title: ATP diphosphohydrolase in human platelets from patients with coronary arteries heart disease.
abstract: ATP diphosphohydrolase is an enzyme described in platelets and may be related to the control of ADP-dependent platelet aggregation. Platelet aggregation in atherosclerotic coronary arteries, and the release of platelet-derived factors, play an important role in coronary artery disease syndromes. In this study, we determined the activity of ATP diphosphohydrolase in platelets from patients with chronic and acute coronary artery disease syndromes and healthy persons. The following groups were studied: healthy persons (group I), patients with chronic heart disease (group II) and acute heart disease (group III). Results did not demonstrate differences between the groups studied. The control group demonstrated a lower range of enzyme activity. The patients from groups II and III had ingested drugs with actions upon the cardiovascular system and the effect, in vitro, of these drugs upon the ATP diphosphohydrolase activity in human platelets was also investigated. The in vitro experiments demonstrated that 2.0 mM acetylsalicylic acid inhibited ATP hydrolysis by human platelets by approximately 55%. Significant correlation was observed between ADP hydrolysis and glucose blood levels in the control group and between ATP hydrolysis and triglycerides in the group II. These results contribute to our understanding of a possible relationship between ATP diphosphohydrolase and thrombogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Pesquisas Biomédicas, Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Rossatto
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Bonan
authors.forename: A M O
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Battastini
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: J J F
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sarkis
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001081:Apyrase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D001241:Aspirin / Q000494:pharmacology; D001786:Blood Glucose; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000201:enzymology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D014280:Triglycerides; D001081:Apyrase; D001241:Aspirin