. In turbidity and flow based assays, platelet-dependent fibrin formation was impaired in both Nbeal2−/− and Unc13d−/− mice, and the impairment could be partially restored by extracellular Zn2+. Altogether, we conclude that the release of ionic Zn2+ store from secretory granules upon platelet activation contributes to the procoagulant role of Zn2+ in platelet-dependent fibrin formation.
KW  - coagulation system
KW  - metals
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-227455
VL  - 9
ER  -