Effect of Aspirin on the Thrombelastogram of Human Blood

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.

1972 ◽  
Vol 28 (02) ◽  
pp. 228-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
F De Clerck

SummaryThe effect of lidoflazine and of cinnarizine on human platelet function in vitro was compared to that of dipyridamole.Pre-incubation for 30 min at 37° C of platelet rich plasma with lidoflazine or with dipyridamole 5 ×10–4 M resulted in an appreciable inhibition of collagen aggregation in particular and to a lesser extent of ADP aggregation; cinnarizine was marginally active only.Clot retraction was inhibited by lidoflazine and by dipyridamole. Experiments on biphasic ADP aggregation and C14-serotonin release during aggregation show that lidoflazine reduces the platelet release reaction.The possible mode of action of the compound is discussed.Plasma coagulation and PF – 3 availability were not affected.


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.


1973 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Thomson ◽  
C. D. Forbes ◽  
C. R. M. Prentice

1. Heparin has been shown to increase platelet aggregation by ADP and adrenaline and to enhance the platelet release reaction when tested in citrated platelet-rich plasma (P.R.P.). This activity is present when heparin is added to P.R.P. or when P.R.P. is prepared after intravenous injection of heparin, and when heparin is added to non-anticoagulated native P.R.P. 2. Retention of platelets by cellophane membranes within a specially designed test-cell was significantly increased when heparin was added to citrated whole blood. 3. Though aspirin blocks the release reaction with and without heparin, it does not prevent the potentiation of initial ADP or first wave adrenaline aggregation caused by heparin.


1977 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Subbarao ◽  
F. Forestier

Physiological diamines and polyamines occur in high concentrations in various parts of animal tissues. These amines are known to interact with and stabilize nucleic acids, membranes and ribosomes (Tabor and Tabor, Pharmac. Rev., 16, 245). The effect of putrescine, cadaverine, spermidine and spermine on platelet function is not yet fully explored. We studied the effect of these reagents on in vitro aggregation of human platelet rich plasma (PRP) induced by the addition of ADP, thrombin, collagen and serotonin. Cadaverine, spermidine and spermine at concentrations from 2-5 μM strongly inhibited the aggregation of platelets and the [14C]-serotonin release reaction induced by ADP and thrombin in a concentration dependent manner, but did not show any effect on aggregation induced by other agents. Putrescine, on the other hand, failed to produce any effect on the aggregation of platelets and [14C]-serotonin release reaction. Studies on the binding of purified human thrombin treated with [14C]-diisopropylfluoro-phosphate (DFP) to washed human platelets indicated that cadaverine (1-5 μmoles) increased the binding of total [14C]-DFP-thrombin to platelets by 30%. The data suggest that the alteration of platelet function by diamines and polyamines was probably achieved by their binding to platelet membranes.


1974 ◽  
Vol 32 (02/03) ◽  
pp. 266-276
Author(s):  
Carl D. Jacobsen ◽  
John C. Hoak ◽  
Kenneth K. WU ◽  
Glenna L. Fry
Keyword(s):  

SummaryIn serum from patients with DIC at least 3 different FR-antigenic components could be found. It was difficult to demonstrate these components in the corresponding plasma samples. It is possible that a portion of these antigens formed as a result of in vitro clotting despite the presence of proteolytic inhibitors. These results suggest that the interpretation of “increased split products in serum” may be more complex than current concepts indicate.


1981 ◽  
Vol 45 (03) ◽  
pp. 290-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter H Levine ◽  
Danielle G Sladdin ◽  
Norman I Krinsky

SummaryIn the course of studying the effects on platelets of the oxidant species superoxide (O- 2), Of was generated by the interaction of xanthine oxidase plus xanthine. Surprisingly, gel-filtered platelets, when exposed to xanthine oxidase in the absence of xanthine substrate, were found to generate superoxide (O- 2), as determined by the reduction of added cytochrome c and by the inhibition of this reduction in the presence of superoxide dismutase.In addition to generating Of, the xanthine oxidase-treated platelets display both aggregation and evidence of the release reaction. This xanthine oxidase induced aggreagtion is not inhibited by the addition of either superoxide dismutase or cytochrome c, suggesting that it is due to either a further metabolite of O- 2, or that O- 2 itself exerts no important direct effect on platelet function under these experimental conditions. The ability of Of to modulate platelet reactions in vivo or in vitro remains in doubt, and xanthine oxidase is an unsuitable source of O- 2 in platelet studies because of its own effects on platelets.


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.


1995 ◽  
Vol 73 (03) ◽  
pp. 472-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
H R Lijnen ◽  
B Van Hoef ◽  
D Collen

SummaryThe interactions of recombinant staphylokinase (SakSTAR) with human platelets were investigated in a buffer milieu, in a human plasma milieu in vitro, and in plasma from patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) treated with SakSTAR.In a buffer milieu, the activation rate of plasminogen by SakSTAR or streptokinase (SK) was not significantly altered by addition of platelets. Specific binding of SakSTAR or SK to either resting or thrombin- activated platelets was very low. ADP-induced or collagen-induced platelet aggregation in platelet-rich plasma (PRP) was 94 ± 2.7% or 101 ± 1.7% of control in the presence of 0.1 to 20 μM SakSTAR, with corresponding values of 95 ± 2.8% or 90 ± 4.6% of control in the presence of 0.1 to 4 μM SK. No effects were observed on platelet disaggregation. ATP secretion following collagen-induced platelet aggregation was 4.3 ± 0.26 μM for SakSTAR (at concentrations of 0.1 to 20 μM) and 4.4 ± 0.35 μM for SK (at concentrations of 0.1 to 4 μM), as compared to 3.4 ± 0.70 μM in the absence of plasminogen activator.Fifty % lysis in 2 h (C50) of 60 μl 125I-fibrin labeled platelet-poor plasma (PPP) clots prepared from normal plasma or from plasma of patients with Glanzmann thrombasthenia and immersed in 0.5 ml normal plasma, was obtained with 12 or 16 nM SakSTAR and with 49 or 40 nM SK, respectively. C50 values for lysis of 60 μl PRP clots prepared from normal or patient plasma were also comparable for SakSTAR (19 or 21 nM), whereas SK was 2-fold more potent toward PRP clots prepared from Glanzmann plasma as compared to normal plasma (C50 of 130 versus 270 nM).No significant effect of SakSTAR on platelet function was observed in plasma from patients with AMI treated with SakSTAR, as revealed by unaltered platelet count, platelet aggregation and ATP secretion.Thus, no effects of high SakSTAR concentrations were observed on human platelets in vitro, nor of therapeutic SakSTAR concentrations on platelet function in plasma.


1979 ◽  
Vol 42 (05) ◽  
pp. 1615-1619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin J Smith ◽  
Boyd Braem ◽  
Kent D Davis

SummaryPlatelet acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity was measured in gel-filtered platelet preparations. Three different anticholinesteratic agents (eserine, neostigmine, and diiso- propylphosphorofluoridate) at final concentrations of 10 μM caused complete inhibition of AChE activity after 30 min incubation at room temperature with either platelet-rich plasma or gel-filtered platelets. Complete inhibition of platelet AChE had no effect on platelet aggregation, factor-3 availability, and plasma clot retraction. We conclude that platelet membrane AChE activity is not required for normal platelet function as measured by these in vitro parameters.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-03
Author(s):  
Mark I. M. Noble

Over many years, laboratory testing of platelet aggregability have been carried out in attempts to develop drugs that would prevent thrombosis in arteries. The problems encountered included the question of methodology. Blood samples have to be anticoagulated in order to study the platelets. Anti-coagulation with citrate and tests on derived platelet rich plasma did not correlate at all well with thrombus growth in the stenosed coronary arteries of experimental animals and citrate removes the calcium ions which are vital for platelet function. Anticoagulation with heparin also interfered with platelet function, so that now, hirudins are the preferred anticoagulant. However it was observed that if, instead of stimulating platelet aggregation with adrenaline or ADP, serotonin was applied to the preparation, very little aggregation took place in spite of serotonin 5HT2A antagonists being the most potent inhibitors of thrombus growth in experimental animals. Another indicator that primary platelet agggregation is not a predictor of in vivo efficacy was the finding that 5HT2A antagonism inhibited aggregate growth. In a stenosed artery the platelets are activated by increased shear stress and blood turbulence with release of platelet serotonin causing positive feedback activation of more platelets. At present, there does not seem to be a bench in vitro test that accurately predicts in vivo efficacy in stenosed artery occlusive thrombosis.


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