PMID- 18317590 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080516 LR - 20211020 IS - 0021-9738 (Print) IS - 0021-9738 (Linking) VI - 118 IP - 4 DP - 2008 Apr TI - Interactions between integrin alphaIIbbeta3 and the serotonin transporter regulate serotonin transport and platelet aggregation in mice and humans. PG - 1544-52 LID - 10.1172/JCI33374 [doi] AB - The essential contribution of the antidepressant-sensitive serotonin (5-HT) transporter SERT (which is encoded by the SLC6A4 gene) to platelet 5-HT stores suggests an important role of this transporter in platelet function. Here, using SERT-deficient mice, we have established a role for constitutive SERT expression in efficient ADP- and thrombin-triggered platelet aggregation. Additionally, using pharmacological blockers of SERT and the vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT), we have identified a role for ongoing 5-HT release and SERT activity in efficient human platelet aggregation. We have also demonstrated that fibrinogen, an activator of integrin alphaIIbbeta3, enhances SERT activity in human platelets and that integrin alphaIIbbeta3 interacts directly with the C terminus of SERT. Consistent with these findings, knockout mice lacking integrin beta3 displayed diminished platelet SERT activity. Conversely, HEK293 cells engineered to express human SERT and an activated form of integrin beta3 exhibited enhanced SERT function that coincided with elevated SERT surface expression. Our results support an unsuspected role of alphaIIbbeta3/SERT associations as well as alphaIIbbeta3 activation in control of SERT activity in vivo that may have broad implications for hyperserotonemia, cardiovascular disorders, and autism. FAU - Carneiro, Ana Marin D AU - Carneiro AM AD - Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-8548, USA. FAU - Cook, Edwin H AU - Cook EH FAU - Murphy, Dennis L AU - Murphy DL FAU - Blakely, Randy D AU - Blakely RD LA - eng GR - P50 MH078028/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - U19 HD035482/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - ImNIH/Intramural NIH HHS/United States GR - U19 HD35482/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - DA007390/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA007390/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Clin Invest JT - The Journal of clinical investigation JID - 7802877 RN - 0 (Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex) RN - 0 (Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins) RN - 333DO1RDJY (Serotonin) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 3.1.3.16 (Protein Phosphatase 1) RN - EC 3.1.3.16 (Protein Phosphatase 2) SB - IM MH - Alleles MH - Animals MH - Biological Transport MH - Blood Platelets/*cytology/*metabolism MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Membrane/metabolism MH - Humans MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - *Platelet Aggregation MH - Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex/genetics/*metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - Protein Phosphatase 1/metabolism MH - Protein Phosphatase 2/metabolism MH - Serotonin/*metabolism MH - Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins/*metabolism MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism PMC - PMC2260909 EDAT- 2008/03/05 09:00 MHDA- 2008/05/17 09:00 PMCR- 2008/04/01 CRDT- 2008/03/05 09:00 PHST- 2007/07/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2008/01/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2008/03/05 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/05/17 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/03/05 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 33374 [pii] AID - 10.1172/JCI33374 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Invest. 2008 Apr;118(4):1544-52. doi: 10.1172/JCI33374.