title: Effects of atrial natriuretic factor on human platelet function.
abstract: We examined the hypothesis that atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), a substance with known vasorelaxant activities, shares with other vasodilators the property of inhibiting platelet function. Aggregation of citrated platelet-rich plasma (PRP) from 23 healthy volunteers induced by ADP, adrenaline, arachidonic acid, collagen, gamma-thrombin, the endoperoxide analogue U-44069, serotonin, the calcium ionophore A-23187 or platelet aggregating factor was measured after incubation of PRP with ANF for 3 minutes at concentrations of 4 X 10(-9), 4 X 10(-8) and 4 X 10(-7) M or vehicle as control. ANF decreased ADP-induced aggregation significantly (P less than 0.02), but only at the highest concentration used and to a minor extent (control: 73.6 +/- 11.2%; after ANF 4 X 10(-7) M: 60.0 +/- 17.1%, mean +/- S.D., n = 39) by a selective inhibitory effect on the secondary wave; neither aggregation by all other agents tested nor thromboxane B2 generation induced by ADP and adrenaline was altered by incubation with ANF. Although ANF thus has detectable effects on ADP-induced platelet aggregation in vitro, these data suggest that ANF is unlikely to be a physiologically significant modulator of platelet function.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Caterina
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Volpe
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Atlas
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Weksler
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000328:Adult; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects*; D003094:Collagen / Q000494:pharmacology; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; C472955:NPPA protein, human; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D003094:Collagen; D004837:Epinephrine