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Divalent nanobodies to platelet CLEC-2 can serve as agonists or antagonists

Clark, J. C., Martin, E. M., Morán, L. A., Di, Y., Wang, X., Zuidscherwoude, M., Brown, H. C., Kavanagh, D. M., Hummert, J., Eble, J. A., Nieswandt, B., Stegner, D., Pollitt, A. Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8706-5154, Herten, D.-P., Tomlinson, M. G., García, A. and Watson, S. P. (2023) Divalent nanobodies to platelet CLEC-2 can serve as agonists or antagonists. Communications Biology, 6 (1). 376. ISSN 2399-3642

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04766-6

Abstract/Summary

CLEC-2 is a target for a new class of antiplatelet agent. Clustering of CLEC-2 leads to phosphorylation of a cytosolic YxxL and binding of the tandem SH2 domains in Syk, crosslinking two receptors. We have raised 48 nanobodies to CLEC-2 and crosslinked the most potent of these to generate divalent and tetravalent nanobody ligands. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) was used to show that the multivalent nanobodies cluster CLEC-2 in the membrane and that clustering is reduced by inhibition of Syk. Strikingly, the tetravalent nanobody stimulated aggregation of human platelets, whereas the divalent nanobody was an antagonist. In contrast, in human CLEC-2 knock-in mouse platelets, the divalent nanobody stimulated aggregation. Mouse platelets express a higher level of CLEC-2 than human platelets. In line with this, the divalent nanobody was an agonist in high-expressing transfected DT40 cells and an antagonist in low-expressing cells. FCS, stepwise photobleaching and non detergent membrane extraction show that CLEC-2 is a mixture of monomers and dimers, with the degree of dimerisation increasing with expression thereby favouring crosslinking of CLEC-2 dimers. These results identify ligand valency, receptor expression/dimerisation and Syk as variables that govern activation of CLEC-2 and suggest that divalent ligands should be considered as partial agonists.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Biomedical Sciences
ID Code:111090
Publisher:Nature Research

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