title: Effect of radioprotectors on the aggregability, cAMP and thiol content of blood platelets.
abstract: Aminothiol radioprotectors (MEA, AET, WR-1065) were found to be inhibitors of platelet aggregation. The aim of this study has been to clarify the potential involvement of the adenylate cyclase-cAMP system in this effect. In vitro aminothiol compounds (> 1 mmol/l) inhibited platelet function as well as AC-activity, i.e. significantly reduced their cAMP content. In less than 1 mmol/l concentration WR-1065 elevated the cAMP content of PGI2-stimulated platelets, while basal cAMP level mainly remained unchanged. On the effect of WR-1065 the level of non-protein thiols (NP-SH) markedly elevated in the platelets, while their protein-bound thiol content (PB-SH) either decreased or remained at control level. The phosphorothioate WR-2721 was effective only after in vitro or in vivo dephosphorylation. Although the amount of NP-SH slightly increased, the PB-SH content decreased in the platelets isolated after intravenous administration of WR-2721. Moreover, platelet-poor plasma samples of WR-2721 treated animals also inhibited both the AC-activity and function of control platelets, too. Based on these results it is suggested that aminothiol radioprotectors non-specifically inhibit platelet functions forming mixed disulfides with endogenous, mostly protein-bound thiols. The slight elevation of AC-activity caused by low doses of WR-1065 also suggest that the AC-complex consists of unevenly sensitive subunits (G-proteins, catalytic subunit).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene and Research Centre of Military Medicine, Hungarian Army, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Horváth
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takáts
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008297:Male; D008624:Mercaptoethylamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects*; D011817:Rabbits; D011837:Radiation-Protective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D000338:beta-Aminoethyl Isothiourea / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D008624:Mercaptoethylamines; D011837:Radiation-Protective Agents; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; C020174:N-(2-mercaptoethyl)-1,3-diaminopropane; D000338:beta-Aminoethyl Isothiourea; D000242:Cyclic AMP