| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
Short Communications |




From the Department of Pathology,*
Yale University
School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; the Blood Research
Institute,
Blood Center of Southeastern
Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and the AMGEN
Institute,
University of Toronto, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
PECAM-1 is a 130-kd member of the Ig superfamily present on endothelial cells, platelets, polymorphonuclear leukocytes, monocytes, and lymphocytes. Its expression begins early in development and persists through adulthood. PECAM-1 functions as an adhesion and signaling molecule between adjacent endothelial cells and between endothelial cells and circulating blood elements. Antibodies directed against PECAM-1 have been shown to affect angiogenesis, endothelial cell migration, and polymorphonuclear leukocyte transmigration. Furthermore, its dimerization is associated with the modulation of integrin affinity. Antibody inhibition studies suggest that PECAM-1 plays a role in modulating thrombosis; however, recent in vitro aggregation studies performed on platelets harvested from PECAM-1-deficient mice revealed no abnormalities. In this report we demonstrate prolonged in vivo bleeding times in PECAM-1-deficient mice. This abnormality was not corrected when wild-type hematopoietic precursors were engrafted into marrow-ablated PECAM-1-deficient mice. Furthermore, normal bleeding times were observed when marrow-ablated wild-type mice were engrafted with hematopoietic precursors harvested from PECAM-1-deficient mice. These studies are consistent with a role for PECAM-1 in modulating thrombosis in the vasculature, which is potentially mediated by endothelial cell PECAM-1 expression.
This article has been cited by other articles:
![]() |
G. Cao, M. L. Fehrenbach, J. T. Williams, J. M. Finklestein, J.-X. Zhu, and H. M. DeLisser Angiogenesis in Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1-Null Mice Am. J. Pathol., August 1, 2009; 175(2): 903 - 915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
Z. Chen and E. Tzima PECAM-1 Is Necessary for Flow-Induced Vascular Remodeling Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, July 1, 2009; 29(7): 1067 - 1073. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
Y. Wu, K. Tworkoski, M. Michaud, and J. A. Madri Bone Marrow Monocyte PECAM-1 Deficiency Elicits Increased Osteoclastogenesis Resulting in Trabecular Bone Loss J. Immunol., March 1, 2009; 182(5): 2672 - 2679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
C. Garnacho, V. Shuvaev, A. Thomas, L. McKenna, J. Sun, M. Koval, S. Albelda, V. Muzykantov, and S. Muro RhoA activation and actin reorganization involved in endothelial CAM-mediated endocytosis of anti-PECAM carriers: critical role for tyrosine 686 in the cytoplasmic tail of PECAM-1 Blood, March 15, 2008; 111(6): 3024 - 3033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
P. Baluk, J. Fuxe, H. Hashizume, T. Romano, E. Lashnits, S. Butz, D. Vestweber, M. Corada, C. Molendini, E. Dejana, et al. Functionally specialized junctions between endothelial cells of lymphatic vessels J. Exp. Med., October 1, 2007; 204(10): 2349 - 2362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
Y. Wu, T. Welte, M. Michaud, and J. A. Madri PECAM-1: a multifaceted regulator of megakaryocytopoiesis Blood, August 1, 2007; 110(3): 851 - 859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
G. Cao, R. C. Savani, M. Fehrenbach, C. Lyons, L. Zhang, G. Coukos, and H. M. DeLisser Involvement of Endothelial CD44 during in Vivo Angiogenesis Am. J. Pathol., July 1, 2006; 169(1): 325 - 336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S. Falati, S. Patil, P. L. Gross, M. Stapleton, G. Merrill-Skoloff, N. E. Barrett, K. L. Pixton, H. Weiler, B. Cooley, D. K. Newman, et al. Platelet PECAM-1 inhibits thrombus formation in vivo Blood, January 15, 2006; 107(2): 535 - 541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
J. L. Wee and D. E. Jackson The Ig-ITIM superfamily member PECAM-1 regulates the "outside-in" signaling properties of integrin {alpha}IIb{beta}3 in platelets Blood, December 1, 2005; 106(12): 3816 - 3823. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
P. L. W. Yun, A. A. Decarlo, C. C. Chapple, and N. Hunter Functional Implication of the Hydrolysis of Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 (CD31) by Gingipains of Porphyromonas gingivalis for the Pathology of Periodontal Disease Infect. Immun., March 1, 2005; 73(3): 1386 - 1398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
M. Maas, M. Stapleton, C. Bergom, D. L. Mattson, D. K. Newman, and P. J. Newman Endothelial cell PECAM-1 confers protection against endotoxic shock Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, January 1, 2005; 288(1): H159 - H164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. R. Schenkel, T. W. Chew, and W. A. Muller Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule Deficiency or Blockade Significantly Reduces Leukocyte Emigration in a Majority of Mouse Strains J. Immunol., November 15, 2004; 173(10): 6403 - 6408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
J. ESPARZA, M. KRUSE, J. LEE, M. MICHAUD, and J. A. MADRI MMP-2 null mice exhibit an early onset and severe experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis due to an increase in MMP-9 expression and activity FASEB J, November 1, 2004; 18(14): 1682 - 1691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
C. D. O'Brien, G. Cao, A. Makrigiannakis, and H. M. DeLisser Role of immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motifs of PECAM-1 in PECAM-1-dependent cell migration Am J Physiol Cell Physiol, October 1, 2004; 287(4): C1103 - C1113. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S. M. Albelda, K. C. Lau, P. Chien, Z.-Y. Huang, E. Arguiris, A. Bohen, J. Sun, J. A. Billet, M. Christofidou-Solomidou, Z. K. Indik, et al. Role for Platelet-Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 in Macrophage Fc{gamma} Receptor Function Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., August 1, 2004; 31(2): 246 - 255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
D. GRATZINGER, S. CANOSA, B. ENGELHARDT, and J. A. MADRI Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 modulates endothelial cell motility through the small G-protein Rho FASEB J, August 1, 2003; 17(11): 1458 - 1469. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
T. R. Kyriakides, P. Rojnuckarin, M. A. Reidy, K. D. Hankenson, T. Papayannopoulou, K. Kaushansky, and P. Bornstein Megakaryocytes require thrombospondin-2 for normal platelet formation and function Blood, May 15, 2003; 101(10): 3915 - 3923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. Solowiej, P. Biswas, D. Graesser, and J. A. Madri Lack of Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Attenuates Foreign Body Inflammation because of Decreased Angiogenesis Am. J. Pathol., March 1, 2003; 162(3): 953 - 962. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
J. M. Enciso, D. Gratzinger, T. D. Camenisch, S. Canosa, E. Pinter, and J. A. Madri Elevated glucose inhibits VEGF-A-mediated endocardial cushion formation: modulation by PECAM-1 and MMP-2 J. Cell Biol., February 18, 2003; 160(4): 605 - 615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S. Tasaka, L. Qin, A. Saijo, S. M. Albelda, H. M. DeLisser, and C. M. Doerschuk Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 in Neutrophil Emigration during Acute Bacterial Pneumonia in Mice and Rats Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., January 15, 2003; 167(2): 164 - 170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
M. Osawa, M. Masuda, K.-i. Kusano, and K. Fujiwara Evidence for a role of platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 in endothelial cell mechanosignal transduction: is it a mechanoresponsive molecule? J. Cell Biol., August 19, 2002; 158(4): 773 - 785. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
F. Benavides, M. F. Starost, M. Flores, I. B. Gimenez-Conti, J.-L. Guenet, and C. J. Conti Impaired Hair Follicle Morphogenesis and Cycling with Abnormal Epidermal Differentiation in nackt Mice, a Cathepsin L-Deficient Mutation Am. J. Pathol., August 1, 2002; 161(2): 693 - 703. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
K. L. Jones, S. C. Hughan, S. M. Dopheide, R. W. Farndale, S. P. Jackson, and D. E. Jackson Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 is a negative regulator of platelet-collagen interactions Blood, September 1, 2001; 98(5): 1456 - 1463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S. Patil, D. K. Newman, and P. J. Newman Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 serves as an inhibitory receptor that modulates platelet responses to collagen Blood, March 15, 2001; 97(6): 1727 - 1732. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
G. Cao, C. D. O'Brien, Z. Zhou, S. M. Sanders, J. N. Greenbaum, A. Makrigiannakis, and H. M. DeLisser Involvement of human PECAM-1 in angiogenesis and in vitro endothelial cell migration Am J Physiol Cell Physiol, May 1, 2002; 282(5): C1181 - C1190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |