PGI2 AND PGE1 INDUCE MORPHOLOGICAL ALTERATIONS IN HUMAN-PLATELETS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE INITIAL PHASE OF ACTIVATION
- 1 August 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 15 (7), 741-749
Abstract
The effects of PGI2 and PGE1 on the ultrastructure of human platelets were studied by scanning (SEM) and transmission (TEM) electron microscopy in relation to the record of an optical aggregometer. Addition of PGI2 or PGE1 to citrated platelet-rich plasma (C-PRP) resulted in a permanent slight decrease in percent light transmission (%T) recorded by the aggregometer. SEM investigation of the platelets showed marginal pseudopods and occasional large stomata after application of prostaglandins. These alterations occurred within the initial 30 s and remained constant during the subsequent 20 min of incubation. TEM studies revealed morphological changes of alpha granules and moderately electron-dense material in the dilated profiles of the surface-connected canalicular system (SCCS). Addition of 10 .mu.M ADP to C-PRP preincubated for 30 s with either 2 ng/ml (5 nmol/liter) PGI2 or 30 ng/ml (85 nmol/liter) PGE1 resulted in a further decrease of %T followed by a slight increase. The alterations of the aggregometer tracing were characterized in SEM by platelet shape change and the generation of primary aggregates. C-PRP samples preincubated with 3 and 9 ng/ml (8 nmol/liter and 24 nmol/liter) PGI2 or 40 and 120 ng/ml (113 nmol/liter and 338 nmol/liter) PGE1 did not produce additional changes in the aggregometer curves or in the ultrastructure of platelets in response to ADP. Our morphological study indicates that antiaggregatory prostaglandins induce an early phase of platelet activation but inhibit "shape change" and the formation of aggregates.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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