title: Effects of the cell adhesion peptide, Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser, on responses of washed platelets from humans, rabbits, and rats.
abstract: Fibrinogen is a cofactor in the aggregation of human platelets, and is required for ADP-induced aggregation of washed platelets; however, exogenous fibrinogen is not required for ADP-induced aggregation of washed platelets from rabbits or rats. Because with human platelets the cell adhesion peptide, Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser (RGDS), inhibits aggregation and the binding of 125I-fibrinogen to ADP-stimulated platelets, its effects on rabbit and rat platelets were studied to investigate the differences in the fibrinogen requirements of platelets from the three species. RGDS (50 mumol/L) caused greater than 80% inhibition of thrombin-induced or (ADP + fibrinogen)-induced aggregation of human platelets, but only 3% to 9% inhibition of the aggregation of rabbit or rat platelets, regardless of whether fibrinogen was added. RGDS inhibited the binding of 125I-fibrinogen to ADP-stimulated human platelets by 80% to 90%, but by only 15% to 27% in the case of rabbit or rat platelets. The differences were due to the species of platelets, since human and rabbit fibrinogens gave similar results. In addition, RGDS failed to displace fibrinogen from the surface of rabbit platelets that had been stimulated with ADP. Thus, there are species differences in the ability of the cell adhesion peptide, RGDS, to block the platelet fibrinogen receptor, even within the mammalian species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Harfenist
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Packham
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mustard
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects*; D011817:Rabbits / Q000097:blood*; D051381:Rats / Q000097:blood*; D011983:Receptors, Purinergic / Q000187:drug effects; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D011983:Receptors, Purinergic; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D005340:Fibrinogen; C046617:arginyl-glycyl-aspartyl-serine