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  • Title: Prostaglandin E1 potentiates the effects of P2Y12 blockade on ADP-mediated platelet aggregation in vitro: Insights using short thromboelastography.
    Author: Khanna V, Armstrong PC, Warner TD, Curzen N.
    Journal: Platelets; 2015; 26(7):689-92. PubMed ID: 25734957.
    Abstract:
    In addition to adenosine diphosphate (ADP), a number of platelet function tests including the VerifyNow P2Y12 assay (VN-P2Y12) employ prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) to improve specificity for P2Y12 blockade by mitigating the contribution of the P2Y1 pathway on ADP-mediated platelet aggregation. Using short thromboelastography (s-TEG), we have previously shown that VN-P2Y12 overestimates the functional effect of clopidogrel in some individuals. We investigated whether PGE1 systematically increases the inhibitory effects of P2Y12 blockade on ADP-mediated platelet aggregation in an in vitro model. Using s-TEG, we measured ADP-induced platelet aggregation either in the presence or absence of PGE1 (11 or 22 nM) in blood samples taken from healthy volunteers pre-incubated with prasugrel active metabolite (PAM; 0, 1, 3 or 10 µM). Individually, both PGE1 (p < 0.02) and PAM (p < 0.0001) inhibited ADP-mediated platelet aggregation in a dose-dependent manner, as expected. Furthermore, inclusion of PGE1 augmented inhibition of ADP-mediated platelet aggregation in response to PAM (p < 0.02) in a dose-dependent manner such that a 10-fold higher dose of PAM was required to attain equivalent inhibition of ADP-mediated platelet aggregation to that achieved by 1 µM PAM in the presence of 11 nM PGE1. In conclusion, PGE1 potentiates the anti-aggregatory effects of P2Y12 blockade on ADP-mediated platelet aggregation. Assays that employ PGE1 with ADP may therefore overestimate therapeutic response to prasugrel in a proportion of individuals, potentially making them unsuitable candidates for guiding delivery of personalized antiplatelet therapy.
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