Background
PAR3 (1-6) amide is a synthetic peptide agonist of proteinase-activated receptor 1 (PAR1) and PAR2 that corresponds to residues 1-6 of the amino terminal tethered ligand sequence of human PAR3 and residues 39-44 of the full-length human sequence. PAR3 (1-6) amide activates PAR1 and PAR2 in Jurkat and HEK cells, inducing calcium accumulation in Jurkat cells, which is reduced following desensitization with the PAR1- and PAR2-selective peptide agonist SFLLR-NH2.1 It decreases the expression of CDC42 in wild-type, but not PAR3 knockdown, PANC-1 cells and reduces invasion of PANC-1 cells.2