Journal
PLATELETS
Volume 32, Issue 8, Pages 1113-1119Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/09537104.2021.1902970
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Atherosclerosis; platelet aggregation; platelet migration; transendothelial migration
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- University of Talca
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The study found that platelets have the ability to migrate during atherosclerosis, and factors secreted by monocytes can enhance the migratory and aggregating capabilities of platelets.
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain leading causes of death worldwide. While platelet-mediated thrombus formation following the rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque is one of the key pathophysiologic events in CVDs, the role of platelets in previous or more advanced stages of atherosclerosis is less known. Interestingly, the presence of platelets has been observed at the core of the atherosclerotic plaque. In order to study the conditions necessary for platelets to migrate toward an atherosclerotic lesion, we designed an in vitro co-culture model. Platelets were co-cultured with monocytes in Transwell inserts covered with a confluent endothelium and the number of migrating platelets and/or monocytes was determined under different conditions. Platelets were also exposed to media conditioned obtained from co-cultures prior to migration assays. Here we show that coculturing platelets and monocytes increased platelet transmigration, with a considerable number of transmigrated platelets found not associated to monocytes. Interestingly, conditioned media from platelet-monocyte co-cultures also increased platelet transmigration and aggregation, suggesting the existence of soluble factors secreted by monocytes that enhance the migratory and pro-aggregating capabilities of platelets. We conclude that platelets have the machinery to migrate through an activated endothelium, a response that requires the interaction with secreted factors produce in the context of the interaction with monocytes under atherogenic conditions.
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