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American Journal of Pathology, Vol 144, 60-69, Copyright © 1994 by American Society for Investigative Pathology
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SJ Soifer, KG Peters, J O'Keefe and SR Coughlin
Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco 94143.
The protease thrombin is a potent agonist for platelet aggregation, mesenchymal cell proliferation, and endothelial production of growth factors and adhesion molecules. Thrombin also modulates neurite outgrowth in neuronal cultures. These apparently disparate responses to thrombin appear to be largely mediated by the recently cloned thrombin receptor. In the adult, thrombin is generated from its zymogen prothrombin at sites of vascular injury when circulating coagulation factors meet extravascular tissue factor. In this context thrombin's varied actions may mediate responses to wounding. Whether thrombin's actions on cells may also play a role in development is unknown. We examined the expression of thrombin receptor, prothrombin, and tissue factor by in situ hybridization in mouse development. Thrombin receptor mRNA was expressed widely in mesenchymal cell populations during early organogenesis (E9.5) and was particularly abundant in developing heart and blood vessels. Robust receptor expression was also noted in the germinal epithelium of the hindbrain. Thrombin receptor expression became more restricted with time and by the fetal growth stage (E16.5) was most readily detected in certain neurons, endocardial and endothelial cells, and within lung and liver. In contrast to the thrombin receptor, prothrombin mRNA was limited to the embryonic liver and was not detected until E12.5, well after the onset of receptor expression. mRNA for tissue factor, one important trigger for thrombin generation in the adult, was detected in embryonic epithelia from E9.5- 12.5. In several instances, tissue factor-expressing epithelia were surrounded by thrombin receptor-expressing mesenchyme. These data suggest a possible role for the thrombin receptor in development. The finding of robust thrombin receptor expression before prothrombin mRNA was detected raises the question of whether other proteases or peptide ligands can activate the thrombin receptor.
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