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We showed by immunofluorescence, immunoelectron microscopy and Western blot analysis that the plasma glycoprotein (gp60), an Fcγ binding protein which inhibits complement-mediated prevention of immune precipitation, is present in platelets. The pg60 content of platelets in normal individuals and patients with rheumatoid arthritis was similar (mean 0.028 and 0.024 fg/platelet respectively). Immunoelectron microscopic studies showed that pg60 was present in the cytoplasm and the surface connecting structures but not in the α granules, dense granules or lysosomes. Using this technique gp60 was also found on platelet membranes, an observation which was confirmed by immunofluorescence. Activation of platelets with thrombin, calcium ionophore, and immune complexes (IC) resulted in the release of the contents of the α granules (β-thromboglobulin), dense granules (5-hydroxytryptamine) and lysosomes (β-glucuronidase) but did not induce gp60 secretion. The inability of Fab anti-gp60 to inhibit IC-mediated platelet aggregation and of F(ab′)2 anti-gp60 to produce platelet aggregation suggested that IC-mediated platelet aggregation did not occur as a result of the interaction of IC with platelet gp60. However, as the preincubation of IC with purified gp60 produced dose-dependent inhibition of the ability of IC to aggregate platelets it is possible that fluid-phase plasma gp60 modulates the interaction of IC with platelets.
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Mohamadein, S.A., Ahmed, A.E.E., Griffiths, M. et al. Immunohistochemical and functional studies of glycoprotein 60 (gp60) in platelets. Rheumatol Int 11, 235–241 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00301500
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