Fig. 1.
Effect of thrombin on JNK1 activation. Platelets were incubated at 37°C with various concentrations of thrombin for 2 minutes (A) or in the presence or absence of thrombin (1 U/mL) for various times (B) as described in Materials and Methods. The reaction was stopped by addition of lysis buffer containing SDS for Western blotting and Triton X-100 for immunoprecipitation. JNK phosphorylation and total JNKs were analyzed by Western blotting using a polyclonal antibody recognizing JNK1-P and JNK2-P and a polyclonal antibody recognizing total JNKs, respectively. For JNK activity, phosphorylated GST-cJun was followed after immunoprecipitation of JNK1, with [32P] ATP. These autoradiographs shown are typical of at least three experiments. (A) Dose-dependent effect of thrombin on JNK activation. Washed platelets were stimulated by incubation with various concentrations of thrombin (0 to 1 U/mL) for 2 minutes with stirring. (B) Time course of thrombin-mediated JNK activation. Washed platelets were stimulated by incubation with 1 U/mL thrombin with stirring.