PMID: 7540500Mar 1, 1995Paper

Horse gammaglobulin-induced thrombocytopenia in anaphylaxis involving sequestration and activation of platelets

Clinical and Experimental Allergy : Journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology
S S LeirH Y Lei

Abstract

Thrombocytopenia as well as hemoconcentration and leukopenia followed by leukocytosis were induced after HoGG challenge on HoGG-sensitized mice. Thrombocytopenia was induced within 2 min and sustained for 1 day. HoGG-induced thrombocytopenia was not observed until day 10 after sensitization; mice challenged with HoGG dose > or = 10 micrograms developed thrombocytopenia. Two types of thrombocytopenia were observed in appropriately sensitized mice. HoGG induced thrombocytopenia at 2 min and 60 min, whereas, alpha-macroglobulin induced thrombocytopenia at 2 min, the platelet count of which returned to normal within 60 min. Poly (Glu60Ala30Tyr10) did not induce thrombocytopenia at 2 min or 60 min. The tracing study by 3H-serotonin labelled platelets demonstrated the 2 min-sequestration of platelets in lungs or livers. The HoGG-induced sequestration of platelets at 2 min was blocked by high dose heparin or Cobra Venom factor. Platelet activation at 60 min was partially inhibited by dexamethasone, rhodostomin synthetic peptide 45-59, or platelet activation factor antagonist (WEB 2086). Furthermore, the thrombocytopenia could be transferred by heat (56 degrees C, 4h) treated immune sera. This suggests that HoGG-induced, non-IgE-mediat...Continue Reading

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