scholarly journals Effect of Mini-Dose of Chlorpromazine on the Bleeding time and Platelet Aggregation

1977 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Zahavi ◽  
G. Schwartz

The impairment, of hemostasis by ehlorpromazine (c) at concentrations below those which inhibit platelet release reaction, has been evaluated in 24 normal subjects. In each individual, modidied Ivy bleeding time and platelet aggregations (PAg) induced by adenosine diphosphate (ADP) 0,6 MM and 4 MM collagen 0,003% and 1-epinephrine 3MM well as platelet serotonin concentration, were performed prior to and 20 min. after intramuscular administration of (C) or saline. Normal saline was injected to 6 subjects and 5, 12,5 and 20 mg. of (c) to another 8, 5 and 5 subjects respectively. There was a slight but significant prolongation of the bleeding time and a decrease in the initial wave of aggregation to ADP 0,6 MM in the subjects on (C) compared to those on-saline. Platelet serotonin, however, and (PAg) to collagen, 1-epinephrine and ADP 4 MM, were the same in both groups. The impaired hemostasis by mini-dose of (C) might be attributed to the prevention of leakage of ADP from intact erythrocytes in-vivo and, if so, may signify an important new application of this drug in the treatment of thrombotic disorders.

Blood ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Hirsh ◽  
D. Street ◽  
J. F. Cade ◽  
H. Amy

Abstract Aspirin prolongs the bleeding time in normal subjects and inhibits platelet release and aggregation with connective tissue and other biological agents. We have investigated one of the possible mechanisms by which aspirin prolongs the bleeding time by comparing the effects of aspirin and placebo on the bleeding time and platelet aggregation with connective tissue in normal volunteers. Two separate studies were performed. Both showed prolongation of the bleeding time and inhibition of the platelet connective tissue reaction after aspirin, but only the second study showed a significant correlation between these changes. Both studies are reported in detail because the discrepancy between them illustrates some important principles that require consideration when relating the effects of drugs on platelet function in vitro to their effects in vivo. The findings suggest that when particular care is taken to standardize the measurement of the platelet connective tissue reaction in terms of the stimulus used, subject variability, and analysis of results, the prolonged bleeding time after aspirin can be shown to be related to the defect produced in the platelet connective tissue reaction.


1975 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. David ◽  
F. P. Herion

Heparin one unit/ml added in vitro to normal citrated PRP increases the platelet aggregation induced by ADP or Adrenaline with regard to aggregation measured in citrated PRP without heparin. This phenomenon is accompanied by an increase of the release reaction of 14C-5HT, ATP and ADP. In the same experimental conditions, pathological platelets (“aspirin-like syndrome”) respond by an increased aggregation without release reaction. This effect of heparin on normal or pathological platelet aggregation is inhibited by ASA or by Dipyridamole. – In citrated PRP obtained from blood of heparinized normal subjects, platelet aggregation and release reaction of platelets are increased with regard to their response tested before heparinization. Addition of ASA or Dipyridamole in PRP inhibits the effects of heparinization. – In two subjects with a platelet disease and a mild bleeding tendency, heparinization in vivo does not lengthen the bleeding time but increases the aggregation, without any release reaction. In vitro addition of ASA or Dipyridamole inhibits the increase of aggregation observed in absence of release reaction. -Besides their theoretical aspects concerning the mechanism of inhibition of platelet aggregation by ASA and Dipyridamole, these observations suggest the possible benefit of antiaggregant drugs for subjects treated by heparin.


Blood ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 120 (21) ◽  
pp. 5194-5194
Author(s):  
Yiming Zhao ◽  
Changgeng Ruan

Abstract Abstract 5194 Objective: To investigate the in vivo antithrombotic efficacy of an anti-VWF monoclonal antibody SZ-123, and its potential underlying mechanism. Methods and Results: Cyclic flow reductions (CFRs) were measured in the femoral artery of monkeys before and after intravenous administration of SZ-123. Ex vivo VWF binding to collagen, platelet aggregation, platelet count and template bleeding time were performed as measurements of antithrombotic activity. In addition, plasma VWF, SZ-123 levels, and VWF occupancy were measured by ELISA. Administration of 0. 1, 0. 3, and 0. 6 mg/kg SZ-123 resulted in 45. 3%, 78. 2%, and 100% reduction in CFRs, respectively. When 0. 3 and 0. 6 mg/kg SZ-123 were administrated, 100% of VWF was occupied by the antibody. Moreover, 100% ex vivo inhibition of VWF-collagen binding and 60–95% inhibition of platelet aggregation were observed from 15 min to 1h. None of the doses resulted in significant prolongation of bleeding time. In vitro experiment also revealed that SZ-123 not only blocks collagen-VWF A3 interaction but also inhibits indirectly VWF A1 binding to GPIba induced by ristocetin. Conclusions: SZ-123 prevents in vivo arterial thrombus formation under high shear conditions by inhibiting VWF A3–collagen and VWF A1-platelet interactions and does not prolong bleeding time. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


1994 ◽  
Vol 71 (01) ◽  
pp. 095-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Désiré Collen ◽  
Hua Rong Lu ◽  
Jean-Marie Stassen ◽  
Ingrid Vreys ◽  
Tsunehiro Yasuda ◽  
...  

SummaryCyclic Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) containing synthetic peptides such as L-cysteine, N-(mercaptoacetyl)-D-tyrosyl-L-arginylglycyl-L-a-aspartyl-cyclic (1→5)-sulfide, 5-oxide (G4120) and acetyl-L-cysteinyl-L-asparaginyl-L-prolyl-L-arginyl-glycyl-L-α-aspartyl-[0-methyltyrosyl]-L-arginyl-L-cysteinamide, cyclic 1→9-sulfide (TP9201) bind with high affinity to the platelet GPIIb/IIIa receptor.The relationship between antithrombotic effect, ex vivo platelet aggregation and bleeding time prolongation with both agents was studied in hamsters with a standardized femoral vein endothelial cell injury predisposing to platelet-rich mural thrombosis, and in dogs with a carotid arterial eversion graft inserted in the femoral artery. Intravenous administration of G4120 in hamsters inhibited in vivo thrombus formation with a 50% inhibitory bolus dose (ID50) of approximately 20 μg/kg, ex vivo ADP-induccd platelet aggregation with ID50 of 10 μg/kg, and bolus injection of 1 mg/kg prolonged the bleeding time from 38 ± 9 to 1,100 ± 330 s. Administration of TP9201 in hamsters inhibited in vivo thrombus formation with ID50 of 30 μg/kg, ex vivo platelet aggregation with an ID50 of 50 μg/kg and bolus injection of 1 mg/kg did not prolong the template bleeding time. In the dog eversion graft model, infusion of 100 μg/kg of G4120 over 60 min did not fully inhibit platelet-mediated thrombotic occlusion but was associated with inhibition of ADP-induccd ex vivo platelet aggregation and with prolongation of the template bleeding time from 1.3 ± 0.4 to 12 ± 2 min. Infusion of 300 μg/kg of TP9201 over 60 min completely prevented thrombotic occlusion, inhibited ex vivo platelet aggregation, but was not associated with prolongation of the template bleeding time.TP9201, unlike G4120, inhibits in vivo platelet-mediated thrombus formation without associated prolongation of the template bleeding time.


1974 ◽  
Vol 32 (02/03) ◽  
pp. 417-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. du P Heyns ◽  
D. J van den Berg ◽  
G. M Potgieter ◽  
F. P Retief

SummaryThe platelet aggregating activity of extracts of different layers of the arterial wall was compared to that of Achilles tendon. Arterial media and tendon extracts, adjusted to equivalent protein content as an index of concentration, aggregated platelets to the same extent but an arterial intima extract did not aggregate platelets. Platelet aggregation induced by collagen could be inhibited by mixing with intima extract, but only to a maximum of about 80%. Pre-mixing adenosine diphosphate (ADP) with intima extracts diminished the platelet aggregation activity of the ADP. Depending on the relationship between ADP and intima extract concentrations aggregating activity could either be completely inhibited or inhibition abolished. Incubation of ADP with intima extract and subsequent separation of degradation products by paper chromatography, demonstrated a time-dependent breakdown of ADP with AMP, adenosine, inosine and hypoxanthine as metabolic products; ADP removal was complete. Collagen, thrombin and adrenaline aggregate platelets mainly by endogenous ADP of the release reaction. Results of experiments comparing inhibition of aggregation caused by premixing aggregating agent with intima extract, before exposure to platelets, and the sequential addition of first the intima extract and then aggregating agent to platelets, suggest that the inhibitory effect of intima extract results from ADP breakdown. It is suggested that this ADP degradation by intima extract may play a protective role in vivo by limiting the size of platelet aggregates forming at the site of minimal “wear and tear” vascular trauma.


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.


1972 ◽  
Vol 27 (02) ◽  
pp. 309-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A O’Reilly ◽  
M. A Sahud ◽  
A. J Robinson

SummaryTo evaluate the basis for the hemorrhagic diathesis associated with oral anticoagulant therapy plus the hypolipidemic agent clofibrate, this interaction was studied in 8 normal subjects. Administration of clofibrate 2.0 g/day alone for 14 days had no effect on the platelet count, bleeding time, platelet aggregation, plasma adenosine diphosphatase, platelet release of adenosine diphosphate and adenosine triphosphate, platelet-collagen adhesion, one-stage prothrombin time, or vitamin K-dependent clotting factors (II, VII, IX and X) but significantly reduced platelet adhesiveness and epinephrine-induced platelet aggregation. After addition of large single doses of sodium warfarin, 1.5 mg/kg body weight, to the clofibrate regimen, all values remained within the normal range, including platelet adhesiveness, except epinephrine-induced platelet aggregation. The one-stage prothrombin activity and clotting factors II and X were significantly lower with warfarin plus clofibrate than with warfarin alone, but the plasma level of warfarin was unchanged. Co-administration of sodium warfarin and clofibrate for 21 days augmented the hypoprothrombinemia observed in long-term therapy with warfarin alone but caused no significant change in the plasma warfarin level. It is concluded that the hemorrhagic complications of therapy with warfarin plus clofibrate result primarily from the more rapid decline in the activities of clotting factors II and X and perhaps also from the reduced platelet aggregation.


1985 ◽  
Vol 54 (03) ◽  
pp. 612-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
A J Carter ◽  
S Heptinstall

SummaryThe platelet aggregation that occurred in whole blood in response to several aggregating agents (collagen, arachidonic acid, adenosine diphosphate, adrenaline and thrombin) was measured using an Ultra-Flo 100 Whole Blood Platelet Counter. The amounts of thromboxane B2 produced were measured by radioimmunoassay. The effects of various inhibitors of thromboxane synthesis and the effects of apyrase, an enzyme that destroys adenosine diphosphate, were determined.Platelet aggregation was always accompanied by the production of thromboxane B2, and the amounts produced depended on the nature and concentration of the aggregating agent used. The various inhibitors of thromboxane synthesis - aspirin and flurbiprofen (cyclo-oxygenase inhibitors), BW755C (a cyclo-oxygenase and lipoxygenase inhibitor) and dazoxiben (a selective thromboxane synthase inhibitor) - did not markedly inhibit aggregation. Results obtained using apyrase showed that adenosine diphosphate contributed to the aggregation process, and that its role must be acknowledged when devising means of inhibiting platelet aggregation in vivo.


Blood ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 91 (5) ◽  
pp. 1582-1589
Author(s):  
Mei-Chi Chang ◽  
Hui-Kuan Lin ◽  
Hui-Chin Peng ◽  
Tur-Fu Huang

A potent platelet glycoprotein Ib (GPIb) antagonist, crotalin, with a molecular weight of 30 kD was purified from the snake venom ofCrotalus atrox. Crotalin specifically and dose dependently inhibited aggregation of human washed platelets induced by ristocetin with IC50 of 2.4 μg/mL (83 nmol/L). It was also active in inhibiting ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation of platelet-rich plasma (IC50, 6.3 μg/mL). 125I-crotalin bound to human platelets in a saturable and dose-dependent manner with a kd value of 3.2 ± 0.1 × 10−7 mol/L, and its binding site was estimated to be 58,632 ± 3,152 per platelet. Its binding was specifically inhibited by a monoclonal antibody, AP1 raised against platelet GPIb. Crotalin significantly prolonged the latent period in triggering platelet aggregation caused by low concentration of thrombin (0.03 U/mL), and inhibited thromboxane B2formation of platelets stimulated either by ristocetin plus von Willebrand factor (vWF), or by thrombin (0.03 U/mL). When crotalin was intravenously (IV) administered to mice at 100 to 300 μg/kg, a dose-dependent prolongation on tail bleeding time was observed. The duration of crotalin in prolonging tail bleeding time lasted for 4 hours as crotalin was given at 300 μg/kg. In addition, its in vivo antithrombotic activity was evidenced by prolonging the latent period in inducing platelet-rich thrombus formation by irradiating the mesenteric venules of the fluorescein sodium-treated mice. When administered IV at 100 to 300 μg/kg, crotalin dose dependently prolonged the time lapse in inducing platelet-rich thrombus formation. In conclusion, crotalin specifically inhibited vWF-induced platelet agglutination in the presence of ristocetin because crotalin selectively bound to platelet surface receptor-glycoprotein Ib, resulting in the blockade of the interaction of vWF with platelet membrane GPIb. In addition, crotalin is a potent antithrombotic agent because it pronouncedly blocked platelet plug formation in vivo.


Blood ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 91 (5) ◽  
pp. 1582-1589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei-Chi Chang ◽  
Hui-Kuan Lin ◽  
Hui-Chin Peng ◽  
Tur-Fu Huang

AbstractA potent platelet glycoprotein Ib (GPIb) antagonist, crotalin, with a molecular weight of 30 kD was purified from the snake venom ofCrotalus atrox. Crotalin specifically and dose dependently inhibited aggregation of human washed platelets induced by ristocetin with IC50 of 2.4 μg/mL (83 nmol/L). It was also active in inhibiting ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation of platelet-rich plasma (IC50, 6.3 μg/mL). 125I-crotalin bound to human platelets in a saturable and dose-dependent manner with a kd value of 3.2 ± 0.1 × 10−7 mol/L, and its binding site was estimated to be 58,632 ± 3,152 per platelet. Its binding was specifically inhibited by a monoclonal antibody, AP1 raised against platelet GPIb. Crotalin significantly prolonged the latent period in triggering platelet aggregation caused by low concentration of thrombin (0.03 U/mL), and inhibited thromboxane B2formation of platelets stimulated either by ristocetin plus von Willebrand factor (vWF), or by thrombin (0.03 U/mL). When crotalin was intravenously (IV) administered to mice at 100 to 300 μg/kg, a dose-dependent prolongation on tail bleeding time was observed. The duration of crotalin in prolonging tail bleeding time lasted for 4 hours as crotalin was given at 300 μg/kg. In addition, its in vivo antithrombotic activity was evidenced by prolonging the latent period in inducing platelet-rich thrombus formation by irradiating the mesenteric venules of the fluorescein sodium-treated mice. When administered IV at 100 to 300 μg/kg, crotalin dose dependently prolonged the time lapse in inducing platelet-rich thrombus formation. In conclusion, crotalin specifically inhibited vWF-induced platelet agglutination in the presence of ristocetin because crotalin selectively bound to platelet surface receptor-glycoprotein Ib, resulting in the blockade of the interaction of vWF with platelet membrane GPIb. In addition, crotalin is a potent antithrombotic agent because it pronouncedly blocked platelet plug formation in vivo.


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