title: Isradipine increases platelet--low-density lipoprotein binding: evidence from ex-vivo studies in humans.
abstract: The effects of isradipine (2.5 mg twice daily) on platelet--radioiodine-labeled [123I] low-density lipoprotein (LDL) binding were measured in 16 hypertensive patients (mean age 46.2 +/- 10.7 years) with (cholesterol > 250 mg/dl; n = 8) and without (cholesterol < 200 mg/dl; n = 8) hypercholesterolaemia during 4 weeks of isradipine treatment after 4 weeks of pretreatment placebo followed by 2 weeks of post-treatment placebo periods. Radioligand LDL-binding studies revealed that isradipine induced a significant (p < 0.001) rise in maximum binding capacity (Bmax) from a mean of 1148.6 +/- 244.3 ng protein/10(9) platelets to a mean of 1262.3 +/- 204.1 ng protein/10(9) platelets [dissociation constant (Kd): 9.7 +/- 4.9 micrograms protein/ml before treatment vs 7.8 +/- 3.7 g protein/ml after treatment]. After the post-treatment placebo phase, both Bmax and Kd returned to baseline levels. When the hypercholesterolaemic patients were compared with the normocholesterolaemics, the former revealed a more pronounced increase in platelet [125I]-LDL-binding capacity. Correspondingly, the dissociation constant showed a significantly (p < 0.05) greater decrease. In accordance with these results, both total and LDL cholesterol were reduced after 4 weeks of therapy with significant (p < 0.03) rises through to the end of the post-treatment placebo period. It is suggested that the observed increase in high-affinity platelet--LDL binding with isradipine treatment reflects a state of decreased in-vivo platelet activation, an effect which may be of particular clinical value in hyperlipidaemic patients.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cardiac Rehabilitation, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pirich
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fitscha
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pesau
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Virgolini
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sinzinger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000150:complications; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D017275:Isradipine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010919:Placebos
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D008074:Lipoproteins; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D010919:Placebos; D017275:Isradipine