Abstract
Patients with peripheral vascular disease or diabetes mellitus tend to have elevated circulating levels of naturally occurring platelet agonists like serotonin (5 hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT). This bioamine can induce platelet shape change (PSC) an early phase of platelet activation, which is essentially aspirin resistant. In addition, 5-HT exerts other harmful effects (eg stimulating vascular smooth muscle proliferation and inducing vasoconstriction in atheromatous coronary vessels). The aim of this study was to determine whether doxazosin inhibits 5-HT-induced PSC. Doxazosin is a long acting alpha(1)-adrenoceptor antagonist, used in the treatment of essential hypertension and/or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Platelet rich plasma (PRP) was prepared from healthy volunteers (n = 8; five males and three females with a median age of 32 years, range: 26-57). Agonists (5-HT, 0.06-0.5; ADP, 0.1-0.2 micromol/l or U46619, a TXA(2)analogue, 0.025-0.05 micromol/l) were added to PRP and aliquots were removed at specific time points for median platelet volume (MPV) measurement (using a high-resolution channelyser). The MPV was used as an indicator of PSC. PRP was also incubated with doxazosin (final concentration: 0.33 microM, a concentr...Continue Reading
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