Synaptotagmin-like protein 1 interacts with the GTPase-activating protein Rap1GAP2 and regulates dense granule secretion in platelets

O Neumüller, M Hoffmeister, J Babica… - Blood, The Journal …, 2009 - ashpublications.org
O Neumüller, M Hoffmeister, J Babica, C Prelle, K Gegenbauer, AP Smolenski
Blood, The Journal of the American Society of Hematology, 2009ashpublications.org
The small guanine-nucleotide–binding protein Rap1 plays a key role in platelet aggregation
and hemostasis, and we recently identified Rap1GAP2 as the only GTPase-activating
protein of Rap1 in platelets. In search of Rap1GAP2-associated proteins, we performed
yeast-2-hybrid screening and found synaptotagmin-like protein 1 (Slp1) as a new binding
partner. We confirmed the interaction of Rap1GAP2 and Slp1 in transfected COS-1 and
HeLa cells and at endogenous level in human platelets. Mapping studies showed that …
Abstract
The small guanine-nucleotide–binding protein Rap1 plays a key role in platelet aggregation and hemostasis, and we recently identified Rap1GAP2 as the only GTPase-activating protein of Rap1 in platelets. In search of Rap1GAP2-associated proteins, we performed yeast-2-hybrid screening and found synaptotagmin-like protein 1 (Slp1) as a new binding partner. We confirmed the interaction of Rap1GAP2 and Slp1 in transfected COS-1 and HeLa cells and at endogenous level in human platelets. Mapping studies showed that Rap1GAP2 binds through amino acids T524-K525-X-T527 within its C-terminus to the C2A domain of Slp1. Slp1 contains a Rab27-binding domain, and we demonstrate that Rap1GAP2, Slp1, and Rab27 form a trimeric complex in transfected cells and in platelets. Purified Slp1 dose-dependently decreased dense granule secretion in streptolysin-O–permeabilized platelets stimulated with calcium or guanosine 5′-O-[gamma-thio] triphosphate. The isolated C2A domain of Slp1 had a stimulatory effect on granule secretion and reversed the inhibitory effect of full-length Slp1. Purified Rap1GAP2 augmented dense granule secretion of permeabilized platelets, whereas deletion of the Slp1-binding TKXT motif abolished the effect of Rap1GAP2. We conclude that Slp1 inhibits dense granule secretion in platelets and that Rap1GAP2 modulates secretion by binding to Slp1.
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