SLP-76 is tyrosine phosphorylated in response to fibrinogen
binding to αIIbβ3 independent of actin polymerization.
(A) Platelets were incubated with 250 μg/ml human
fibrinogen (lane 1), fibrinogen plus 150 μg/ml LIBS-6 Fab (lane 2),
fibrinogen plus LIBS-6 Fab plus 10 μM Ro43–5054 (lane 3), or 5
μg/ml collagen (lane 4). Platelets were lysed, immunoprecipitated
with anti-human SLP-76, and analyzed by SDS/PAGE and immunoblot for
phosphotyrosine. The top blot was stripped and reprobed with anti-human
SLP-76 to demonstrate equal amounts of immunoprecipitated SLP-76 in
each lane. Similar results were obtained in three separate experiments.
(B) Washed human platelets were incubated for 10 min at
room temperature in the absence (lanes 1 and 2) or presence (lanes 3
and 4) of 10 μM cytochalasin D and then stimulated with 250 μg/ml
fibrinogen alone (lanes 1 and 3), or 150 μg/ml LIBS-6 Fab plus 250
μg/ml fibrinogen (lanes 2 and 4).