Cooperativity of Albumin and Aggrexons A and B for ADP-Induced-Aggregation of Platelets

1979 ◽  
Vol 42 (05) ◽  
pp. 1557-1560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuji Inada ◽  
Masahisa Okada ◽  
Yuji Saito ◽  
Hiroshi Okamoto ◽  
Ayako Matsushima
Keyword(s):  
Marked Reduction ◽  
Defined Medium ◽  
Chemically Defined Medium ◽  
Plasma Albumin ◽  
Induced Aggregation ◽  
Aggregation Of Platelets ◽  
Three Components

SummaryUsing extensively washed bovine platelets and a chemically defined medium instead of whole plasma, it was demonstrated that aggregation to a near normal extent was induced by ADP only in the presence of at least the following three components from plasma; albumin, Aggrexon A and Aggrexon B. These three proteins apparently acted cooperatively; the elimination of any one of the above mentioned plasma components from the system resulted in marked reduction of the aggregation.

scholarly journals Aggregating factor from Torpedo electric organ induces patches containing acetylcholine receptors, acetylcholinesterase, and butyrylcholinesterase on cultured myotubes.

1986 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. 783-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
B G Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Monoclonal Antibody ◽  
Acetylcholine Receptors ◽  
Neuromuscular Junctions ◽  
Electric Organ ◽  
Synaptic Cleft ◽  
Dose Dependence ◽  
Defined Medium ◽  
Induced Aggregation ◽  
Three Components

A factor in extracts of the electric organ of Torpedo californica causes the formation of clusters of acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) and aggregates of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) on myotubes in culture. In vivo, AChRs and AChE accumulate at the same locations on myofibers, as components of the postsynaptic apparatus at neuromuscular junctions. The aim of this study was to compare the distribution of AChRs, AChE, and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE), a third component of the postsynaptic apparatus, on control and extract-treated myotubes. Electric organ extracts induced the formation of patches that contained high concentrations of all three molecules. The extract-induced aggregation of AChRs, AChE, and BuChE occurred in defined medium, and these components accumulated in patches simultaneously. Three lines of evidence indicate that a single factor in the extracts induced the aggregation of all three components: the dose dependence for the formation of patches of AChRs was the same as that for patches of AChE and BuChE; the AChE- and BuChE-aggregating activities co-purified with the AChR-aggregating activity; and all three aggregating activities were immunoprecipitated at the same titer by a monoclonal antibody against the AChR-aggregating factor. We have shown previously that this monoclonal antibody binds to molecules concentrated in the synaptic cleft at neuromuscular junctions. Taken together, these results suggest that during development and regeneration of myofibers in vivo, the accumulation at synaptic sites of at least three components of the postsynaptic apparatus, AChRs, AChE, and BuChE, are all triggered by the same molecule, a molecule similar if not identical to the electric organ aggregating factor.

On The Mechanism Of Heparin-Induced Potentiation Of Platelet Aggregation

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Yamamoto ◽  
K Watanabe ◽  
Y Ando ◽  
H Iri ◽  
N Fujiyama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Platelet Aggregation ◽  
Platelet Activation ◽  
Coagulation Factors ◽  
Marked Enhancement ◽  
Matrix Bound ◽  
Induced Aggregation ◽  
Aggregation Of Platelets ◽  
Plasma Heparin

It has been suggested that heparin caused potentiation of aggregation induced by ADP or epinephrine. The exact mechanism of heparin-induced platelet activation, however, remained unknown. In this paper, we have investigated the role of anti-thrombin III ( AT ) in heparin-induced platelet activation using purified AT and AT depleted plasma. When ADP or epinephrine was added to citrated PRP one minute after addition of heparin ( 1 u/ml, porcine intestinal mucosal heparin, Sigma Co. USA ), marked enhancement of platelet aggregation was observed, compared with the degree of aggregation in the absence of heparin. However, in platelet suspensions prepared in modified Tyrode’s solution, heparin exhibited no potentiating effect on platelet aggregation induced by epinephrine or ADP. Potentiation of epinephrine- or ADP-induced platelet aggregation by heparin was demonstrated when purified AT was added to platelet suspensions at a concentration of 20 μg/ml. AT depleted plasma, which was prepared by immunosorption using matrix-bound antibodies to AT, retained no AT, while determination of α1-antitrypsinα2- macroglobulin and fibrinogen in AT depleted plasma produced values which corresponded to those of the original plasma when dilution factor was taken into account. The activities of coagulation factors were also comparable to those of the original plasma. Heparin exhibited potentiating effect on ADP- or epinephrine-induced aggregation of platelets in original plasma, but no effect in AT depleted plasma. When purified AT was added back to AT depleted plasma at a concentration of 20 μg/ml, potentiation of platelet aggregation by heparin was clearly demonstrated.Our results suggest that effect of heparin on platelet aggregation is also mediated by anti-thrombin III.

Improved cryopreservation of domestic cat sperm in a chemically defined medium

2012 ◽  
Vol 78 (9) ◽  
pp. 2120-2128 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.M. Vick ◽  
H.L. Bateman ◽  
C.A. Lambo ◽  
W.F. Swanson
Keyword(s):  
Defined Medium ◽  
Domestic Cat ◽  
Chemically Defined Medium

Impairment of Ristocetin-Induced Platelet Aggregation in Patients with Infective Endocarditis

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-66
Author(s):  
M Matsumoto ◽  
H Murakami ◽  
T Matsushima ◽  
J Tamura ◽  
H Sadakata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Platelet Aggregation ◽  
Infective Endocarditis ◽  
Plasma Factors ◽  
Induced Aggregation ◽  
Aggregation Of Platelets

An investigation was carried out on two patients with infective endocarditis associated with reduction of ristocetin-induced aggregation of platelets. The plasma of these patients reduced the aggregability with ristocetin of normal platelets. It is suggested that the patients had certain plasma factors which disturbed platelet aggregation with ristocetin.

scholarly journals In vitro mouse spermatogenesis with an organ culture method in chemically defined medium

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. e0192884 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Sanjo ◽  
Mitsuru Komeya ◽  
Takuya Sato ◽  
Takeru Abe ◽  
Kumiko Katagiri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organ Culture ◽  
Culture Method ◽  
Defined Medium ◽  
Chemically Defined Medium
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