PAF-dependent phosphatidylinositol turnover in platelets: differences between asthmatics and normal individuals

Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases
L H BlockA P Perruchoud

Abstract

The effects of nebulized platelet-activating factor (PAF) on the pulmonary and cardiovascular systems, and on the platelets present in peripheral blood were investigated in 9 normal individuals and in 6 patients with asthma and 3 individuals with lyso-PAF. The inhalation of PAF caused an acute decrease in specific airway conductance. The circulatory system parameters monitored showed an increase in heart rate while blood pressure decreased in both groups that were studied. The inhalation of PAF led to a significant increase in the differential count of polymorphonuclear leukocytes after 15 min; the count returned to the initial level after 24 h. However, the platelet count remained unchanged. The phosphatidylinositol (PI) turnover and in particular the formation of 1,4,5-inositoltrisphosphate (IP3) in platelets were investigated after PAF inhalation. It also mediated an increase in intracellular free calcium concentration, [Ca2+]i, in response to a second challenge with exogenous PAF. The basal levels of IP3 and [Ca2+]i were significantly greater in the platelets of patients with asthma than in those of normal individuals (p less than 0.01). Platelets that had been isolated from normal and asthmatic subjects had a higher concen...Continue Reading

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Mar 14, 1998·Chest·C MoritaniM Yamakido
Apr 9, 2014·Clinical and Experimental Allergy : Journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology·C Page, S Pitchford
Mar 24, 2010·Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics·Lineu BaldisseraEdson Antunes
Jan 1, 1993·Platelets·C M Herd, C P Page

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