Prevention of aspirin inhibition of platelet release reaction by the fatty acid precursor of platelet prostaglandins

1973 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald G. Leonardi ◽  
Benjamin Alexander ◽  
Frances White
1986 ◽  
Vol 41 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 34-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nidhal A. Al-Douri ◽  
Paul M. Dewick

Abstract Feeding experiments using 13C-labelled sodium acetate precursors in CuCl2-treated broad bean (Vicia faba) cotyledons have demonstrated that the furanoacetylene phytoalexin wyerone is biosynthetically derived from seven intact acetate units. A further experiment using sodium [2H3]acetate indicated the head of the chain, and showed the chain is analogous to that of a fatty acid precursor, any chain shortening process from postulated C18 precursors occurring from the carboxyl end. Incorporations of oleate and linoleate were, however, regarded as insufficient to prove the involvement of these compounds in the biosynthetic pathway.


2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fangxiang Hu ◽  
Weijie Cai ◽  
Junzhang Lin ◽  
Weidong Wang ◽  
Shuang Li

Abstract Background Surfactin, a representative biosurfactant of lipopeptide mainly produced by Bacillus subtilis, consists of a cyclic heptapeptide linked to a β-hydroxy fatty acid chain. The functional activity of surfactin is closely related to the length and isomerism of the fatty acid chain. Results In this study, the fatty acid precursor supply pathway in Bacillus subtilis 168 for surfactin production was strengthened through two steps. Firstly, pathways competing for the precursors were eliminated with inactivation of pps and pks. Secondly, the plant medium-chain acyl-carrier protein (ACP) thioesterase (BTE) from Umbellularia californica was overexpressed. As a result, the surfactin titer after 24 h of cultivation improved by 34%, and the production rate increased from 0.112 to 0.177 g/L/h. The isoforms identified by RP-HPLC and GC–MS showed that the proportion of nC14-surfactin increased 6.4 times compared to the control strain. A comparison of further properties revealed that the product with more nC14-surfactin had higher surface activity and better performance in oil-washing. Finally, the product with more nC14-surfactin isoform had a higher hydrocarbon-emulsification index, and it increased the water-wettability of the oil-saturated silicate surface. Conclusion The obtained results identified that enhancing the supply of fatty acid precursor is very essential for the synthesis of surfactin. At the same time, this study also proved that thioesterase BTE can promote the production of nC14-surfactin and experimentally demonstrated its higher surface activity and better performance in oil-washing. These results are of great significance for the MEOR application of surfactin. Graphic abstract


Gut ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 60 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A213-A214
Author(s):  
D. S. Pearl ◽  
D. Gullick ◽  
J. Bruemmer ◽  
J. Brown ◽  
J. K. Shute ◽  
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1973 ◽  
Vol 30 (03) ◽  
pp. 494-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
G de Gaetano ◽  
J Vermylen

SummaryThrombelastograms of both native blood and re-calcified platelet-rich plasma samples taken from subjects given a single oral dose of aspirin (1 gram) were not significantly different from the pretreatment recordings. Aspirin also did not modify the thrombelastogram when preincubated in vitro with platelet-rich plasma at concentrations inhibiting the platelet “release reaction” by collagen. Thrombelastography therefore cannot evaluate the effect of aspirin on platelet function.


1981 ◽  
Vol 45 (03) ◽  
pp. 257-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
P D Winocour ◽  
R L Kinlough-Rathbone ◽  
J F Mustard

SummaryWe have examined whether inhibition by mepacrine of freeing of arachidonic acid from platelet phospholipids inhibits platelet aggregation to collagen, thrombin or ADP, and the release reaction induced by thrombin or collagen. Loss of arachidonic acid was monitored by measuring the amount of 14 C freed from platelets prelabelled with 14 C-arachidonic acid. Mepacrine inhibited 14 C loss by more than 80% but did not inhibit thrombin-induced platelet aggregation and had a small effect on release. ADP-induced platelet aggregation did not cause 14 C loss. Mepacrine inhibited ADP-induced platelet aggregation by inhibiting the association of fibrinogen with platelets during aggregation. The effect of mepacrine on fibrinogen binding could be considerably decreased by washing the platelets but the inhibition of 14 C loss persisted. Platelets pretreated with mepacrine and then washed show restoration of aggregation to collagen. Thus, mepacrine has two effects; 1. it inhibits phospholipases, 2. it inhibits fibrinogen binding. Freeing of arachidonic acid is not necessary for platelet aggregation or the release reaction.


1973 ◽  
Vol 30 (02) ◽  
pp. 334-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felisa C. Molinas

SummaryIt has been postulated that the high phenol and phenolic acids plasmatic levels found in patients with chronic renal failure are contributory factors in the abnormal platelet function described in these patients. This hypothesis was corroborated by “in vitro” studies showing the deleterious effect of these compounds on certain platelet function after pre-incubation of PRP with phenol and phenolic compounds. The present studies were conducted to determine the influence of phenolic compounds on platelet release reaction. It was found that phenol inhibited from 62.5 to 100% the effect of the aggregating agents thrombin, adrenaline and ADP on platelet 5-HT-14C release. The phenolic acids p-, m-, and o-HPAA inhibited from 36.35 to 94.8% adrenaline and ADP-induced platelet 5-HT-14C release. Adrenaline-induced platelet ADP release was inhibited from 27.45 to 38.10% by the phenolic compounds. These findings confirm the hypothesis that phenolic compounds interfere with platelet function through the inhibition of the release reaction.


1976 ◽  
Vol 36 (02) ◽  
pp. 411-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Lekas ◽  
J. C Rosenberg

SummaryHuman platelets labeled with 51Cr were used to determine the contribution made by platelet lysis to the platelet release reaction and platelet aggregation induced by rabbit antihuman platelet serum (APS) and equine antihuman thymocyte globulin (ATG). Platelets were tested in both plasma (PRP) and non-plasma containing media. Antibodies directed against platelets, either as APS or ATG, induced significant amounts of platelet release and aggregation, as well as some degree of lysis, in the absence of complement. The presence of complement increased platelet lysis and aggregation, but not the release reaction. Non-immune horse gamma globulin produced different responses depending upon whether platelets were investigated in PRP or non-plasma containing media. Aggregation was seen in the latter but not the former. These differences can be explained by the presence of plasma components which prevent non-specific immune complexes from causing platelet aggregation. Since platelets in vivo are always in a plasma medium, one must be wary of utilizing data from platelet studies in synthetic plasma-free media as the basis of explaining clinical events. These observations demonstrate at least two, and possibly three, different mechanisms whereby ATG could activate platelets causing thrombotic complications and thrombocytopenia, i.e., via 1) specific and, 2) non-specific non-lytic pathways and 3) a lytic pathway.


1983 ◽  
Vol 50 (02) ◽  
pp. 595-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Watanabe ◽  
M Soda ◽  
N Fukamachi ◽  
B Kobayashi

SummaryThrombin-induced platelet release reaction examined with secretion of calcium and N-acetylglucosaminidase was significantly enhanced in the platelets from reserpine-treated rabbits as compared with the control. On the other hand, 32P-incorporation into phosphatidic acid was suppressed in the reserpinized platelets in activated state. Thrombin induced phosphatidylinositol (PI)- breakdown, which was examined by decreases in radioactivity and content of PI, and an increase in diacylglycerol, was not enhanced in the reserpinized platelets as compared with the control. The phosphorylation of the specific protein coupled to thrombin- induced platelet PI-breakdown was not stimulated in the reserpinized platelets as compared with the control. In contrast to PI, PC-degradation by thrombin was significantly stimulated in the reserpinized platelets. Possible existence of pathway(s) other than that associated with an enhancement of Pl-tumover is conceivable as a mechanism involved in platelet release reaction.


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