PMID- 28817667 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171006 LR - 20181113 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 8 DP - 2017 TI - Glycoprotein Ib activation by thrombin stimulates the energy metabolism in human platelets. PG - e0182374 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0182374 [doi] LID - e0182374 AB - Thrombin-induced platelet activation requires substantial amounts of ATP. However, the specific contribution of each ATP-generating pathway i.e., oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) versus glycolysis and the biochemical mechanisms involved in the thrombin-induced activation of energy metabolism remain unclear. Here we report an integral analysis on the role of both energy pathways in human platelets activated by several agonists, and the signal transducing mechanisms associated with such activation. We found that thrombin, Trap-6, arachidonic acid, collagen, A23187, epinephrine and ADP significantly increased glycolytic flux (3-38 times vs. non-activated platelets) whereas ristocetin was ineffective. OxPhos (33 times) and mitochondrial transmembrane potential (88%) were increased only by thrombin. OxPhos was the main source of ATP in thrombin-activated platelets, whereas in platelets activated by any of the other agonists, glycolysis was the principal ATP supplier. In order to establish the biochemical mechanisms involved in the thrombin-induced OxPhos activation in platelets, several signaling pathways associated with mitochondrial activation were analyzed. Wortmannin and LY294002 (PI3K/Akt pathway inhibitors), ristocetin and heparin (GPIb inhibitors) as well as resveratrol, ATP (calcium-release inhibitors) and PP1 (Tyr-phosphorylation inhibitor) prevented the thrombin-induced platelet activation. These results suggest that thrombin activates OxPhos and glycolysis through GPIb-dependent signaling involving PI3K and Akt activation, calcium mobilization and protein phosphorylation. FAU - Corona de la Pena, Norma AU - Corona de la Pena N AD - Unidad de Investigacion en Trombosis, Hemostasia y Aterogenesis, Hospital Carlos McGregor, Mexico City, Mexico. FAU - Gutierrez-Aguilar, Manuel AU - Gutierrez-Aguilar M AD - Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States of America. FAU - Hernandez-Resendiz, Ileana AU - Hernandez-Resendiz I AD - Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Mexico City, Mexico. FAU - Marin-Hernandez, Alvaro AU - Marin-Hernandez A AD - Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Mexico City, Mexico. FAU - Rodriguez-Enriquez, Sara AU - Rodriguez-Enriquez S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0822-1233 AD - Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Mexico City, Mexico. AD - Laboratorio de Medicina Traslacional, Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, Mexico City, Mexico. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170817 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Platelet Glycoprotein GPIb-IX Complex) RN - 8L70Q75FXE (Adenosine Triphosphate) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 3.4.21.5 (Thrombin) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism MH - Blood Platelets/*metabolism MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - *Glycolysis MH - Humans MH - Mitochondria/metabolism MH - *Oxidative Phosphorylation MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - *Platelet Activation MH - Platelet Glycoprotein GPIb-IX Complex/*metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - Thrombin/*metabolism PMC - PMC5560607 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interest exist. EDAT- 2017/08/18 06:00 MHDA- 2017/10/07 06:00 PMCR- 2017/08/17 CRDT- 2017/08/18 06:00 PHST- 2017/03/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/07/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/08/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/08/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/10/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/08/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-17-11291 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0182374 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2017 Aug 17;12(8):e0182374. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182374. eCollection 2017.