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Blood, 1 February 2006, Vol. 107, No. 3, pp. 965-972. Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on October 6, 2005; DOI 10.1182/blood-2005-03-1308. This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) All Versions of this Article: 2005-03-1308v1 107/3/965    most recent Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Rights and Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Li, Z. Articles by Du, X. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Li, Z. Articles by Du, X. 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Here we show that a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), p38, plays an important role in the activation of integrin IIb3 induced by VWF and thrombin. A dominant-negative mutant of p38, p38AF, inhibits IIb3 activation induced by VWF binding to its receptor, the platelet glycoprotein Ib-IX (GPIb-IX), and p38 inhibitors diminish platelet aggregation induced by VWF or low-dose thrombin. The inhibitory effect of p38 inhibitor is unlikely to be caused by the previous suggested effect on cyclo-oxygenase, as inhibition also was observed in the presence of high concentrations of cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor, aspirin. VWF or thrombin induces p38 activation, which is inhibited in cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG)-knockout mouse platelets and PKG inhibitor-treated human platelets, indicating that activation of p38 is downstream from PKG in the signaling pathway. p38AF or p38 inhibitors diminish PKG-induced phosphorylation of extracellular stimuli-responsive kinase (ERK), which also is important in integrin activation. Thus, p38 plays an important role in mediating PKG-dependent activation of ERK. These data delineate a novel signaling pathway in which platelet agonists sequentially activate PKG, p38, and ERK pathways leading to integrin activation. CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this? Related Article in Blood Online: MAPkinaseQuest: novel roadway to IIb3 activation Edward F. Plow and Elzbieta Pluskota Blood 2006 107: 851. [Full Text] [PDF] This article has been cited by other articles: K. Chen, M. Febbraio, W. Li, and R. L. 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