A structural and dynamic investigation of the facilitating effect of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in dissolving platelet-rich clots
A structural and dynamic investigation of the facilitating effect of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in dissolving platelet-rich clots
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DOI:
10.1161/hh0402.105095
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发表时间:
2002-03-08
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
Weisel, JW
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作者:
Collet, JP;Montalescot, G;Weisel, JW
Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GP IIb/IIIa) inhibitors were shown recently to facilitate the rate and the extent of pharmacological thrombolysis. However, their synergistic potential with rtPA in dissolving thrombotic vaso-occlusions is not fully understood. We have therefore developed a dynamic and structural approach for analysis of fibrinolysis to assess the inhibiting effect of platelets and the facilitating effect of GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors in dissolving platelet-rich clots (PRCs). Fluorescent rtPA was used to study the architecture of PRCs. to follow the progression of the rtPA binding front. and to measure the lysis-front velocity using confocal microscopy. Fibrinolysis resistance of PRCs was related to a reduction of both rtPA binding and lysis-front velocities of platelet-rich areas compared with platelet-poor areas (2.4+/-0.2 versus 3.5+/-0.4 mum/min for rtPA binding velocity, P=0.04, and 1.2+/-0.6 versus 2.8+/-0.2 mum/min for lysis-front velocity, P=0.008, in platelet-rich and platelet-poor areas, respectively). Fibrinolysis appeared heterogeneous, leaving platelet-rich areas un-lysed. Adding pharmacological concentrations of abciximab (0.068 mumol/L) or eptifibatide (I mumol/L) before clotting decreased the average surface of platelet-rich areas by 64% (P=0.0005) and 72% (P=0.0007), respectively. The resulting equalization of rtPA binding rate and rtPA binding-front velocity between platelet-rich and platelet-poor areas led to a 3-fold increase of the lysis-front velocity in platelet-rich areas of either abciximab-PRC (P=0.006) or eptifibatide-PRC (P=0.03). The overall lysis rate of treated-PRC was increased by 74% compared with control-PRC (P