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  • Title: The effect of 6-oxo-prostaglandin E1 on human platelet aggregation in whole blood in-vitro.
    Author: Wilsoncroft PS, Lofts FJ, Griffiths RJ, Moore PK.
    Journal: J Pharm Pharmacol; 1985 Feb; 37(2):139-41. PubMed ID: 2858551.
    Abstract:
    The effect of PGI2, 6-oxo-PGE1 and PGE1 on ADP-induced human platelet aggregation has been assessed in whole blood and in blood centrifuged to prepare platelet-rich plasma (PRP). PGI2 was the most potent anti-aggregatory agent in both media. The concentration of PGI2 required to produce 50% inhibition of platelet aggregation was approximately 0.3 ng ml-1 in each case. In contrast both E series prostaglandins exhibited significantly greater (400-700%) anti-aggregatory activity when tested in whole blood than when tested in PRP. Since whole blood presumably represents a truer reflection of platelet reactivity in-vivo, we believe that the potency of 6-oxo-PGE1 (and PGE1) as inhibitors of platelet aggregation has been underestimated in previous experiments using PRP. In human whole blood 6-oxo-PGE1 has approximately 40% the anti-aggregatory activity of PGI2. The reasons for the increased anti-aggregatory potency of E series prostaglandins in whole blood is not known. We suggest that 6-oxo-PGE1 and PGE1 (but not PGI2) may prevent the release of pro-aggregatory ADP from red blood cells thereby enhancing their ability to inhibit platelet aggregation.
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