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Htun P, Fateh-Moghadam S, Bischofs C, Banya W, Müller K, Bigalke B, Stellos K, May AE, Flather M, Gawaz M, Geisler T. Low responsiveness to clopidogrel increases risk among CKD patients undergoing coronary intervention. J Am Soc Nephrol 2011; 22:627-33. [PMID: 21273381 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2010020220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Patients with CKD are at higher risk for major events after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) compared with subjects with normal renal function. The aims of this study were to evaluate responsiveness to clopidogrel in patients with CKD and to examine the effect of antiplatelet drug response on post-PCI outcome. We retrospectively evaluated a consecutive cohort of 1567 patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease undergoing PCI, 648 (41%) of whom had stage 3 to 5 CKD. We assessed responsiveness to clopidogrel by ADP-induced platelet aggregation after oral administration of a 600-mg clopidogrel loading dose and 100 mg of aspirin. In a multivariate survival analysis that included 1335 (85%) of the cohort, stage 3 to 5 CKD and low response to clopidogrel were independent predictors of the primary end point (composite of myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, and death within 1 year). In summary, a low response to clopidogrel might be an additional risk factor for the poorer outcomes in patients with stage 3 to 5 CKD compared with patients with better renal function.
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- Patrik Htun
- Medizinische Klinik III, Kardiologie und Kreislauferkrankungen, Universitätsklinikum der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Otfried-Müller-Strasse 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Jurk K, Kehrel BE. Inherited and Acquired Disorders of Platelet Function. Transfus Med Hemother 2007. [DOI: 10.1159/000098178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Hörl WH. [Thrombocytopathy and blood complications in uremia]. Wien Klin Wochenschr 2006; 118:134-50. [PMID: 16773479 DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0574-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2005] [Accepted: 02/15/2006] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Bleeding diathesis and thrombotic tendencies are characteristic findings in patients with end-stage renal disease. The pathogenesis of uremic bleeding tendency is related to multiple dysfunctions of the platelets. The platelet numbers may be reduced slightly, while platelet turnover is increased. The reduced adhesion of platelets to the vascular subendothelial wall is due to reduction of GPIb and altered conformational changes of GPIIb/IIIa receptors. Alterations of platelet adhesion and aggregation are caused by uremic toxins, increased platelet production of NO, PGI(2), calcium and cAMP as well as renal anemia. Correction of uremic bleeding is caused by treatment of renal anemia with recombinant human erythropoietin or darbepoetin alpha, adequate dialysis, desmopressin, cryoprecipitate, tranexamic acid, or conjugated estrogens. Thrombotic complications in uremia are caused by increased platelet aggregation and hypercoagulability. Erythrocyte-platelet-aggregates, leukocyte-platelet-aggregates and platelet microparticles are found in higher percentage in uremic patients as compared to healthy individuals. The increased expression of platelet phosphatidylserine initiates phagocytosis and coagulation. Therapy with antiplatelet drugs does not reduce vascular access thrombosis but increases bleeding complications in endstage renal disease patients. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT type II) may develop in 0-12 % of hemodialysis patients. HIT antibody positive uremic patients mostly develop only mild thrombocytopenia and only very few thrombotic complications. Substitution of heparin by hirudin, danaparoid or regional citrate anticoagulation should be decided based on each single case.
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- Walter H Hörl
- Klinische Abteilung für Nephrologie und Dialyse, Medizinische Universitätsklinik III, Medizinische Universität Wien, Austria.
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Hollanda LM, Lima CSP, Cunha AF, Albuquerque DM, Vassallo J, Ozelo MC, Joazeiro PP, Saad STO, Costa FF. An inherited mutation leading to production of only the short isoform of GATA-1 is associated with impaired erythropoiesis. Nat Genet 2006; 38:807-12. [PMID: 16783379 DOI: 10.1038/ng1825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2006] [Accepted: 05/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Acquired somatic mutations in exon 2 of the hematopoietic transcription factor GATA-1 have been found in individuals with Down syndrome with both transient myeloproliferative disorder and acute megakaryoblastic leukemia. These mutations prevent the synthesis of the full-length protein but allow the synthesis of its short isoform, GATA-1s. Experiments in mice suggest that GATA-1s supports normal adult megakaryopoiesis, platelet formation and erythropoiesis. Here we report a mutation, 332G --> C, in exon 2 of GATA1, leading to the synthesis of only the short isoform in seven affected males from two generations of a family. Hematological profiles of affected males demonstrate macrocytic anemia, normal platelet counts and neutropenia in most cases. Altogether, data suggest that GATA-1s alone, produced in low or normal levels, is not sufficient to support normal erythropoiesis. Moreover, this is the first study to indicate that a germline splicing mutation does not lead to leukemia in the absence of other cooperating events, such as Down syndrome.
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- Luciana M Hollanda
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hemocentro, School of Medical Science, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil
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Dörr G, Schmidt G, Gräfe M, Regitz-Zagrosek V, Fleck E. Effects of combined therapy with clopidogrel and acetylsalicylic acid on platelet glycoprotein expression and aggregation. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2002; 39:523-32. [PMID: 11904526 DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200204000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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SUMMARY This study aimed to compare the effects of clopidogrel, acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), and the combination of both substances on platelet aggregation and expression of platelet membrane glycoproteins in patients with chronic coronary artery disease. We investigated platelet activation by flow cytometry and by platelet aggregation and disaggregation in 60 patients randomly assigned to 3 treatment groups: ASA, clopidogrel, combination of clopidogrel and ASA, treated for 14 days. Adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-induced expression of P-selectin and of PAC-1 was significantly reduced after 2 wk of clopidogrel but not of ASA treatment. Treatment with clopidogrel reduced the ADP-induced platelet aggregation. The combination of clopidogrel and ASA did not increase the inhibition of platelet activation compared with clopidogrel alone. A significant increase in platelet disaggregation was observed with clopidogrel alone and was more pronounced with the combination of clopidogrel and ASA. ADP-induced platelet degranulation, activation of GPIIb/IIIa receptor, and aggregation in vivo are effectively inhibited by clopidogrel. The significantly increased disaggregation under clopidogrel and ASA suggests that the combined therapy may be superior to the monotherapy in patients with coronary artery disease and a high risk for vascular events.
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- Gesine Dörr
- Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Charité, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt Universität Berlin, Augustenburgerplatz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany.
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Bergseth G, Lappegård KT, Videm V, Mollnes TE. A novel enzyme immunoassay for plasma thrombospondin. Comparison with beta-thromboglobulin as platelet activation marker in vitro and in vivo. Thromb Res 2000; 99:41-50. [PMID: 10904102 DOI: 10.1016/s0049-3848(00)00226-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A novel enzyme immunoassay for plasma thrombospondin (TSP) based on commercially available monoclonal antibodies was established. The following conditions for correct collection and preservation of blood samples were required: venipuncture directly into a vacutainer containing citrate, theophylline, adenosine and dipyridamole, storage on ice, and separation of plasma within 30 minutes. Thereafter, the plasma TSP concentration remained constant at room temperature and after five times of freezing and thawing. Both inter- and intraassay variation coefficients were 5%. The lower detection limit was 20 microg/L. Median TSP concentration among 40 healthy blood donors was 43 microg/L, slightly lower than previously published. The assay is valid, reliable, and has certain advantages compared with previously published methods. TSP and beta-thromboglobulin (BTG) were then compared as platelet activation and biocompatibility markers in vivo: 23 patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB); and in vitro: effect of coating polyvinyl chloride with heparin. The kinetic patterns of TSP and BTG were markedly different in vivo but virtually identical in vitro, explained by different in vivo clearance mechanisms during CPB. We conclude that BTG is superior to TSP for evaluation of platelet activation during in vivo CPB, whereas TSP and BTG are virtually identical as markers in vitro.
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- G Bergseth
- Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Trondheim, Norway
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Díaz-Ricart M, Estebanell E, Cases A, Calls J, López-Pedret J, Carretero M, Castillo R, Ordinas A, Escolar G. Abnormal platelet cytoskeletal assembly in hemodialyzed patients results in deficient tyrosine phosphorylation signaling. Kidney Int 2000; 57:1905-14. [PMID: 10792609 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2000.00040.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Uremic patients have a bleeding tendency associated with a platelet dysfunction. We evaluated the impact of a repeated hemodialysis procedure on primary hemostasis by analyzing different aspects of platelet activation in uremic patients. METHODS Studies were performed in (1) eight patients with end-stage renal disease before the hemodialysis program was initiated and after initiating hemodialysis treatment, and in (2) eight patients on maintenance hemodialysis who were transferred to continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Studies included routine platelet aggregations and evaluation of platelet-subendothelium interactions under flow conditions. Contractile proteins and tyrosine phosphorylation associated with the cytoskeleton were analyzed, before and after thrombin activation of platelets, by electrophoresis after Triton X-100 extraction. RESULTS No changes in the clinical parameters analyzed were observed among the different study groups. Aggregation and platelet adhesion only improved when patients were shifted from hemodialysis to continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (P < 0.05 for both percentage of surface covered by platelets and aggregate formation). The association of cytoskeletal proteins in platelets from patients under hemodialysis treatment was statistically decreased with respect to the corresponding values in platelets from patients not subjected to dialysis (P < 0.01 for actin). However, after two months on peritoneal dialysis, these values increased to almost control values (P < 0.001 for actin, vs. hemodialysis). Similarly, translocation of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins to the cytoskeletal fraction was impaired in platelets from hemodialyzed patients, and it recovered partially after the patients transferred to continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. CONCLUSIONS Our present data support the concept that repeated platelet stress during hemodialysis has a deleterious effect on the organization of platelet cytoskeleton, which seems to impair the translocation of signal transduction proteins within platelets compromising the platelet function in uremia.
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- M Díaz-Ricart
- Servicios de Hemoterapia-Hemostasia and Nefrología, Hospital Clínic, Fundació Clínic (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
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Ikeda H, Ueyama T, Murohara T, Yasukawa H, Haramaki N, Eguchi H, Katoh A, Takajo Y, Onitsuka I, Ueno T, Tojo SJ, Imaizumi T. Adhesive interaction between P-selectin and sialyl Lewis(x) plays an important role in recurrent coronary arterial thrombosis in dogs. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1999; 19:1083-90. [PMID: 10195939 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.19.4.1083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cell adhesion molecules may play an important role in the disease process of acute coronary syndromes. We have shown a neutralizing anti-P-selectin monoclonal antibody and a sialyl Lewis(x)-containing oligosaccharide (SLe(x)-OS), an analogue of selectin ligand on leukocytes, reduce cyclic flow variations (CFVs) in a canine model of recurrent coronary arterial thrombosis, suggesting the important interaction between P-selectin and SLex for the pathophysiology of these syndromes. However, the functional role of these adhesion molecules in the thrombotic process remains unclear. Therefore, we investigated effects of SLe(x)-OS on CFVs, platelet P-selectin expression, and morphology of the stenotic site in the same model. Anesthetized open-chest dogs (n=34) were randomly divided into 4 groups after developing CFVs. Dogs intravenously received saline or graded doses of SLe(x)-OS (5, 20, or 40 mg/kg bolus) infusion followed by a continuous infusion (5 mg. kg-1. h-1) for 60 minutes. By flow cytometric analysis, P-selectin expression on platelets after CFVs was significantly upregulated during CFVs. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed the incorporation of platelets with upregulated P-selectin within thrombi at the stenotic site. Microscopic observations revealed the presence of numerous platelets adhered to leukocytes at the stenotic site on the damaged endothelium. SLe(x)-OS significantly reduced CFVs, inhibited the P-selectin expression on platelets, and prevented the adherence of platelets and leukocytes. These findings further support the notion that the adhesive interaction between P-selectin on platelets and SLe(x) on leukocytes plays an important role in platelet-mediated thrombus formation in this model.
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- H Ikeda
- Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
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Jilma B, Hergovich N, Stohlawetz P, Stummvoll G, Albinni S, Simak S, Schmaldienst S, Pohanka E, Eichler HG, Kapiotis S. Effects of sodium nitroprusside on hemodialysis-induced platelet activation. Kidney Int 1999; 55:686-91. [PMID: 9987093 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00293.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hemodialysis (HD) is associated with increased platelet activation as reflected by enhanced P-selectin expression on platelets and by increased formation of heterotypic platelet-leukocyte aggregates. Both may play a pathophysiologic role in HD-associated platelet dysfunction or the propagation of atherosclerosis. As nitric oxide (NO) is a potent inhibitor of platelet activation, we were interested in whether HD-induced platelet activation could be blunted by a NO donor. METHODS After a pilot study in 12 patients to gain an estimate for the sample size, the main trial was conducted as a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, two-way, cross-over study. Twelve patients received an infusion of sodium nitroprusside (1 microgram/kg/min for over 15 min) or placebo into the inlet port of the HD device. RESULTS Platelet activation increased within five minutes after start of HD (P < 0.05). Infusion of sodium nitroprusside neither decreased platelet activation (P-selectin + platelets) nor affected the number of platelet-leukocyte aggregates (CD41+ neutrophils) as measured by flow cytometry. CONCLUSION Although NO may have inhibitory effects on platelet activation in vivo, our results confirm recent findings showing that NO donors were ineffective in preventing platelet activation by extracorporeal circulation during cardiopulmonary bypass or plateletpheresis. Thus, NO donors do not appear to be ideal candidate drugs to inhibit HD-associated platelet activation.
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- B Jilma
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology-TARGET, Vienna University Hospital School of Medicine, Austria.
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Gawaz M, Neumann FJ, Schomig A. Evaluation of platelet membrane glycoproteins in coronary artery disease : consequences for diagnosis and therapy. Circulation 1999; 99:E1-E11. [PMID: 9884400 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.99.1.e1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- M Gawaz
- 1Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar und Deutsches Herzzentrum, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munchen, Germany
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Gawaz MP, Mujais SK, Schmidt B, Blumenstein M, Gurland HJ. Platelet-leukocyte aggregates during hemodialysis: effect of membrane type. Artif Organs 1999; 23:29-36. [PMID: 9950176 DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.1999.06289.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Hemodialysis is associated with the formation of platelet-leukocyte aggregates. Whether this phenomenon is hemodialysis (HD) membrane dependent is unclear. To evaluate this process, we examined respectively platelet activation (anti-CD41, anti-CD62, and antifibrinogen monoclonal antibodies [MoAb] binding), leukocyte activation (CD11b expression), and the appearance of platelet specific antigens on leukocytes as an index of platelet-leukocyte aggregation during HD using 3 different membrane materials, Cuprophan, Hemophan, and polysulfone. Flow cytometric techniques and specific MoAb were used. All parameters were assayed 5 min after initiation of HD to avoid the confounding variable of leukopenia and resultant cell subpopulation analysis. Platelet activation (anti-CD62 and antifibrinogen binding) occurred only with Cuprophan. All 3 membranes induced equivalent increases in CD11b expression on neutrophils and similarly increased the binding of anti-CD41 to neutrophils, reflecting an increment in the formation of platelet neutrophil aggregates. However, only Cuprophan induced an increase in anti-CD62 binding to neutrophils, suggesting that the aggregated platelets linked to neutrophils were activated. Increased anti-CD41 binding by monocytes was similarly observed with all 3 membranes. However, only polysulfone induced an increase in CD11b expression and fibrinogen binding to monocytes. We conclude that while the formation of platelet leukocyte aggregates appears to be a universal phenomenon in HD occurring with a variety of membrane types, subtypes of this phenomenon consisting of activated platelets and fibrinogen binding may be membrane dependent. This phenomenon may serve as a new biocompatibility parameter and may shed light on some of the biologic consequences of hemodialysis.
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- M P Gawaz
- Nephrology Department, Medizinische Klinik I, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany
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Bosch T, Schmidt B, Kleophas W, Otto V, Samtleben W. LDL hemoperfusion--a new procedure for LDL apheresis: biocompatibility results from a first pilot study in hypercholesterolemic atherosclerosis patients. Artif Organs 1997; 21:1060-5. [PMID: 9335362 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1997.tb00443.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Current lipid apheresis techniques can remove atherogenic lipoproteins only from plasma. The initial mandatory separation of plasma and blood cells renders the extracorporeal circuit complex. We recently described the first clinical application of a new lipid adsorber that adsorbs low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and lipoprotein (a) (Lp[a]) directly from whole blood. In continuation of our work, this paper describes the clinical biocompatibility of this new LDL hemoperfusion system. In a 2 center phase II clinical trial, 12 hypercholesterolemic patients suffering from overt coronary or peripheral artery disease were treated once with LDL hemoperfusion. The new LDL adsorber (DALI, Fresenius, St. Wendel, Germany) contained 480 ml of polyacrylate coated polyacrylamide gel. The anticoagulation protocol consisted of an initial heparin bolus followed by an acid citrate dextrose-A (ACD-A) infusion during the treatment. One patient blood volume was treated per session. All sessions were clinically uneventful. No signs of hemolysis or extracorporeal clot formation could be detected, and cell counts remained virtually constant. In a subgroup of patients (n = 4-6), further biocompatibility parameters were studied. Activation of leukocytes (elastase release), thrombocytes (beta-thromboglobulin [beta-TG] extrusion), and monocytes (interleukin (IL)-1beta and IL-6) were minimal. Complement activation (C3a and C5a generation) was negligible. The chosen anticoagulation protocol was both safe (constant ionized calcium levels) and effective (low thrombin-antithrombin formation). In summary, within the scope of a first pilot study, this new LDL hemoperfusion procedure combined the features of excellent clinical tolerance, good biocompatibility, and ease of handling. Phase III clinical trials will have to show whether these encouraging preliminary results can be corroborated in a larger patient population.
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- T Bosch
- Klinikum Grosshadern, Medical Clinic I, University of Munich, Germany
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Gutensohn K, Maerz M, Kuehnl P. Alteration of platelet-associated membrane glycoproteins during extracorporeal apheresis of peripheral blood progenitor cells. JOURNAL OF HEMATOTHERAPY 1997; 6:315-21. [PMID: 9377070 DOI: 10.1089/scd.1.1997.6.315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In extracorporeal circulation, blood is affected by artificial biomaterials and shear forces. We investigated the effects of peripheral blood progenitor cell (PBPC) apheresis on the kinetics and level of platelet membrane antigen expression in 11 breast cancer and 13 testicular cancer patients. After mobilization with rhG-CSF, continuous-flow apheresis was performed. Expression of structural antigens CD41a and CD42b and activation-dependent antigens CD62p, CD63, and fibrinogen was analyzed by flow cytometry at fixed time intervals. Initial changes occurred in all of the antigens within minutes, followed by a progressive increase in the mean channel fluorescence intensities (MCFI) of CD62p from 26 +/- 8 (mean +/- SD) to 73 +/- 29 (p < 0.05), CD63 from 22 +/- 5 to 51 +/- 16 (p < 0.05) and antifibrinogen from 120 +/- 20 to 356 +/- 154 (p < 0.05). In contrast, CD41a and CD42b fluorescence decreased during apheresis (p < 0.05 for both). The more rapid sequestration of P-selectin-expressing platelets known to occur during extracorporeal PBPC apheresis suggests that platelet activation may be associated with the loss of platelets during this procedure. In addition, alteration of platelet surface antigens increases thrombogenic potential and may reduce the in vivo efficacy of the platelet hemostatic potential.
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- K Gutensohn
- Department of Transfusion Medicine/Transplantation Immunology, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Gutensohn K, Bartsch N, Kuehnl P. Flow cytometric analysis of platelet membrane antigens during and after continuous-flow plateletpheresis. Transfusion 1997; 37:809-15. [PMID: 9280325 DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1997.37897424403.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND The influence, extent, and duration of changes in platelet antigen expression caused by blood-biomaterial interaction in plateletpheresis were assessed. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Twenty-two apheresis donors were studied by using two automated continuous-flow apheresis devices. Blood samples were taken before, during, and for 4 days after extracorporeal circulation. The platelet surface expression of glycoproteins CD41a, CD42b, CD62p, and CD63 was analyzed by flow cytometry. RESULTS Over the course of plateletpheresis, there was a significant increase in mean channel fluorescence intensity (MCFI) of CD62p, from 25.1 +/- 7.9 (mean +/- SD) to 50.4 +/- 28.9, and of CD63, from 22.3 +/- 6.5 to 33.3 +/- 13.2. There was a significant decrease in CD41a expression as measured by the MCFI, from 1129.8 +/- 125.0 to 1066.6 +/- 102.2, and in CD42b MCFI, from 329.6 +/- 49.4 to 321.4 +/- 52.0. The two apheresis devices showed different platelet activation kinetics, but the overall MCFI of CD62p and CD63 did not significantly diverge after 60 minutes of apheresis. CD62p and CD63 expression as measured by the MCFI returned to preapheresis levels during the follow-up period in 25 and 25 of 44 procedures, respectively, within 24 hours; in 10 and 13 of 44 procedures after 48 hours; in 7 and 3 of 44 procedures after 72 hours; and in 2 and 3 of 44 procedures on Day 5. CONCLUSION The varying kinetics of expression, as measured by the MCFI, of platelet antigens CD62p, CD63, CD41a, and CD42b during extracorporeal circulation may be useful for biocompatibility testing. Activated platelets continue to circulate in donors for several days after cytapheresis, which suggests that a sufficient interval between apheresis procedures is necessary to avoid the collection of activated platelets.
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- K Gutensohn
- Department of Transfusion Medicine/Transplantation Immunology, University Hospital Eppendorf, University of Hamburg, Germany
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Cases A, Reverter JC, Escolar G, Sanz C, Sorribes J, Ordinas A. In vivo evaluation of platelet activation by different cellulosic membranes. Artif Organs 1997; 21:330-4. [PMID: 9096808 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1997.tb00371.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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This study was undertaken to evaluate platelet activation in vivo induced by different cellulosic membranes by measuring the expression of P-selectin on the platelet surface during hemodialysis in 9 uremic patients. Hollow fiber dialyzers of similar surface with different cellulosic membranes (Cuprophan, cellulose acetate, cellulose triacetate, and Hemophan) were evaluated and compared to a synthetic membrane (polysulfone). Blood samples were obtained before hemodialysis and from the efferent and afferent limbs 5 min after the beginning of dialysis. P-selectin exposure was evaluated by flow cytometry (FACScan) using a monoclonal antibody (RUU 2.17). The percentage of platelets expressing P-selectin before hemodialysis and the percentage from the arterial line during hemodialysis were similar. All membranes evaluated induced platelet activation (estimated as the increase in percentage of platelets expressing P-selectin in samples obtained from the venous line with respect to the arterial line). Cuprophan induced more platelet activation than any other membrane (p < 0.05). The activation induced by cellulose acetate and cellulose triacetate membranes was also higher than that observed with Hemophan (p < 0.05). Hemophan-induced platelet activation was similar to that of polysulfone. These results indicate that all cellulosic membranes induce platelet activation during hemodialysis although there are quantitative differences among them. While Cuprophan induced the highest degree of platelet activation, Hemophan was the only cellulosic membrane that showed a degree of platelet activation similar to the biocompatible membrane polysulfone.
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- A Cases
- Nephrology Services, Hospital Clinic I Provincial, Barcelona, Spain
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Himmelfarb J, Holbrook D, McMonagle E, Ault K. Increased reticulated platelets in dialysis patients. Kidney Int 1997; 51:834-9. [PMID: 9067918 DOI: 10.1038/ki.1997.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to measure the percent reticulated platelets and platelet counts in patients on chronic hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and normal volunteers. The relationship between the percent reticulated platelets and the platelet count can then be used to determine the rate of platelet turnover. Platelet rich plasma was obtained, platelets were fixed and incubated with thiazole orange and analyzed for the percent reticulated platelets by flow cytometry. Normal controls had a mean of 2.77 +/- 0.17% reticulated platelets while peritoneal dialysis patients had a mean percent reticulated platelets of 6.92 +/- 0.68 (P < 0.00001). Chronic hemodialysis patients had a mean percent reticulated platelets of 8.21 +/- 0.36 (P < 0.00001 vs. normal controls and P = 0.05 vs. peritoneal dialysis patients). Platelet counts did not differ significantly among the three groups. The identity of reticulated platelets was confirmed in experiments measuring platelet specific glycoproteins, experiments using RNase, and in mixing experiments with normal and uremic platelets and plasma. We conclude that dialysis patients have a marked increase in circulating reticulated platelets compared to normal controls, indicating accelerated platelet turnover. Increased platelet activation and turnover may contribute to the qualitative platelet dysfunction observed in dialysis patients.
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- J Himmelfarb
- Division of Nephrology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, USA
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Ott I, Neumann FJ, Gawaz M, Schmitt M, Schömig A. Increased neutrophil-platelet adhesion in patients with unstable angina. Circulation 1996; 94:1239-46. [PMID: 8822975 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.94.6.1239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 259] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Neutrophil-platelet adhesion may occur as a consequence of platelet activation. The role of this heterotypic adhesion in ischemic disorders is poorly understood thus far. METHODS AND RESULTS Systemic venous blood samples were taken from 25 patients with stable angina pectoris and 25 patients with unstable angina pectoris. Neutrophil activation and neutrophil-platelet adhesion were evaluated by two-color flow cytometry. Patients with unstable angina showed a significant increase in neutrophil-platelet adhesion compared with patients with stable angina (mean +/- SEM, 132.1 +/- 20.5 versus 29.8 +/- 4.7 anti-glycoprotein IIb/IIIa mean fluorescence intensity, P = .0001). Systemic neutrophil activation was found in patients with unstable angina compared with those with stable angina assessed by cell surface CD11b expression and shedding of L-selectin (115.6 +/- 10.3 versus 74.0 +/- 6.3 anti-CD11b mean fluorescence intensity, P = .002; 49.8 +/- 6.0 versus 72.1 +/- 4.0 anti-L-selectin mean fluorescence intensity, P = .006). Markers of neutrophil activation were related to the extent of neutrophil-platelet adhesion (CD11b: r = .5, P = .0005; L-selectin: r = .42, P = .012). In vitro studies revealed that binding of purified platelet membranes to control neutrophils caused a dose-dependent increase in CD11b surface expression, a decrease in surface L-selectin, and the release of superoxide anions. CONCLUSIONS Thus, this study demonstrates that increased neutrophil-platelet adhesion may contribute to neutrophil activation in unstable angina.
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- I Ott
- Medizinische Klinik and Frauenklinik, Technische Universitat München, Germany
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Gawaz M, Ott I, Reininger AJ, Heinzmann U, Neumann FJ. Agglutination of isolated platelet membranes. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1996; 16:621-7. [PMID: 8963718 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.16.5.621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Platelet membrane glycoproteins play a central role in platelet aggregation and thus in primary hemostasis. To investigate mechanisms of platelet-platelet interaction in the absence of cellular activation events, we studied immunological and functional aspects of isolated platelet membranes. Platelet membranes contained significant amounts of the inducible fibrinogen receptor, glycoprotein (GP) IIb-IIIa, which exposes conformation-dependent LIBS1 and PMI-1 epitopes in response to fibrinogen-mimetic peptides GRGDSP and HHLG-GAKQAGDV. In the presence of soluble fibrinogen, membrane-coated latex beads showed Ca(2+)-dependent agglutination that could be partially inhibited by GRGDSP but not by the biologically inactive peptide GRGESP. Thrombospondin enhanced agglutination of membrane-coated beads, which could be inhibited by polyvalent anti-thrombospondin Fab fragments and anti-thrombospondin monoclonal antibody MA-II. Mg2+ inhibited both GPIIb-IIIa- and thrombospondin-mediated agglutination of membranes in a dose-dependent manner. The results of the present study indicate that isolated platelet membranes are a useful tool to study regulation of GPIIb-IIIa- and thrombospondin-mediated platelet-platelet interaction.
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- M Gawaz
- I Medizinische Klinik, Technische Universität München, Germany
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Windus DW, Atkinson R, Santoro S. The effects of hemodialysis on platelet activation with new and reprocessed regenerated cellulose dialyzers. Am J Kidney Dis 1996; 27:387-93. [PMID: 8604708 DOI: 10.1016/s0272-6386(96)90362-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Biocompatibility of dialysis membranes is defined, in part, by the tendency to activate the coagulation system. Methods for evaluating stimulation of the coagulation include analyses of markers of platelet activation. The purpose of these studies was to ascertain the effects of high blood flow rates and reprocessing on platelet activation during routine hemodialysis with regenerated cellulose membranes. The platelet alpha-granule protein, beta-thromboglobulin (BTG), was measured in patients undergoing routine chronic hemodialysis with regenerated cellulose dialyzers. Initial studies showed BTG levels to increase from 24 +/- 2 IU/mL at the baseline to 30 +/- 3 IU/mL at 120 minutes and postdialysis, respectively (P < 0.05). In contrast, BTG levels corrected for hemoconcentration with plasma protein concentrations showed no significant changes compared with baseline values. Further studies assessed the effects of two types of new and reprocessed regenerated cellulose dialyzers during four different treatments. Platelet counts at 10 and 30 minutes did not change compared with the baseline, while white blood cell counts decreased significantly. No significant changes in BTG levels occurred when corrected for hemoconcentration with either dialyzer. Additional studies with new and reprocessed regenerated cellulose dialyzers comparing 450 and 220 mL/min blood flow rates at 10 minutes showed no change in BTG. In summary, these studies show no evidence for platelet activation by routine hemodialysis with regenerated cellulose membranes. Differences from previous studies include correction of BTG for hemoconcentration due to ultrafiltration and pre-rinsing of dialyzers. Methods for assessment of cellular activation by dialysis membranes must account for hemoconcentration.
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- D W Windus
- Renal Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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Gawaz M, Fateh-Moghadam S, Pilz G, Gurland HJ, Werdan K. Platelet activation and interaction with leucocytes in patients with sepsis or multiple organ failure. Eur J Clin Invest 1995; 25:843-51. [PMID: 8582450 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.1995.tb01694.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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This study focuses on the role of platelet membrane glycoproteins and platelet-leucocyte adhesion in patients with sepsis and multiple organ failure (MOF). Specifically, the study raises the following issues: (1) the influence of sepsis and MOF on platelet activation as assessed by surface expression of platelet membrane glycoproteins GPIIb-IIIa and thrombospondin; and (2) the effect of sepsis and MOF on platelet adhesion to circulating leucocytes. In addition, platelet activation and platelet-leucocyte adhesion are evaluated according to clinical outcome. Forty-five patients with suspected sepsis or MOF were evaluated by intensive care scoring systems (APACHE II and Elebute) to assess severity of disease. Flow cytometric techniques were used to examine platelet membrane expression of various adhesion molecules on circulating platelets and the appearance of platelet specific antigen (CD41) on leucocytes as an index of platelet-leucocyte adhesion. The results were compared with severity of disease and according to outcome in patients. Twenty-eight patients of the total study population were septic and 17 were non-septic. Twenty-two of the 28 septic patients suffered from severe MOF (APACHE II > or = 20) whereas in six septic patients MOF was absent. Eleven of the non-septic group suffered from moderate MOF whereas in six, severe MOF was present. In septic patients fibrinogen receptor activity on platelets was significantly above normal values (P < 0.001). When MOF was present, thrombospondin surface expression on circulating platelets also increased significantly (P < 0.05). Concomitantly, platelet-leucocyte adhesion was increased in sepsis (P < 0.05) and decreased in patients with MOF (P < 0.05). Significant lower levels of circulating platelet-leucocyte aggregates occurred in non-survivors (P < 0.05). We conclude that sepsis is associated with increased surface expression of platelet adhesion molecules and an increased occurrence of circulating platelet-leucocyte aggregates. The decrease in circulating platelet-leucocyte peripheral sequestration. An increased platelet-leucocyte adhesion and sequestration might account for development of MOF in the course of sepsis.
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- M Gawaz
- Medizinische Klinik, Technischen Universität, Germany
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Opatrný K, Vít L, Opatrná S, Polakovic V, Sefrna F, Sulková S, Opatrný K. Hemocompatibility in hemodialysis and erythropoietin therapy. Artif Organs 1995; 19:814-20. [PMID: 8573001 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1995.tb02433.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Two studies designed to investigate the effect of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) treatment of anemia in chronic dialysis patients on hemocompatibility were conducted. Study 1, whose main aim was to establish whether treatment with rHuEPO enhances coagulation activation during dialysis, included 15 patients before rHuEPO therapy at a mean hematocrit (HCT) of 22.3% and then during therapy at a HCT of 29.3%. The plasma concentrations of the thrombin-antithrombin III complex were not higher during rHuEPO therapy than before it when performing hemodialysis with a Cuprophan membrane. No significant difference was demonstrated either in the values of activated clotting times (Hemochron), thrombocyte or white blood cell counts (Coulter S+II), or in plasma C5a concentrations (ELISA) established during dialysis sessions before and during rHuEPO therapy. In Study 2, which focused primarily on the question of whether or not rHuEPO therapy increases thrombocyte activation during hemodialysis, 8 patients on chronic dialysis were examined both before therapy at a mean HCT value of 22.1% and during rHuEPO therapy at a HCT of 31.5%, invariably during dialysis with either a Cuprophan or polyacrylonitrile (AN69HF) membrane. The plasma concentrations of beta-thromboglobulin (ELISA) did not differ between the examinations made during rHuEPO and before rHuEPO therapy; however, statistically significant differences were found between dialysis sessions involving Cuprophan and AN69HF membranes. No significant difference between examination before and during rHuEPO was demonstrated in activated clotting time nor thrombocyte and white blood cell counts in this study either. The authors conclude that rHuEPO therapy does not enhance coagulation activation during hemodialysis, does not have an effect on thrombocyte activation, and does not influence complement activation and changes in white blood cell counts.
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- K Opatrný
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Charles University School of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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Gawaz M, Fateh-Moghadam S, Pilz G, Gurland HJ, Werdan K. Severity of multiple organ failure (MOF) but not of sepsis correlates with irreversible platelet degranulation. Infection 1995; 23:16-23. [PMID: 7744487 DOI: 10.1007/bf01710051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Multiple hemostatic changes occur in sepsis and multiple organ failure (MOF). To evaluate the role of platelets in patients with sepsis and MOF, we examined changes in surface glycoproteins on circulating platelets of 14 patients with suspected sepsis and MOF. The severity of sepsis and MOF was assessed by the Elebute and APACHE II scoring systems, respectively. Using flow cytometric techniques and platelet specific monoclonal antibodies, platelet surface expression of fibrinogen receptor on GPIIb-IIIa, of von Willebrand Factor receptor GPIb, and of granule glycoproteins (thrombospondin (TSP), GMP-140, GP53) was measured. Plasma membrane expression of GPIIb-IIIa and GPIb on circulating platelets was not affected by sepsis of MOF. Septic patients, however, showed a significantly elevated fibrinogen receptor activity (LIBS1 expression) (p < 0.05) that correlated with severity of disease (r = 0.597, p = 0.043). No significant change in surface expression of granule glycoproteins (TSP, GMP-140, GP53) was noted in septic patients. In contrast, degranulation of granule glycoproteins was significantly elevated in MOF (p < 0.05) which well with severity of MOF (GMP-140, r = 0.611, p = 0.013; TSP, r = 0.643, p = 0.026). We speculate that platelets in sepsis circulate in a hyperaggregable but still reversible state that results in increased risk of microthrombotic events. In the course of the disease, irreversible platelet degranulation of adhesion molecules occurs that may play an important role in the development of MOF.
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- M Gawaz
- I. Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum Rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Germany
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Gawaz MP, Mujais SK, Schmidt B, Gurland HJ. Platelet-leukocyte aggregation during hemodialysis. Kidney Int 1994; 46:489-95. [PMID: 7526025 DOI: 10.1038/ki.1994.299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Hemodialysis is associated with simultaneous changes in leukocytes and platelets, but it is unclear whether these alterations affect the interactions between these cell types. To evaluate this process, we examined the appearance of platelet specific antigens (CD41) on leukocytes as an index of platelet-leukocyte aggregation during hemodialysis using three different synthetic membranes. Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on long-term hemodialysis treatment were enrolled. Flow cytometric techniques and platelet specific monoclonal antibodies (MoAb) that recognize the glycoprotein complex on resting and activated platelets (anti-CD41), the activated GPIIb-IIIa complex receptor (anti-LIBS1), and the p selectin GMP140, that is exposed on platelet plasma membrane after activation and platelet degranulation (anti-CD62), were used. Subjects with ESRD had a lower predialysis platelet surface expression of CD41 and LIBS1 compared to normal controls, but unchanged CD62 expression. In parallel, patients with ESRD manifested a uniformly reduced platelet-leukocyte microaggregates predialysis compared to normal controls. When examined across the dialyzer, however, an increase in platelet-neutrophil and platelet-monocyte microaggregates was observed with all three synthetic membranes at both 15 and 30 minutes after initiation of dialysis. This phenomenon could be duplicated in vitro by physiologic concentrations of the platelet specific agonist ADP, but not by the complement factors C3a or C5a. We conclude that platelet-leukocyte aggregates occur during dialysis likely related to a primary platelet activation mechanism. This phenomenon may serve as a new biocompatibility parameter and may shed light on some of the biologic consequences of hemodialysis.
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- M P Gawaz
- Nephrology Department, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany
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Gawaz M, Bogner C. Changes in platelet membrane glycoproteins and platelet-leukocyte interaction during hemodialysis. THE CLINICAL INVESTIGATOR 1994; 72:424-9. [PMID: 7524831 DOI: 10.1007/bf00180515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Platelet aggregation and interaction with other vascular cells play a key role in hemostatic events during hemodialysis. We studied seven patients with end-stage renal failure on long-term hemodialysis treatment. Flow-cytometric techniques and platelet-specific monoclonal antibodies were used to measure the platelet surface expression of glycoproteins-fibrinogen receptor on glycoprotein IIb-IIIa (GP IIb-IIIa; CD41) and alpha-granule membrane protein (GMP-140; CD62). In addition, adhesion of platelets or platelet microparticles with leukocytes was evaluated by appearance of the platelet-specific antigen (GP IIb-IIIa) on leukocytes. Blood samples were taken before the start of dialysis and 15, 60, and 240 min thereafter. There was a significant increase in fibrinogen receptor activation on circulating platelets after 15 min of dialysis treatment (P < 0.001) and enhanced degranulation of GMP-140 (P < 0.05). In parallel, the interaction of platelets with neutrophils and monocytes also increased with the duration of dialysis and was maximal after 15 min (P < 0.001). We conclude that the platelet fibrinogen receptor on GP IIb-IIIa in circulating platelets is activated during hemodialysis and is associated with increased adhesion of platelets or platelet microparticles with circulating leukocytes. Thus, the phenomenon described here of platelet-leukocyte interaction could be pathophysiologically important for the development of dialysis-associated leukopenia.
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- M Gawaz
- I. Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Germany
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