CLEC-2 is an essential platelet-activating receptor in hemostasis and thrombosis - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2009 Oct 15;114(16):3464-72.

doi: 10.1182/blood-2009-05-222273. Epub 2009 Jul 29.

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CLEC-2 is an essential platelet-activating receptor in hemostasis and thrombosis

Frauke May et al. Blood. 2009.

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Abstract

Damage to the integrity of the vessel wall leads to exposure of the subendothelial extracellular matrix (ECM), triggering platelet activation and aggregation. This process is essential for primary hemostasis but it may also lead to arterial thrombosis. Although the mechanisms underlying platelet activation on the ECM are well explored, it is less clear which receptors mediate cellular activation in a growing thrombus. Here we studied the role of the recently identified C-type lectin-like receptor 2 (CLEC-2) in this process. We show that anti-CLEC-2 antibody treatment of mice leads to complete and highly specific loss of CLEC-2 in circulating platelets for several days. CLEC-2-deficient platelets displayed normal adhesion under flow, but subsequent aggregate formation was severely defective in vitro and in vivo. As a consequence, CLEC-2 deficiency was associated with increased bleeding times and profound protection from occlusive arterial thrombus formation. These results reveal an essential function of CLEC-2 in hemostasis and thrombosis.

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