Abstract
This study was designed to elucidate changes in rabbit platelet lipids induced by a cholesterol rich diet and to explore the possible correlation of these lipid changes with platelet abnormalities. Pronounced biochemical alterations were observed when serum cholesterol levels of 700–1000 mg% were reached. Hypercholesterolemic (HC) platelets contained 37% more neutral lipids and 16% less phospholipids than the controls. Lysolecithin, cholesterol esters and phosphatidylinositol (PI) levels were increased in HC platelets, and the levels of phosphatidylcholine (PC) were decreased. The cholesterol/phospholipid molar ratio of lipidemic platelets increased from 0.55±0.011 to 0.89±0.016 (P<0.01) in eight weeks. HC platelets had 90% more arachidonic acid (AA) in the PI than normal platelets. No significant changes in AA of PC were observed.
Platelet function was monitored by the uptake and release of [14C]serotonin in platelet rich plasma (PRP), using varying concentrations of collagen as an aggregating agent. The uptake of [14C]serotonin in HC and normal platelets ranged from 78–94%. The percent of [14C]serotonin released from normal and HC platelets was proportional to the concentration of collagen. However, lipidemic platelets were hyperreactive to low concentrations of collagen. Incorporation of 50 μM acetylsalicylic acid into the aggregating medium suppressed the release of [14C]serotonin in normal PRP by more than 90%, but had only a partial effect on lipidemic PRP.
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Abbreviations
- AA:
-
arachidonic acid
- ASA:
-
acetylsalicylic acid
- BHT:
-
butylated hydroxytoluene
- CE:
-
cholesterol esters
- EDTA:
-
disodium ethlenediaminetetraacetic acid
- FA:
-
fatty acid(s)
- FC:
-
free cholesterol
- FC/PL:
-
free cholesterol/phospholipid molar ratio
- HC:
-
hypercholesterolemia(s)
- LL:
-
lysolecithin
- NL:
-
neutral lipid(s)
- PC:
-
phosphatidylcholine
- PI:
-
phosphatidylinositol
- PL:
-
phospholipid(s)
- PO:
-
peanut oil
- PPP:
-
platelet poor plasma
- PRP:
-
platelet rich plasma
- TLC:
-
thin-layer chromatography
- U.I.:
-
unsaturation index
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Dalal, K.B., Ebbe, S., Mazoyer, E. et al. Biochemical and functional abnormalities in hypercholesterolemic rabbit platelets. Lipids 25, 86–92 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02562210
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