Аннотация:It has been shown recently that the multidirectional effects
of thrombin and APC may be due to biased agonism under the action
of thrombin and APC proteases on the PAR1 in endothelial cells.
Under conditions of biased agonism, APC-specific noncanonic cleavage
at Arg46 has been identified in the PAR1 exodomain instead of
the canonic cleavage by thrombin at Arg41.
We have shown for the first time that a noncanonical PAR1 ligand
(NPNDKYEPF amide) protects neurons at glutamate-induced toxicity,
mast cells at acute inflammation, astrocytes at ischemia and stimulates
the proliferative activity of keratinocytes, like protease APC. These effects
of new peptide were abolished by blockage of PAR1. Canonical
peptide (TRAP6) has demonstrated proinflammatory and toxic effects
on astrocytes, mast cell and neurons, similar to Th.
Thus the new peptide-agonist PAR1 simulates APCinduced
but not thrombin-induced signaling on different cell types.