Research Paper Volume 11, Issue 17 pp 6951—6959

Kindlin-3 in platelets and myeloid cells differentially regulates deep vein thrombosis in mice

Yanyan Yan1, , Hongqin Yang1, , Xiao Hu1, , Zeping Zhang1, , Shushu Ge1, , Zhen Xu1,2, , Juan Gao1, , Junling Liu3, , Gilbert C. White2,4, , Yan-Qing Ma1,2,4, ,

  • 1 Collaborative Research Program for Cell Adhesion Molecules, Shanghai University School of Life Sciences, Shanghai, China
  • 2 Blood Research Institute, Versiti, Milwaukee, WI 53213, USA
  • 3 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
  • 4 Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA

Received: June 17, 2019       Accepted: August 16, 2019       Published: August 31, 2019      

https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.102229
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Abstract

Platelets and myeloid cells cooperate to promote deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Here we evaluated the role of kindlin-3, a key integrin activator in these cells, in regulating stenosis-induced DVT in mice. DVT was significantly suppressed in mice that express a kindlin-3 mutant defective for integrin binding, showing that kindlin-3-mediated integrin signaling in blood cells is required for DVT. While platelet-specific deficiency of kindlin-3 in Kindlin-3fl/flPF4-Cre mice significantly suppressed DVT, deficiency of kindlin-3 specifically in myeloid cells in Kindlin-3fl/flLysM-Cre mice remarkably enhanced the early development of DVT, indicating that kindlin-3 in platelets and myeloid cells can play distinct roles in regulating DVT. Mechanistically, the levels of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in plasma, a key DVT facilitator, were significantly elevated in Kindlin-3fl/flLysM-Cre mice upon the IVC stenosis; and treatment with either DNase I or PAD4 inhibitor could effectively compromise the enhancement of DVT in these mice, suggesting that kindlin-3 in neutrophils may affect DVT via restraining NET release. In addition, we found that the kindlin-3-integrin αIIbβ3 signaling in platelets was required to promote NET release. Together, our studies reveal that kindlin-3 in platelets and myeloid cells can differentially regulate DVT through orchestrating NET release, thus providing further mechanistic insights into DVT.

Abbreviations

DVT: deep vein thrombosis; NET: Neutrophil extracellular traps; K3KI: Kindlin-3 knock-in; IVC: Inferior vena cava.