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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 320, Issue 2, Pages 303-310Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.05.166
Keywords
shear stress; cone-and-plate viscometer; platelet apoptosis; caspase 3 activation; mitochondrial transmembrane potential depolarization; phosphatidylserine exposure; platelet shrinkage and microparticle formation; platelet activation; P-selectin (CD62); GPIb alpha (CD42b)
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Recently. it has been discovered that apoptosis of anucleate platelets can be induced by chemical agonists. Other studies demonstrated that mechanical forces (shear stresses) stimulate platelet activation and signaling in the absence of exogenous chemical stimuli. We analyzed whether shear stresses can trigger platelet apoptosis, a question that has not yet been studied. Using a cone-and-plate viscometer, we exposed human platelet-rich plasma to different shear stresses, ranging from physiologic arterial and arteriole levels (10-44 dyn/cm(2)) to pathologic high levels (117-388 dyn/cm(2)) occurring in stenotic vessels. We found that pathologic shear stresses induce not only platelet activation (P-selectin upregulation and GPIbalpha downregulation) but also trigger apoptosis events, including mitochondrial transmembrane potential depolarization, caspase 3 activation, phosphatidylserine exposure, and platelet shrinkage and fragmentation, whereas physiological shear stresses are not effective. This novel finding suggests that shear-induced platelet apoptosis can be mediated by mechano receptors, does not require nuclear participation, and may affect platelet clearance. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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