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Blood, Vol. 93 No. 9 (May 1), 1999: pp. 2876-2883

Expression of a Functional N-Methyl-D-Aspartate-Type Glutamate Receptor by Bone Marrow Megakaryocytes

Paul G. Genever, David J.P. Wilkinson, Amanda J. Patton, Nicky M. Peet, Ying Hong, Anthony Mathur, Jorge D. Erusalimsky, and Tim M. Skerry

From the Department of Biology, University of York, York; and The Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, Cruciform Project Laboratories, Rayne Institute, London, UK.

Better understanding of hemostasis will be possible by the identification of new lineage-specific stimuli that regulate platelet formation. We describe a novel functional megakaryocyte receptor that belongs to a family of ionotropic glutamate receptors of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) subtype responsible for synaptic neurotransmission in the central nervous system (CNS). Northern blotting and reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) studies identified expression of NMDAR1 and NMDAR2D type subunit mRNA in rat marrow, human megakaryocytes, and MEG-01 clonal megakaryoblastic cells. Immunohistochemistry and in vivo autoradiographic binding of the NMDA receptor-specific antagonist MK-801 confirmed that megakaryocytes expressed open channel-forming NMDA receptors in vivo. Western blots indicated that megakaryocyte NMDAR1 was either unglycosylated or only glycosylated to low levels, and of identical size to CNS-type NMDAR1 after deglycosylation with endoglycosidase F/peptide-N-glycosidase F. In functional studies, we demonstrated that NMDA receptor activity was necessary for phorbol myristate acetate (PMA)-induced differentiation of megakaryoblastic cells; NMDA receptor blockade by specific antagonists significantly inhibited PMA-mediated increases in cell size, CD41 expression, and adhesion of MEG-01 cells. These results provide evidence for a novel pathway by which megakaryocytopoiesis and platelet production may be regulated.


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