Institute for Medicine and Engineering Papers

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of this Version

August 2004

Comments

Postprint version. Published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Volume 320, Issue 4, 2004, pages 1076-81.
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.06.055

Abstract

Phosphorylation of tyrosine residues on platelet–endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1), followed by signal trans- 13 duction events, has been described in endothelial cells following exposure to hyperosmotic and fluid shear stress. However, it is 14 unclear whether PECAM-1 functions as a primary mechanosensor in this process. Utilizing a PECAM-1–null EC-like cell line, we 15 examined the importance of cellular localization and the extracellular and transmembrane domains in PECAM-1 phosphorylation 16 responses to mechanical stress. Tyrosine phosphorylation of PECAM-1 was stimulated in response to mechanical stress in null cells 17 transfected either with full length PECAM-1 or with PECAM-1 mutants that do not localize to the lateral cell–cell adhesion site and 18 that do not support homophilic binding between PECAM-1 molecules. Furthermore, null cells transfected with a construct that 19 contains the intact cytoplasmic domain of PECAM-1 fused to the extracellular and transmembrane domains of the interleukin-2 20 receptor also underwent mechanical stress-induced PECAM-1 tyrosine phosphorylation. These findings suggest that mechano- 21 sensitive PECAM-1 may lie downstream of a primary mechanosensor that activates a tyrosine kinase.

Keywords

Platelet endothelial adhesion molecule-1, Endothelial mechanotransduction, Hyperosmotic stress, Fluid shear stress

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Date Posted: 03 August 2007

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