EFFECTS OF BACTERIAL ENDOTOXIN ON RABBIT PLATELETS : II. ENHANCEMENT OF PLATELET FACTOR 3 ACTIVITY IN VITRO AND IN VIVO |
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| Authors: | Herbert I. Horowitz Roger M. Des Prez Edward W. Hook |
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| Affiliation: | From the Department of Medicine, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York |
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| Abstract: | Incubation of rabbit platelet-rich plasma with bacterial endotoxin results in activation of platelet factor 3, a precursor of blood thromboplastin. This platelet-endotoxin interaction is dose- and temperature-dependent, and is similar to the effects of antigen-antibody union in the presence of platelets. Injection of endotoxin intravenously is associated with a transient increase in platelet factor 3. Since platelet factor 3 can be demonstrated in platelet-poor plasma as well as platelet-rich plasma after endotoxin injection, it seems likely that an actual transfer of factor 3 from platelets to plasma occurs and that this activity is then rapidly inactivated or cleared from the blood stream. |
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