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Blood, 1 May 2007, Vol. 109, No. 9, pp. 3741-3744.
Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on January 9, 2007; DOI 10.1182/blood-2006-05-022566.
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Submitted May 10, 2006
Accepted December 31, 2006
Non-genomic signalling of the retinoid X receptor through binding and inhibiting Gq in human platelets
Leonardo A Moraes, Karen E Swales, Jessica A Wray, Amilcar Damazo, Jonathan M Gibbins, Timothy D Warner, and David Bishop-Bailey*
Cardiac, Vascular & Inflammation Research, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
Biochemical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
* Corresponding author; email: d.bishop-bailey{at}qmul.ac.uk.
Retinoid X receptors (RXR) are important transcriptional nuclear hormone receptors, acting as either homodimers, or the binding partner for at least one quarter of all the known human nuclear receptors. Functional non-genomic effects of nuclear receptors are poorly understood, however recently peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) , PPAR and the glucocorticoid receptor have all been found active in human platelets. Human platelets express RXR and RXR . RXR ligands inhibit platelet aggregation and TXA2 release to ADP and the TXA2 receptors, but only weakly to collagen. ADP and TXA2 both signal via the G-protein Gq. RXR rapidly binds Gq but not Gi/z/o/t/gust in a ligand-dependant manner and inhibits Gq-induced Rac activation, and intracellular calcium release. We propose that RXR ligands may have beneficial clinical actions through inhibition of platelet activation. Furthermore our results demonstrate a novel non-genomic mode for nuclear receptor action, and a functional cross-talk between G-protein and nuclear receptor signalling families.

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