Thrombelastography for the monitoring of lipopolysaccharide induced activation of coagulation

Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Kai ZacharowskiMatthias Hartmann

Abstract

During Gram-negative sepsis, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) activates toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 and induces complex responses of immune system and haemostasis. In the present study we investigated whether thrombelastography is suitable to monitor the LPS-induced activation of coagulation. Whole blood samples from healthy volunteers were incubated with LPS for various incubation periods (0-5 hrs), thereafter rotation thrombelastography was performed. Incubation of whole blood (>or=3 h) with LPS markedly reduced clotting time; after 5 hrs the variable was reduced from 459+/-39 sec to 80+/-20 sec while the other thrombelastography variables (angle alpha, clot formation time, maximal clot formation) remained unaltered. EC(50) of the LPS effect on whole blood clotting time was 18 microg/ml. In isolated leukocytes, diluted in platelet poor plasma, far lower LPS-concentrations were effective: 10 ng/ml LPS reduced clotting time from 439+/-68 sec to 200+/-56 sec. Experiments with the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide and active site-inhibited factor VIIa revealed that LPS exerts its effects via the synthesis of tissue factor. Addition of tissue factor to whole blood samples revealed that a concentration of 100 fmol/l can be detected ...Continue Reading

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