title: Effect of taurine concentration on platelet aggregation in gestosis patients with edema, proteinuria and hypertension.
abstract: To elucidate the relationship between the high concentration of taurine in platelets and platelet aggregation in patients with EPH gestosis (gestosis with edema, proteinuria and hypertension), platelet aggregation and the platelet release response (release of ATP and beta-thromboglobulin) were studied in the washed platelet suspension (PS) obtained from normal pregnant or non-pregnant women and EPH gestosis patients. Platelet aggregation and platelet release response were significantly lower in EPH gestosis patients than in normal pregnant and non-pregnant women. Platelet aggregation, platelet release response induced by ADP and collagen and the aggregation induced by A23187 were inhibited in taurine-loaded PS from non-pregnant women. These results suggest that the decrease of platelet aggregation in EPH gestosis patients was caused by high concentrations of taurine in platelets, which may inhibit the intracellular Ca2+ movement and platelet release response. Therefore, taurine appears to have a protective effect against the hyper-coagulative state in EPH gestosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Namba
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ejiri
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanemori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sekiba
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000097:blood; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003094:Collagen; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000097:blood*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013654:Taurine / Q000097:blood*; D001620:beta-Thromboglobulin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D001620:beta-Thromboglobulin; D013654:Taurine; D000001:Calcimycin; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D003094:Collagen