title: Hydrogen peroxide is an intermediate in the platelet activation cascade triggered by collagen, but not by thrombin.
abstract: Human blood platelets produce oxidant species when stimulated by collagen and thrombin. The oxidative burst of platelets has been studied by cytofluorimetry taking advantage of the fluorogenic dye DCFH2-DA, which is taken up and deacetylated by platelets and then oxidized to the fluorescent derivative DCF. The oxidation of DCFH2 is induced by stimulation with collagen but not with thrombin and inhibited by external catalase. Catalase also inhibited the aggregation induced by collagen, but not that induced by thrombin. Aspirin and indomethacin inhibited the formation of the fluorochrome only when platelets were stimulated by thrombin. Externally added H2O2 increased the cytoplasmic calcium content as probed by the fluorescence of Indo-1. The present data suggest that collagen induces the production of H2O2, which in turn may stimulate the aggregation of platelets through a calcium mobilization. Instead the stimulation by thrombin does not require the intermediacy of H2O2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health & Cellular Biology, Tor Vergata, University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Del Principe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menichelli
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: De Matteis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Di Giulio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giordani
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Savini
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Agro
mesh_terms: D001241:Aspirin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002374:Catalase / Q000494:pharmacology; D003094:Collagen / Q000494:pharmacology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005452:Fluoresceins; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000097:blood* / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015539:Platelet Activation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013917:Thrombin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D005452:Fluoresceins; C029569:diacetyldichlorofluorescein; D003094:Collagen; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D002374:Catalase; D013917:Thrombin; D001241:Aspirin; D002118:Calcium; D007213:Indomethacin