ETHANOL‐INSOLUBLE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDES IN PLATELETS AND THEIR POSSIBLE ROLE IN PLATELET FUNCTION
ETHANOL‐INSOLUBLE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDES IN PLATELETS AND THEIR POSSIBLE ROLE IN PLATELET FUNCTION
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血小板中的乙醇不溶性腺嘌呤核苷酸及其在血小板功能中的可能作用
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1972
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H. Holmsen
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H. Holmsen
Adenine nucleotides play an important role in platelet function, both intracellularly and extracellularly (for a recent review, see Ref. 1 ) . Studies on the platelet release reaction, a platelet function whereby substances stored in the platelets’ granules are rapidly extruded to the cell’s env i r~nmen t ,~ .~ have revealed two metabolically different pools of platelet adenine n u ~ l e o t i d e s . ~ ~ Thus, in human platelets almost 60% of the total platelet adenine nucleotides is stored in subcellular granules and is extruded during the release reaction. These nucleotides constitute the metabolically inactive or storage pool, since they cannot be labeled by radioactive nucleotide precursors ( 32P-orthophosphate, 3Hor ‘%-adenosine and adenine) in vitro. The nucleotides retained by the platelets during release can be labeled by the precursors in vitro and constitute the metabolic pool, which is present in platelet cytoplasm, mitochondria, and membranes. During the release reaction, metabolic ATP is broken down irreversibly via IMP to hypoxanthine, a process thought to energize the extrusion of materials from the granules, which is why the amounts of ATP consumed have been referred to as “release energy ATP”. The enzyme responsible for the first attack on ATP in the ATP-hypoxanthine conversion is not known, although the contractible, ATPase-displaying protein thrombosthenin has been Indeed, Grette’ discovered thrombosthenin in search of a contractile protein that could explain the explosive nature of the platelet release reaction. In most of our studies on platelet adenine metabolism,6*8-10 the nucleotides have been extracted by 43% ethanol containing 5 mM EDTA. In Ireland’s s t ~ d i e s , ~ which fully support our concept of two-pool compartmentalization, perchloric acid was used for nucleotide extraction. One striking difference exists between our and Ireland’s results: Ethanol extracts less (25-50% ) metabolic (radioactive) ADP than perchloric acid, giving extracts with ATP/ADP ratios in the metabolic pool of about 7-10 (ethanol) as compared with 3 4 (perchloric acid). Mills and Thomas’’ have assayed ATP and ADP levels in platelets from several species with two methods: 1) ethanol extraction (similar to but not identical with our method), followed by nucleotide determination with the luciferinluciferase system, and 2) perchloric acid extraction and nucleotide determination by a coupled enzyme system. They obtained significantly lower values with the first method than with the second for both ATP and ADP, but the ATP/ADP ratios were not much different. These findings indicate that 43% ethanol does not give complete extraction of adenine nucleotides from platelets, and perhaps some metabolic nucleotides remain bound to the insoluble part of the cells after ethanol extraction from which it can be set free by perchloric acid. This paper demonstrates the presence of metabolic ATP and ADP in HC104-extracts of ethanol insoluble matter in platelets, and the behavior of such nucleotides during the release reaction induced by collagen and thrombin.