Evidence that platelets promote tube formation by endothelial cells on matrigel
Evidence that platelets promote tube formation by endothelial cells on matrigel
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DOI:
10.1038/sj.bjp.0702191
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发表时间:
1998-11-01
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
Maragoudakis, ME
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作者:
Pipili-Synetos, E;Papadimitriou, E;Maragoudakis, ME
1 The involvement of platelets in neovascularization was investigated in the matrigel tube formation assay, an in vitro model of angiogenesis.2 Platelets promoted the formation of capillary-like structures (expressed as relative tube area) number- and time-dependently. Relative tube area increased from 0.98+/-0.02 (n = 8) in the presence of 6.25 x 10(4), to 3.21 +/- 0.12 (n = 8) in the presence of 10(6) platelets/well compared to 0.54+/-0.04 (n = 8) in their absence. This increase was unaffected by acetyl salicylic acid (ASA), apyrase, and hirudin. Photographs from representative experiments, showed that platelets adhered along the differentiating endothelium.3 Addition of alpha-thrombin (0.1-1 i.u. ml(-1)), the nitric oxide (NO) donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP; 1-100 mu M) or the NO synthase inhibitor, L-NG-arginine-methylester (L-NAME, 30-300 mu M) to the assay, had no effect on tube formation compared to that seen with platelets alone.4 Neuraminidase (0.01 i.u./10(7) platelets), which strips sialic acid residues from membrane glycoproteins, abolished the promoting effect of platelets on tube formation. The relative tube area in the presence of neuraminidase-treated platelets was 0.81+/-0.03 (n = 8), in the presence of untreated platelets 1.69+/-0.09, P