Platelet Secretion (Release Reaction)-Mechanism and Pharmacology

Author(s):  
Holm Holmsen
1984 ◽  
Vol 51 (02) ◽  
pp. 198-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danièle Nunez ◽  
Sylviane Levy-Toledano

SummaryPlatelet aggregation and secretion have been described to be associated with phosphorylation reactions. Thrombasthénie and EDTA-treated control platelets undergo a normal serotonin release in the absence of aggregation. We now studied the phosphorylation of specific proteins associated with platelet secretion. In the presence of ionophore, significant increases occurred in the phosphorylation of two polypeptides of 43,000 and 20,000 molecular weight (P43 and P20) in a concentration dependent manner, and this was accompanied by an increase in the 14C-5HT release. The 32P-labelling of P43 and P20 reaches a peak within 1 min of platelet activation and is followed by a rapid dephosphorylation over the next 2-10 min. While the P20 is identified as the myosin light chain, the identity and the function of the P43 remain unknown.Isoelectric focusing separates 4 proteins from P43 during two dimensional electrophoresis, but only one of them is phosphorylated by A 23187. Chlorpromazine (CPZ) and trifluoperazine (TFP) inhibit the P43 and P20 phosphorylation as well as the 14C- 5HT release in a dose dependent manner. The inhibitory action of the drugs is more pronounced for P43 than for P20, especially when the reactions are carried out at 20° C instead of at 37° C, while the release reaction is still inhibited under these conditions. These results allow different hypotheses for the relationship of phosphorylation-secretion and indicate the importance of one of these proteins (P43) for the release reaction.


1975 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 561-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
M B Feinstein ◽  
C Fraser

Ca2+, Mg2+-ionophores X537A and A23,187 (10(-7)-10(-6) M) induced the release of adenine nucleotides adenosine diphosphate (ADP, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), serotonin, beta-glucuronidase, Ca2+, and Mg2+ from washed human platelets. Enzymes present in the cytoplasm or mitochondria, and Zn2+ were not released. The rate of ATP and Ca2+ release measured by firefly lantern extract and murexide dye, respectively, was equivalent to that produced by the physiological stimulant thrombin. Ionophore-induced release of ADP, and serotonin was substantially (approximately 60%) but not completely inhibited by EGTA, EDTA, and high extracellular Mg2+, without significant reduction of Ca2+ release. The ionophore-induced release reaction is therefore partly dependent upon uptake of extracellular Ca2+ (demonstrated using 45Ca), but also occurs to a significant extent due to release into the cytoplasm of intracellular Ca2+. The ionophore-induced release reaction and aggregation of platelets could be blocked by prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) or dibutyryl cyclic AMP. The effects of PGE1, and N6, O2-dibutyryl adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphoric acid (dibutyryl cAMP) were synergistically potentiated by the phosphodiesterase inhibitor theophylline. It is proposed that Ca2+ is the physiological trigger for platelet secretion and aggregation and that its intracellular effects are strongly modulated by adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphoric acid (cyclic AMP).


2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 537-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiansheng Ren ◽  
Shaojing Ye ◽  
Sidney W Whiteheart

Author(s):  
Tomasz J. Idzik ◽  
Zofia M. Myk ◽  
Łukasz Struk ◽  
Magdalena Perużyńska ◽  
Gabriela Maciejewska ◽  
...  

Triisopropylsilyltrifluoromethanesulfonate can be effectively used for the arylation of a wide range of enelactams. The multinuclear NMR study provided deep insights into the reaction mechanism.


1995 ◽  
Vol 74 (05) ◽  
pp. 1323-1328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominique Lasne ◽  
José Donato ◽  
Hervé Falet ◽  
Francine Rendu

SummarySynthetic peptides (TRAP or Thrombin Receptor Activating Peptide) corresponding to at least the first five aminoacids of the new N-terminal tail generated after thrombin proteolysis of its receptor are effective to mimic thrombin. We have studied two different TRAPs (SFLLR, and SFLLRN) in their effectiveness to induce the different platelet responses in comparison with thrombin. Using Indo-1/AM- labelled platelets, the maximum rise in cytoplasmic ionized calcium was lower with TRAPs than with thrombin. At threshold concentrations allowing maximal aggregation (50 μM SFLLR, 5 μM SFLLRN and 1 nM thrombin) the TRAPs-induced release reaction was about the same level as with thrombin, except when external calcium was removed by addition of 1 mM EDTA. In these conditions, the dense granule release induced by TRAPs was reduced by over 60%, that of lysosome release by 75%, compared to only 15% of reduction in the presence of thrombin. Thus calcium influx was more important for TRAPs-induced release than for thrombin-induced release. At strong concentrations giving maximal aggregation and release in the absence of secondary mediators (by pretreatment with ADP scavengers plus aspirin), SFLLRN mobilized less calcium, with a fast return towards the basal level and induced smaller lysosome release than did thrombin. The results further demonstrate the essential role of external calcium in triggering sustained and full platelet responses, and emphasize the major difference between TRAP and thrombin in mobilizing [Ca2+]j. Thus, apart from the proteolysis of the seven transmembrane receptor, another thrombin binding site or thrombin receptor interaction is required to obtain full and complete responses.


1972 ◽  
Vol 27 (01) ◽  
pp. 121-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Massini ◽  
E. F Lüscher

SummaryHuman blood platelets are aggregated by the basic polymers polylysine and DEAE- dextran. Under certain conditions a second phase of aggregation, concomitant with the release reaction, is elicited. The presence of ADP, calcium ions and a plasmatic cofactor within the primary aggregates are necessary for the induction of the release reaction. These experiments demonstrate that cell contact per se does not lead to a release reaction ; in order to become effective it must take place in the presence of ADP.


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.


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