Platelet aggregation response in immune thrombocytopenia patients treated with romiplostim

2018 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 581-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanny Al-Samkari ◽  
Elizabeth M. Van Cott ◽  
David J. Kuter
1988 ◽  
Vol 59 (01) ◽  
pp. 073-076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Cortelazzo ◽  
Monica Galli ◽  
Donatella Castagna ◽  
Piera Viero ◽  
Giovanni de Gaetano ◽  
...  

SummaryIn patients with myeloproliferative disorders (MPD) a group of related diseases of the bone marrow stem cell and recurrent haemorrhagic and/or thrombotic complications, the production of aggregating prostaglandins (PGs) may be normal or slightly reduced, while PGI2 production is normal. However, MPD platelet sensitivity to antiaggregatory PGs is still unknown.We studied the potency of PGD2, PGI2 and PGEi as inhibitors of platelet aggregation induced by threshold aggregating concentrations of arachidonic acid and U-46619-analogue of the cyclic endoperoxide PGH2 in 20 patients with MPD in comparison with healthy controls, with the aim of evaluating the sensitivity of MPD platelets to antiaggregatory PGs. In these patients platelet prostanoid metabolism was normal. However, the functional response of platelets to aggregating and antiaggregating prostanoids was shifted towards potentially increased platelet aggregation response. These findings could have a clinical relevance in view of the haemostatic and thrombotic complications so frequent in MPD.


1975 ◽  
Vol 33 (02) ◽  
pp. 278-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Şeref Inceman ◽  
Yücel Tangün

SummaryA constitutional platelet function disorder in a twelve-year-old girl characterized by a lifelong bleeding tendency, prolonged bleeding time, normal platelet count, normal clot retraction, normal platelet factor 3 activity and impaired platelet aggregation was reported.Platelet aggregation, studied turbidimetrically, was absent in the presence of usual doses of ADP (1–4 μM), although a small wave of primary aggregation was obtained by very large ADP concentrations (25–50 μM). The platelets were also unresponsive to epinephrine, thrombin and diluted collagen suspensions. But an almost normal aggregation response occurred with strong collagen suspensions. The platelets responded to Ristocetin. Pelease of platelet ADP was found to be normal by collagen and thrombin, but impaired by kaolin. Platelet fibrinogen content was normal.The present case, investigated with recent methods, confirms the existence of a type of primary functional platelet disorder characterized solely by an aggregation defect, described in 1955 and 1962 under the name of “essential athrombia.”


1996 ◽  
Vol 76 (05) ◽  
pp. 774-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T Brandt ◽  
Carmen J Julius ◽  
Jeanne M Osborne ◽  
Clark L Anderson

SummaryImmune-mediated platelet activation is emerging as an important pathogenic mechanism of thrombosis. In vitro studies have suggested two distinct pathways for immune-mediated platelet activation; one involving clustering of platelet FcyRIIa, the other involving platelet-associated complement activation. HLA-related antibodies have been shown to cause platelet aggregation, but the mechanism has not been clarified. We evaluated the mechanism of platelet aggregation induced by HLA-related antibodies from nine patients. Antibody to platelet FcyRIIa failed to block platelet aggregation with 8/9 samples, indicating that engagement of platelet FcyRIIa is not necessary for the platelet aggregation induced by HLA-related antibodies. In contrast, platelet aggregation was blocked by antibodies to human C8 (5/7) or C9 (7/7). F(ab’)2 fragments of patient IgG failed to induce platelet activation although they bound to HLA antigen on platelets. Intact patient IgG failed to aggregate washed platelets unless aged serum was added. The activating IgG could be adsorbed by incubation with lymphocytes and eluted from the lymphocytes. These results indicate that complement activation is involved in the aggregation response to HLA-related antibodies. This is the first demonstration of complement-mediated platelet aggregation by clinical samples. Five of the patients developed thrombocytopenia in relationship to blood transfusion and two patients developed acute thromboembolic disease, suggesting that these antibodies and the complement-dependent pathway of platelet aggregation may be of clinical significance.


1986 ◽  
Vol 56 (01) ◽  
pp. 057-062 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martine Croset ◽  
M Lagarde

SummaryWashed human platelets were pre-loaded with icosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) or EPA + DHA and tested for their aggregation response in comparison with control platelets. In fatty acid-rich platelets, an inhibition of the aggregation could be observed when induced by thrombin, collagen or U-46619. The strongest inhibition was observed with DHA-rich platelets and it was reduced when DHA was incorporated in the presence of EPA.Study of fatty acid distribution in cell lipids after loading showed that around 90% of EPA or DHA taken up was acylated into phospholipids and a very small amount (less than 2%) remained in their free and hydroxylated forms. DHA was more efficiently acylated into phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) than into phosphatidylinositol (PI) in contrast to what observed with EPA, and both acids were preferentially incorporated into phosphatidylcholine (PC). EPA inhibited total incorporation of DHA and increased its relative acylation into PE at the expense of PC. In contrast, DHA did not affect the acylation of EPA. Upon stimulation with, thrombin, EPA was liberated from phospholipids and oxygenated (as judged by the formation of its monohydroxy derivative) whereas DHA was much less metabolized, although consistently transferred into PE.It is concluded that EPA and DHA might affect platelet aggregation via different mechanisms when pre-loaded in phospholipids. Whereas EPA is known to alter thromboxane A2 metabolism from endogenous arachidonic acid, by competing with it, DHA might act directly at the membrane level for inhibiting aggregation.


1984 ◽  
Vol 52 (03) ◽  
pp. 236-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Fritschi ◽  
M Christe ◽  
B Lämmle ◽  
G A Marbet ◽  
W Berger ◽  
...  

SummaryWe have studied 155 subjects, 48 normals, 36 diabetics without complications, 44 with complications and 27 patients with macroangiopathy. β-Thromboglobulin (β-TG) and platelet factor 4 (PF4) are elevated in the patients groups. There is no correlation between the plasma levels of β-TG and the stages of either retinopathy or macroangiopathy or nephropathy. The difference is more marked between normals and diabetics with neuropathy (p = 0.026). The aggregation response to ADP and platelet activating factor (PAF) is enhanced at lower stimulator concentration. Using the β-TG, PF4 and aggregation values the discriminant analysis allows a distinction of several subgroups especially with nephropathy and neuropathy (Table 6).


1989 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 608-611
Author(s):  
I. O. Yuranek ◽  
N. A. Fedorov ◽  
M. I. Titov ◽  
V. I. Deigin

2015 ◽  
Vol 113 (01) ◽  
pp. 107-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Ma ◽  
Lili Zhao ◽  
Cao Lijuan ◽  
Yiwen Zhang ◽  
Jie Zhang ◽  
...  

SummaryMany immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) patients, particularly patients with anti-glycoprotein (GP) Ib-IX autoantibodies, do not respond to the conventional treatments such as splenectomy. However, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Here we found that anti-GPIbα N-terminus antibody AN51, but not other anti-GPIbα antibodies (AK2, HIP1, VM16d, or WM23), induced GPIbα clustering that led to integrin αIIbβ3-dependent platelet aggregation. After intravenous injection, AN51 dose-dependently induced thrombocytopenia in guinea pigs, and the platelets were mainly removed by macrophages in the liver. N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, previously shown to inhibit integrin αMβ2-mediated phagocytosis of refrigerated platelets, dose-dependently inhibited AN51-induced platelet clearance. Furthermore, AN51 but not VM16d, induced rapid platelet clearance in the liver of cynomolgus macaques. Five of 22 chronic ITP patients had anti-GPIbα autoantibodies, and the autoantibodies from four of the five patients competed with AN51 for binding to platelets. These data indicate that GPIbα clustering induced by anti-GPIbα N-terminus antibody causes integrin αIIbβ3-dependent platelet aggregation, phagocytosis, and rapid platelet clearance in the liver. Our findings reveal a novel Fc-independent mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of ITP, and suggest new therapeutic strategies for ITP patients with anti-GPIbα autoantibodies.


1998 ◽  
Vol 274 (4) ◽  
pp. H1293-H1300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marguerite T. Littleton-Kearney ◽  
Patricia D. Hurn ◽  
Thomas S. Kickler ◽  
Richard J. Traystman

Platelets are implicated as etiologic agents in cerebral ischemia and as modulators of neural injury following an ischemic insult. We examined the effects of severe, transient global ischemia on platelet aggregation during 45-min ischemia and 30-, 60-, and 120-min reperfusion in adult and neonatal lambs. We also examined postischemic platelet deposition in brain and other tissues (120-min reperfusion) using indium-111-labeled platelets. Ischemic cerebral blood flow fell to 5 ± 1 and 5 ± 2 ml ⋅ min−1⋅ 100 g−1in lambs and sheep, respectively. During ischemia, platelet counts fell to 47.5 ± 5.1% of control ( P < 0.05) in lambs and 59 ± 4.9% of control in sheep ( P < 0.05). Ischemia depressed platelet aggregation response ( P < 0.01) to 4 μg collagen in lambs and sheep (20.4 ± 29.2 and 26 ± 44.7% of control, respectively). Marked platelet deposition occurred in brain and spleen in sheep, whereas significant platelet entrapment occurred only in brain in lambs. Our findings suggest that ischemia causes platelet activation and deposition in brain and noncerebral tissues.


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