Molecular insights into the anticoagulant-induced spontaneous activation of platelets in whole blood - Various anticoagulants are not equal
Molecular insights into the anticoagulant-induced spontaneous activation of platelets in whole blood - Various anticoagulants are not equal
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DOI:
10.1016/0049-3848(96)00129-6
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发表时间:
1996-08-01
影响因子:
7.5
通讯作者:
Watala, C
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作者:
Golanski, J;Pietrucha, T;Watala, C
The spontaneous anticoagulant-dependent platelet activation in vitro may potentially interfere with the determination of haemostatic parameters. The effects of various blood anticoagulants on platelet activation were monitored using flow cytometry. Regardless of a blood anticoagulant used (EDTAK(2), heparin, citrate or PPACK), platelet activation began immediately after blood withdrawal and was most pronounced in the EDTAK(2)-anticoagulated blood samples. The progressing expression of GMP 140 antigen was accompanied by the enhanced abundance of the subunit beta(3) of the platelet membrane integrin alpha(IIb)beta(3) without parallel changes in the fluorescence attributed to the complex form of the integrin alpha(IIb)beta(3). The increased expression of GMP-140 was paralleled by the enhanced platelet clumping in the samples anticoagulated with either EDTAK(2) or heparin, and the raised platelet microparticles in blood withdrawn into citrate. The EDTAK(2)-induced platelet activation was markedly reduced by methyl 2,5-dihydroxycinnamate, tyrosine kinase inhibitor. The influence of disodium EDTA on platelet membrane dynamics closely mimicked the alterations induced upon the interaction of fibrinogen with platelet GPIIb-IIIa. Thus, the EDTAK(2)-induced platelet activation might result from an interference with platelet membrane protein structure and conformation and possibly relate to an ''unspecific'' trigerring of a signal transduction pathway. Overall, EDTAK(2) and heparin appeared the least suitable anticoagulants, particularly with the regard to the expression of GMP-140 antigen. The failure to recognize the importance of a spontaneous anticoagulant-induced platelet activation may result in misdiagnoses during the monitoring of coagulation parameters.