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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 243: R454-R461, 1982;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 243, Issue 3 454-R461, Copyright © 1982 by American Physiological Society

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Comparative study of platelet dense granule constituents

K. M. Meyers, H. Holmsen and C. L. Seachord

Cat, cattle, dog, horse, human, mink, pig, and rabbit platelets were separated from plasma by gel filtration. The gel-filtered platelets (GFP) were treated with thrombin to induce maximal granule secretion and the potential dense granule constituents ATP, ADP, serotonin (5-HT), Ca2+, and Mg2+ were measured in GFP and in the control and thrombin-treated platelets and in the respective supernatants. The amount of Ca2+, Mg2+, 5-HT, ATP, and ADP within the nonreleasable pool for all species varied between 3.1 and 10.0 mumol/10(11) platelets for Ca2+ and Mg2+ was less than 1.5 mumol/10(11) platelets for ADP and 5-HT and was between 2.0 and 5.0 mumol/10(11) platelets for ATP. Marked differences were observed in the releasable fraction. Human platelets were characterized by the largest releasable Ca2+ pool (greater than 10 mumol/10(11) platelets), the smallest secretable 5-HT and Mg2+ pool (less than 0.5 mumol/10(11) platelets), and the lowest ATP-to-ADP ratio (greater than 1.0). Pig platelets had the highest amount of releasable Mg2+ (approximately 8.0 mumol/10(11) platelets). Rabbits platelets released the most 5-HT (greater than 3.0 mumol/10(11)) and had the highest ATP/ADP (greater than 5.0). The releasable pool of Ca2+, Mg2+, ATP, and ADP in the remaining species varied in mumol/10(11) platelets from approximately 1.5-4.0, approximately 1.0-3.0, 0.5-3.5, and approximately 0.5-1.5, respectively.


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