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Ferraro F, Patella F, Costa JR, Ketteler R, Kriston‐Vizi J, Cutler DF. Modulation of endothelial organelle size as an antithrombotic strategy. J Thromb Haemost 2020; 18:3296-3308. [PMID: 32881285 PMCID: PMC8436738 DOI: 10.1111/jth.15084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Revised: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND It is long established that von Willebrand factor (VWF) is central to hemostasis and thrombosis. Endothelial VWF is stored in cell-specific secretory granules, Weibel-Palade bodies (WPBs), organelles generated in a wide range of lengths (0.5-5.0 µm). WPB size responds to physiological cues and pharmacological treatment, and VWF secretion from shortened WPBs dramatically reduces platelet and plasma VWF adhesion to an endothelial surface. OBJECTIVE We hypothesized that WPB-shortening represented a novel target for antithrombotic therapy. Our objective was to determine whether compounds exhibiting this activity do exist. METHODS Using a microscopy approach coupled to automated image analysis, we measured the size of WPB bodies in primary human endothelial cells treated with licensed compounds for 24 hours. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS A novel approach to identification of antithrombotic compounds generated a significant number of candidates with the ability to shorten WPBs. In vitro assays of two selected compounds confirm that they inhibit the pro-hemostatic activity of secreted VWF. This set of compounds acting at a very early stage of the hemostatic process could well prove to be a useful adjunct to current antithrombotic therapeutics. Further, in the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, with a considerable fraction of critically ill COVID-19 patients affected by hypercoagulability, these WPB size-reducing drugs might also provide welcome therapeutic leads for frontline clinicians and researchers.
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- Francesco Ferraro
- Endothelial Cell Biology Group, MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell BiologyUniversity College LondonLondonUK
- Present address:
Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms (BEOM)Stazione Zoologica Anton DohrnVilla ComunaleNaplesItaly
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- Endothelial Cell Biology Group, MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell BiologyUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Cell Signalling and Autophagy GroupMRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell BiologyUniversity College LondonLondonUK
- Present address:
Leukaemia Biology Research GroupDepartment of Haematology, Cancer InstituteUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Cell Signalling and Autophagy GroupMRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell BiologyUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Bioinformatics Image Core (BIONIC)MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell BiologyUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Endothelial Cell Biology Group, MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell BiologyUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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Karampini E, Schillemans M, Hofman M, van Alphen F, de Boer M, Kuijpers TW, van den Biggelaar M, Voorberg J, Bierings R. Defective AP-3-dependent VAMP8 trafficking impairs Weibel-Palade body exocytosis in Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome type 2 blood outgrowth endothelial cells. Haematologica 2019; 104:2091-2099. [PMID: 30630984 PMCID: PMC6886443 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2018.207787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Weibel-Palade bodies are endothelial secretory organelles that contain von Willebrand factor, P-selectin and CD63. Release of von Willebrand factor from Weibel-Palade bodies is crucial for platelet adhesion during primary hemostasis. Endosomal trafficking of proteins like CD63 to Weibel-Palade bodies during maturation is dependent on the adaptor protein complex 3 complex. Mutations in the AP3B1 gene, which encodes the adaptor protein complex 3 β1 subunit, result in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome 2, a rare genetic disorder that leads to neutropenia and a mild bleeding diathesis. This is caused by abnormal granule formation in neutrophils and platelets due to defects in trafficking of cargo to secretory organelles. The impact of these defects on the secretory pathway of the endothelium is largely unknown. In this study, we investigated the role of adaptor protein complex 3-dependent mechanisms in trafficking of proteins during Weibel-Palade body maturation in endothelial cells. An ex vivo patient-derived endothelial model of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 2 was established using blood outgrowth endothelial cells that were isolated from a patient with compound heterozygous mutations in AP3B1 Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 2 endothelial cells and CRISPR-Cas9-engineered AP3B1-/- endothelial cells contain Weibel-Palade bodies that are entirely devoid of CD63, indicative of disrupted endosomal trafficking. Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 2 endothelial cells have impaired Ca2+-mediated and cAMP-mediated exocytosis. Whole proteome analysis revealed that, apart from adaptor protein complex 3 β1, also the μ1 subunit and the v-SNARE VAMP8 were depleted. Stimulus-induced von Willebrand factor secretion was impaired in CRISPR-Cas9-engineered VAMP8-/-endothelial cells. Our data show that defects in adaptor protein complex 3-dependent maturation of Weibel-Palade bodies impairs exocytosis by affecting the recruitment of VAMP8.
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- Ellie Karampini
- Molecular and Cellular Hemostasis, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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- Molecular and Cellular Hemostasis, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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- Molecular and Cellular Hemostasis, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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- Research Facilities, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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- Blood Cell Research, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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- Blood Cell Research, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
- Pediatric Hematology, Immunology and Infectious Disease, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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- Molecular and Cellular Hemostasis, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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- Molecular and Cellular Hemostasis, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
- Experimental Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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- Molecular and Cellular Hemostasis, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
- Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Mundt HM, Höger S, Waldherr R, Schnuelle P, Krämer BK, Yard BA, Göttmann U, Benck U. Donor Desmopressin Treatment Does Not Affect Transplant Outcome in the Fischer to Lewis Rat Renal Transplant Model. EXP CLIN TRANSPLANT 2016; 14:299-306. [PMID: 27221721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Retrospective studies suggest that donor desmopressin (DDAVP) treatment improves renal transplant outcome. The present study tests the hypothesis that desmopressin neutralizes the graft's endothelium from proinflammatory angiopoietin 2 containing Weibel-Palade bodies in the donor, resulting in reduced Weibel-Palade body release at the time of reperfusion in the recipient. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using rat models, we examined the influence of desmopressin treatment on the expression of vasopressin 2 receptors and adhesion molecules in brain-dead donors, with renal function examined in allogeneic recipients. The influence of desmopressin on the expression of adhesion molecules also was tested in vitro. RESULTS Vasopressin 2 receptors were restricted to collecting ducts and distal tubules and only scarcely found in the renal vasculature. Vasopressin 2 receptor expression was down-regulated in brain-dead rats by desmopressin. Renal expression of vascular cellular adhesion molecule 1 and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 were significantly reduced in these rats. In contrast, angiopoietin 2 did not influence the expression of adhesion molecules in in vitro cultured endothelial cells after tumor necrosis factor ? stimulation. Donor desmopressin treatment improved neither renal function nor histology in allogeneic renal transplant recipients. CONCLUSIONS Our data do not support the hypothesis that the clinically observed salutary effect of desmopressin is mediated by depletion of Weibel-Palade bodies in renal allografts.
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- Heiko M Mundt
- From the Fifth Department of Medicine (Nephrology/Endocrinology/Rheumatology), University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, 68167 Mannheim, Germany
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Weibel-Palade bodies (WPBs) are the storage organelles for von Willebrand factor (VWF) in endothelial cells. VWF forms multimers that assemble into tubular structures in WPBs. Upon demand, VWF is secreted into the blood circulation, where it unfolds into strings that capture platelets during the onset of primary hemostasis. Numerous mutations affecting VWF lead to the bleeding disorder von Willebrand disease. This review reports the recent findings on the effects of VWF mutations on the biosynthetic pathway of VWF and its storage in WPBs. These new findings have deepened our understanding of VWF synthesis, storage, secretion, and function.
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- K M Valentijn
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Section Electron Microscopy, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Castaman G, Giacomelli SH, Jacobi PM, Obser T, Budde U, Rodeghiero F, Schneppenheim R, Haberichter SL. Reduced von Willebrand factor secretion is associated with loss of Weibel-Palade body formation. J Thromb Haemost 2012; 10:951-8. [PMID: 22429825 DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04702.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND von Willebrand disease (VWD) is caused by mutations in von Willebrand factor (VWF) that have different pathophysiologic effect in causing low plasma VWF levels. Type 1 VWD includes quantitative plasma VWF deficiency with normal VWF structure and function. OBJECTIVES We report three novel type 1 VWF mutations (A1716P, C2190Y and R2663C) located in different VWF domains that are associated with reduced secretion and reduced formation of elongated Weibel-Palade body (WPB)-like granules. METHODS Transient expression of recombinant mutant full-length VWF in 293 EBNA cells was performed and secretion, collagen binding and GpIb binding assessed in comparison with wild-type VWF. Expression was also examined in HEK293 cells that form WPB-like granules when transfected with wild-type VWF. RESULTS Laboratory results and multimer analysis of plasma VWF was compatible with type 1 VWD. Expression experiments demonstrated slightly reduced VWF synthesis and drastically impaired secretion upon homozygous expression. In HEK293 cells, homozygous expression of A1716P and C2190Y VWF variants failed to form elongated WPB-like granules, while R2663C was capable of WPB-like granules. Heterozygous expression of VWF variants had a negative impact on wild-type VWF with a reduction in elongated WPB-like granules in co-transfected cells. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate that homozygous and heterozygous quantitative VWF deficiency caused by missense VWF mutations in different VWF domains can be associated with inability to form endothelial WPB-like granules.
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- G Castaman
- Department of Cellular Therapy and Hematology, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy.
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Bertona M, Emanuele E. Weibel-Palade bodies exocytosis from endothelial cells: a possible mechanism mediating estrogen-related thromboembolism. Med Hypotheses 2006; 67:192-3. [PMID: 16574333 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2006] [Accepted: 02/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECT Ultrastructural characteristics of hemorrhagic, nonhemorrhagic, primary, and recurrent central nervous system cavernous malformations (CMs) were examined in an attempt to clarify their pathological mechanisms. METHODS Thirteen specimens (nine from samples of CMs and four from healthy control tissue) were processed for ultrastructural study immediately after surgical or postmortem removal, by fixation in glutaraldehyde/formalin and postfixation in OsO4. Transmission electron microscopy was used to examine the vascular walls, endothelium, subendothelium, and cytoplasmic organelles. The vascular walls in CMs demonstrated abnormal ultrastructure with no basement membranes and astrocytic foot processes. Pericytes were rarely seen. Single-layer lining endothelial cells showed fenestrated luminal surfaces. Large gaps were observed at intercellular junctions between endothelial cells, and large vesicles with extremely thin plasma membranes bordering the lumen were common in the lesions that had previously hemorrhaged. Endothelial cells of recurrent CMs had more Weibel-Palade bodies, filopodia, cytoplasmic processes, micropinocytotic vesicles, and filaments than those in primary lesions and normal control tissues. CONCLUSIONS The absence of the blood-brain barrier, normal supporting wall structure, and large vesicles bordering the lumen of CM vessels may explain leakage of red blood cells into surrounding brain in the absence of major hemorrhage. Proliferation of residual abnormal endothelial cells may contribute to the recurrence of surgically removed CMs.
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- Jian Tu
- Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
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Ide F, Obara K, Mishima K, Saito I, Kusama K. Ultrastructural spectrum of solitary fibrous tumor: a unique perivascular tumor with alternative lines of differentiation. Virchows Arch 2005; 446:646-52. [PMID: 15909170 DOI: 10.1007/s00428-005-1261-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2004] [Accepted: 03/10/2005] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Eight tumors diagnosed as solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) of the oral cavity were studied. Histologic spectrum was entirely comparable with the extrapleural SFT of other sites. One tumor had glomus tumor-like foci. Immunohistochemical results confirmed most of the previous observations, indicating characteristic expression of vimentin, CD34, bcl-2, and CD99. Factor XIIIa and alpha-smooth muscle actin were less commonly reactive and a very few cells were faintly positive for factor VIII-related antigen and Ulex europaeus agglutinin 1. All were essentially negative for S-100 protein, desmin, CD31, and CD68. In stark contrast to the conclusive immunoprofile, ultrastructural investigation of six tumors demonstrated considerable cellular heterogeneity. Other than fibroblasts, perivascular undifferentiated cells and pericytes predominated, but endothelial cells were regularly present. There was a distinctive proliferation of pericytic cells in four tumors, one of which had glomoid foci of myopericytes. The extreme increase in number of Weibel-Palade bodies occurred in voluminous capillary endothelium. Occasional single and clustered cells with consistent features of endothelium showed intracytoplasmic lumen formation. Such composite cells constituted an integral segment of richly vascularized SFT. Myofibroblastic form smooth muscle differentiation was present in only a minority of cells. From phenotypic analysis by electron microscopy, SFT may originate from a unique, perivascular multipotent mesenchyme sharing with its lineage with pericytes, fibroblasts, and infrequently, endothelium. Consequently, morphological features of SFT may become diversely varied by whether predominantly constituent cells are undifferentiated, pericytic or fibroblastic in nature.
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- Fumio Ide
- Department of Pathology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, 2-1-3 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-8501, Japan
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Haberichter SL, Merricks EP, Fahs SA, Christopherson PA, Nichols TC, Montgomery RR. Re-establishment of VWF-dependent Weibel-Palade bodies in VWD endothelial cells. Blood 2004; 105:145-52. [PMID: 15331450 PMCID: PMC3938105 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-02-0464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Type 3 von Willebrand disease (VWD) is a severe hemorrhagic defect in humans. We now identify the homozygous mutation in the Chapel Hill strain of canine type 3 VWD that results in premature termination of von Willebrand factor (VWF) protein synthesis. We cultured endothelium from VWD and normal dogs to study intracellular VWF trafficking and Weibel-Palade body formation. Weibel-Palade bodies could not be identified in the canine VWD aortic endothelial cells (VWD-AECs) by P-selectin, VWFpp, or VWF immunostaining and confocal microscopy. We demonstrate the reestablishment of Weibel-Palade bodies that recruit endogenous P-selectin by expressing wild-type VWF in VWD-AECs. Expression of mutant VWF proteins confirmed that VWF multimerization is not necessary for Weibel-Palade body creation. Although the VWF propeptide is required for the formation of Weibel-Palade bodies, it cannot independently induce the formation of the granule. These VWF-null endothelial cells provide a unique opportunity to examine the biogenesis of Weibel-Palade bodies in endothelium from a canine model of type 3 VWD.
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Qian Z, Gelzer-Bell R, Yang Sx SX, Cao W, Ohnishi T, Wasowska BA, Hruban RH, Rodriguez ER, Baldwin WM, Lowenstein CJ. Inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibition of weibel-palade body release in cardiac transplant rejection. Circulation 2001; 104:2369-75. [PMID: 11696480 DOI: 10.1161/hc4401.098471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS, or NOS2) reduces the severity of accelerated graft arteriosclerosis (AGA) in transplanted organs, although the precise mechanism is unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS We transplanted wild-type murine hearts into either wild-type or NOS2-null recipient mice; we then measured cardiac allograft survival and analyzed tissue sections by immunohistochemistry. We have confirmed that NOS2 increases cardiac allograft survival. We now show that there is less inflammation of cardiac allografts in wild-type hosts than in NOS2-null hosts. Furthermore, staining for von Willebrand factor reveals that the presence of NOS2 is correlated with the presence of Weibel-Palade bodies inside endothelial cells, whereas the absence of NOS2 is correlated with the release of Weibel-Palade bodies. CONCLUSIONS Weibel-Palade bodies contain mediators that promote thrombosis and inflammation. Therefore, nitric oxide (NO) may stabilize the vessel wall and prevent endothelial activation in part by inhibiting the release of the contents of Weibel-Palade bodies. Prevention of Weibel-Palade body release might be a mechanism by which NO protects the vessel wall from inflammatory disorders such as atherosclerosis or graft arteriosclerosis.
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- Z Qian
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md, USA
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