title: Increased platelet aggregation and intracellular calcium in hypertensive patients: effects of cyclo-oxygenase blockade.
abstract: Increased platelet aggregation induced by ADP and arachidonic acid was observed in 12 patients with essential hypertension compared with 12 control subjects, but not after pretreatment with acetylsalicylic acid. The increase in intracellular calcium induced by ADP was also greater in the hypertensive patients, and again this difference disappeared after cyclo-oxygenase blockade. Urinary excretion of 2,3-dinor-thromboxane B2, the main metabolite of platelet thromboxane A2, was slightly, but not significantly increased in the hypertensive patients. These data suggest that thromboxane system activity is increased in the platelets of hypertensive patients.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Verona University, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lechi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arosio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Minuz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guzzo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paluani
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sinigaglia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lechi
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000328:Adult; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects*; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D013928:Thromboxane A2; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D001241:Aspirin; D002118:Calcium