Effect of fibrinogen concentration and platelet count on the inhibitory effect of abciximab and tirofiban

2003 ◽  
Vol 89 (02) ◽  
pp. 348-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Renda ◽  
Bianca Rocca ◽  
Roberto Crocchiolo ◽  
Raimondo De Cristofaro ◽  
Raffaele Landolfi

SummaryGlycoprotein (Gp) IIb/IIIa blockers are powerful antithrombotic agents, but display a wide variability of their effect using weight-adjusted dosing. We investigated whether some hemostatic variables affected in vitro platelet inhibition exerted by the antibody abciximab and the peptidomimetic tirofiban. High fibrinogen concentrations reduced platelet inhibition by tirofiban, assessed in whole blood (r = –0.85, n = 10, p <0.01) and in platelet rich plasma (r = –0.89, n = 10, p <0.01) through PFA 100 and Born’s aggregometry assay, respectively. Both drugs were unaffected by von Willebrand factor levels, while platelet count was inversely related to their inhibitory effect (tirofiban: r = –0.9, n = 7, p <0.01; abciximab: r = –0.81, n = 9, p <0.01). Analysis of GpIIb-IIIa blockade showed that receptor occupancy at a fixed abciximab dose was inversely related to platelet counts. These experimental data were in agreement with the classical model of receptor saturation by a tight binding inhibitor.A role for fibrinogen and/or platelet count in influencing the antithrombotic properties of platelet GpIIb-IIIa antagonists can be hypothesized.

1973 ◽  
Vol 29 (02) ◽  
pp. 490-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroh Yamazaki ◽  
Itsuro Kobayashi ◽  
Tadahiro Sano ◽  
Takio Shimamoto

SummaryThe authors previously reported a transient decrease in adhesive platelet count and an enhancement of blood coagulability after administration of a small amount of adrenaline (0.1-1 µg per Kg, i. v.) in man and rabbit. In such circumstances, the sensitivity of platelets to aggregation induced by ADP was studied by an optical density method. Five minutes after i. v. injection of 1 µg per Kg of adrenaline in 10 rabbits, intensity of platelet aggregation increased to 115.1 ± 4.9% (mean ± S. E.) by 10∼5 molar, 121.8 ± 7.8% by 3 × 10-6 molar and 129.4 ± 12.8% of the value before the injection by 10”6 molar ADP. The difference was statistically significant (P<0.01-0.05). The above change was not observed in each group of rabbits injected with saline, 1 µg per Kg of 1-noradrenaline or 0.1 and 10 µg per Kg of adrenaline. Also, it was prevented by oral administration of 10 mg per Kg of phenoxybenzamine or propranolol or aspirin or pyridinolcarbamate 3 hours before the challenge. On the other hand, the enhancement of ADP-induced platelet aggregation was not observed in vitro, when 10-5 or 3 × 10-6 molar and 129.4 ± 12.8% of the value before 10∼6 molar ADP was added to citrated platelet rich plasma (CPRP) of rabbit after incubation at 37°C for 30 second with 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10 or 100 µg per ml of adrenaline or noradrenaline. These results suggest an important interaction between endothelial surface and platelets in connection with the enhancement of ADP-induced platelet aggregation by adrenaline in vivo.


1973 ◽  
Vol 30 (02) ◽  
pp. 315-326
Author(s):  
J. Heinz Joist ◽  
Jean-Pierre Cazenave ◽  
J. Fraser Mustard

SummarySodium pentobarbital (SPB) and three other barbituric acid derivatives were found to inhibit platelet function in vitro. SPB had no effect on the primary response to ADP of platelets in platelet-rich plasma (PRP) or washed platelets but inhibited secondary aggregation induced by ADP in human PRP. The drug inhibited both phases of aggregation induced by epinephrine. SPB suppressed aggregation and the release reaction induced by collagen or low concentrations of thrombin, and platelet adherence to collagen-coated glass tubes. The inhibition by SPB of platelet aggregation was readily reversible and isotopically labeled SPB did not become firmly bound to platelets. No inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation induced by ADP, collagen, or thrombin could be detected in PRP obtained from rabbits after induction of SPB-anesthesia.


1967 ◽  
Vol 18 (03/04) ◽  
pp. 766-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J Knieriem ◽  
A. B Chandler

SummaryThe effect of the administration of warfarin sodium (Coumadin®) on the duration of platelet aggregation in vitro was studied. Coumadin was given for 4 consecutive days to 10 healthy adults who were followed over a period of 9 days. The duration of adenosine diphosphate-induced platelet aggregation in platelet-rich plasma, the prothrombin time, and the platelet count of platelet-rich plasma were measured. Four other healthy adults received placebos and participated in a double-blind study with those receiving Coumadin.Although administration of Coumadin caused a prolongation of the prothrombin time to 2 or 21/2 times the normal value, a decrease in the duration of platelet aggregation was not observed. In most individuals who received Coumadin an increase in the duration of platelet aggregation occurred. The effect of Coumadin on platelet aggregation was not consistently related to the prothrombin time or to the platelet count. In the placebo group there was a distinct relation between the duration of platelet aggregation and the platelet count in platelet-rich plasma.The mean increase in the duration of platelet aggregation when compared to the control value before medication with Coumadin was 37.7%. In the placebo group there was a mean increase of 8.4%. The difference between the two groups is significant (p <0.001). Increased duration of platelet aggregation also occurred in two individuals who received Coumadin over a period of 10 and 16 days respectively.


1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (03) ◽  
pp. 134-138
Author(s):  
Gitta Kühnel ◽  
A. C. Matzdorff

SummaryWe studied the effect of GPIIb/IIIa-inhibitors on platelet activation with flow cytometry in vitro. Citrated whole blood was incubated with increasing concentrations of three different GPIIb/IIIa-inhibitors (c7E3, DMP728, XJ757), then thrombin or ADP were added and after 1 min the sample was fixed. Samples without c7E3 but with 0.1 U/ml thrombin had a decrease in platelet count. Samples with increasing concentrations of c7E3 had a lesser or no decrease in platelet count. The two other inhibitors (DMP 725, XJ757) gave similar results. GPIIb/IIIa-inhibitors prevent aggregate formation and more single platelets remain in the blood sample. The agonist-induced decrease in platelet count correlates closely with the concentration of the GPIIb/IIIa inhibitor and receptor occupancy. This correlation may be used as a simple measure for inhibitor activity in whole blood.


Author(s):  
R. Castillo ◽  
S. Maragall ◽  
J. A. Guisasola ◽  
F. Casals ◽  
C. Ruiz ◽  
...  

Defective ADP-induced platelet aggregation has been observed in patients treated with streptokinase. This same effect appears “in vitro” when adding SK to platelet rich plasma (PRP). Classic hemophilia and normal platelet poor plasmas (PPP) treated with SK inhibit the aggregation of washed platelets; plasmin-treated normal human serum also shows an inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation. However, von Willebrand SK-treated plasmas do not inhibit the aggregation of washed platelets. The same results appear when plasmas are previously treated with a rabbit antibody to human factor VIII.This confirms that the antiaggregating effect is mainly linked to the digested factor VIII related antigen.The inhibition of ADP-induced platelet aggregation has been proved in gel filtration-isolated and washed platelets from SK-treated PRP.Defective ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation has also been observed- This action does not appear in washed platelets from SK-treated PRP in presence of normal PPP, but it does in presence of SK-treated PPP, which suggests that the inhibition of the ristocetin-induced aggregation is due to the lack of factor VIII and not to the factor VIII-related products.Heparin, either “in vivo” or “in vitro”, has corrected the antiaggregating effect of SK.


1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Maamer ◽  
O Demay ◽  
M Aurousseau

There is little information on the participation of Factor XIII in platelet aggregation. Using BORN’s photometric method to study platelet aggregation induced by ADP in vitro on platelet rich plasma (PRP) of rabbit; clot solubility in 1 % monochloracetic acid and incorporation of dansylcadaverin into casein (LORAND L. et al.) to measure plasma FXIII concentration ; we showed that addition of activated F.XIII (F.XIIIa) to a PRP, aggregating power of platelets was significantly increased (+ 30.4 %, p<0.00l). Addition of inactive F.XIII or thrombin + Ca++ in concentrations used to activate F.XIII, had no significant effect on platelet aggregation induced by ADP.When F.XIIIa was added to plasma in presence of F.XIII inhibitors as 3178 AQ (a new synthetic benzothiophen keton derivative) or monodansylcadaverin (DC) in concentrations of (3.27 × 10-4 M and 9.31 × 10-4 m respectively), the platelet aggregation was significantly inhibited (- 48.8 % and - 35.4 % respectively, p<0.001). This inhibitory effect was not seen when dipyridamole or Acetylsalicylic Acid (ASA) in concentrations of (6.18 × 10-4 M and 17.3 × 10-4 M respectively) ware added in PRP in presence of F.XIIIa When platelet aggregation was performed without addition of F.XIIIa the inhibitory effect of 3178 AQ and DC was respectively (- 76.6 % and - 65.1 %, p<0.001), dipyridamole (- 37.6 %, p<0.00l) and ASA (-4.1%, no significant)These results suggest that F.XIIIa increased the platelet aggregation induced by ADP and compounds which are both inhibitors of platelet aggregation and F.XIII would be more potent antithrombotic by acting on platelets and fibrin stabilization, than drugs which are inhibitors of platelet aggregation only.


2004 ◽  
Vol 92 (07) ◽  
pp. 89-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Payne ◽  
Chris Jones ◽  
Paul Hayes ◽  
Sally Webster ◽  
A. Naylor ◽  
...  

SummaryThe majority of patients who suffer peri-operative thromboembolic complication while undergoing vascular procedures do so despite taking aspirin. This study examined the antiplatelet effect of aspirin during surgery in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Fifty patients undergoing CEA were standardised to 150 mg aspirin daily for ≥2 weeks. Platelet aggregation in response to arachidonic acid (AA) was measured in platelet rich plasma prepared from blood taken prior to, during, and at the end of surgery. Spontaneous platelet aggregation was also studied, as was the role of physiological agonists (ADP, collagen, thrombin, and epinephrine) in mediating the in vivo and in vitro responses to AA. Eighteen patients undergoing leg angioplasty, also on 150 mg aspirin, without general anaesthesia, served as a control group. In the CEA patients aggregation induced by AA (5 mM) increased significantly from 7.6 ± 5.5% pre-surgery to 50.8 ± 29.5% at the end of surgery (p <0.0001). Aggregation to AA was even greater in samples taken mid-surgery from a sub-set of patients (73.8 ± 7.2%; p = 0.0001), but fell to 45.9 ± 7.4% by the end of surgery. The increased aggregation in response to AA was not due to intra-operative release of physiological platelet agonists since addition of agents that block/neutralise the effects of ADP (apyrase; 4 µg/ml), thrombin (hirudin; 10 units/ml), or epinephrine (yohimbine; 10 µM/l) to the samples taken at the end of surgery did not block the increased aggregation.The patients undergoing angioplasty also showed a significant rise in the response to AA (5 mM), from 5.6 ± 5.5% pre-angioplasty to 32.4 ± 24.9% at the end of the procedure (p <0.0001), which fell significantly to 11.0 ± 8.1% 4 hours later. The antiplatelet activity of aspirin, mediated by blockade of platelet arachidonic acid metabolism, diminished significantly during surgery, but was partially restored by the end of the procedure without additional aspirin treatment.This rapidly inducible and transient effect may explain why some patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery remain at risk of peri-operative stroke and myocardial infarction.


1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Tremoli ◽  
D Caruso ◽  
P Maderna ◽  
G Galli ◽  
R Paoletti

The effects of a single oral administration of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA, 500 mg), indomethacin (Indo, 50 mg) and sodium salicylate (SA, 400 mg) to healthy volunteers on platelet formation of 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (12-HETE) were evaluated. Blood was collected before, 2, 6 and 24 hours after drug administrations. Platelet rich plasma (PRP) samples were stimulated with 20 μg/ml collagen and 12-HETE levels were determined by selective ion monitoring. The effects of ASA on the same parameter were also evaluated in vitro in PRP and in washed platelet (WP) samples in the absence and in the presence of platelet poor plasma (PPP, 25-100%) or bovine serum albumin (BSA, 10-40 mg/ml). In subjects who ingested ASA, the formation of 12-HETE in PRP stimulated with collagen was significantly inhibited 2 and 6 hours after the drug administration. At 24 h 12-HETE synthesis tended to return toward basal values. In contrast the administration of a single dose of Indo or of SA did not significantly affect 12-HETE synthesis by stimulated PRP. ASA (3 mM) added in vitro inhibited 12-HETE formation in PRP but not in WP. In addition ASA inhibited 12-HETE synthesis in washed platelets resuspended either in PPP (25-100 %) or in BSA (10-40 mg/ml). It is concluded ASA, but not Indo or SA, orally administered to normal subjects inhibits 12-HETE synthesis in collagen stimulated PRP. The results obtained in vitro suggest that albumin and/or some albumin component may be responsible for the inhibitory effect of ASA on platelet 12-HETE syntesis.


1985 ◽  
Vol 54 (02) ◽  
pp. 480-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
I A Greer ◽  
J J Walker ◽  
M McLaren ◽  
A A Calder ◽  
C D Forbes

SummaryPlatelet aggregation and thromboxane A2 have been implicated in the pathogenesis of several forms of vascular disease. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a wide range of adrenoceptor antagonists on platelet aggregation, and thromboxane A2 production, from normal human platelet rich plasma in vitro. Labetalol, pindolol and propranolol inhibited platelet aggregation to collagen in a dose dependent manner. Increasing the concentration of collagen “shifted” the dose response curve to the right. These 3 drugs also significantly inhibited thromboxane A2 generation in response to collagen but not to arachidonic acid. This effect was independent of any inhibitory effect of these drugs on platelet aggregation, and occurred at a drug concentration close to that obtained in vivo. Atenolol, metoprolol, prazosin and timolol were similarly assessed but had no effect on either platelet aggregation or thromboxane A2 generation. This ability of labetalol, pindolol, and propranolol to inhibit platelet aggregation and thromboxane generation, may be of clinical benefit in view of the increasing evidence implicating thromboxane A2 in the pathogenesis of vascular disease.


1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
U Berglund ◽  
H von Schenk ◽  
L Wallentin

An increased liability for thrombosis might be of pathogenetic importance in young survivors of myocardial infarction (MI). In 73 (58 men and 15 women) patients with MI below 45 years of age and 73 matched healthy controls plasma fibrinogen and platelet function tests were studied 3-6 months after the MI. At the time of the MI 77% of the patients were smokers but at the time of the investigation 27% of the patients smoked compared to 37% of the controls. Platelet aggregabi1ity was measured in vitro in platelet-rich plasma (PRP) as maximal aggregation to ADP and collagen. The platelet sensitivity to the inhibitory effect of prostacyclin (PG12) was tested by preincubation of PRP with PG12 before inducing aggregation with ADP 5 μM. Plasma levels of beta-thrombog1obuIin (BTG) and platelet factor 4 (PF4) were measured by RIA methods and plasma fibrinogen by heat precipitation. The table presents the results (means ± SE). * is p<0.04, ** is D<0.02 and ns is non significant.Severe emotional stress preceeding the MI occured in 7 patients - these cases had an increased platelet reactivity to ADP. The fibrinogen level was also elevated by smoking and obesity (multivariate analysis). Conclusion: young MI patients have elevated levels ol fibrinogen and reduced platelet sensitivity to PGI2. This might cause an increased thrombotic tendency.


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