title: Effects of desmopressin on circulating P-selectin.
abstract: Von Willebrand factor (VWF) and P-selectin share an identical intracellular storage compartment and transport to the cell surface. We induced degranulation of the Weibel-Palade bodies and measured circulating (c)P-selectin in plasma to test whether soluble P-selectin is present in the Weibel-Palade bodies, or if P-selectin bound to the cell membrane of endothelial cells (EC) is rapidly proteolytically cleaved in vivo. A dose of 0.3 microgram/kg of desmopressin (DDAVP) or placebo was infused over 30 min to eight healthy men in a double-blind cross-over study. Plasma levels of cP- selectin and VWF-Ag were followed for 24 h. Despite a twofold increase in VWF-Ag levels immediately after a 2 h after infusion of DDAVP, no significant change in plasma concentrations of cP-selectin were observed. In summary, degranulation of the Weibel-Palade bodies is an unlikely source of cP-selectin. Thus cP-selectin in healthy subjects is conceivably attributable to other mechanisms, such as minor degrees of platelet activation or transcription induction of an alternatively spliced P-selectin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jilma
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Eichler
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vondrovec
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Breiteneder
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kyrle
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kitzweger
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kapiotis
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Speiser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D019007:P-Selectin / Q000378:metabolism*; D010976:Platelet Count; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019007:P-Selectin; D014841:von Willebrand Factor; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin