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Turnbull RE, Hafeez A, Sander KN, Barrett DA, Murphy GJ, Goodall AH. Unfractionated heparin reverses aspirin inhibition of platelets during coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Sci Rep 2024; 14:8572. [PMID: 38609431 PMCID: PMC11015001 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-58005-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
Abstract
Unfractionated heparin (UFH) is an effective antithrombotic during surgery but has known adverse effects, in particular on platelets. A marked increase in platelet responsiveness has previously been observed in patients within minutes of receiving UFH, despite adequate inhibition by aspirin prior to heparin. We studied this phenomenon in patients undergoing cardiac artery bypass grafting (n = 17) to determine whether the effects of heparin were systemic or platelet-specific. All patients' platelets were fully inhibited by aspirin prior to surgery, but within 3 min of receiving heparin spontaneous aggregation and responses to arachidonic acid (AA) and ADP increased significantly (p ≥ 0.0002), and activated platelets were found in the circulation. While there was no rise in thromboxane in the plasma following heparin, levels of the major platelet 12-lipoxygenase product, 12-HETE, rose significantly. Mixing experiments demonstrated that the changes caused by heparin resided primarily in the platelets, while addition of AA pathway inhibitors, and analysis of oxylipins provided evidence that, following heparin, aggregating platelets regained their ability to synthesise thromboxane. These findings highlight potentially unrecognised pro-thrombotic and pro-inflammatory changes during CABG surgery, and provide further evidence of adverse effects associated with UFH.
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Affiliation(s)
- Robert E Turnbull
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK.
- The Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester, Lancaster Road, Leicester, LE1 7HB, UK.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK
- Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2HQ, UK
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- Centre for Analytical Bioscience, Advanced Materials and Healthcare Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Centre for Analytical Bioscience, Advanced Materials and Healthcare Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK
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Olechowski B, Khanna V, Mariathas M, Ashby A, Dalton RT, Nordon I, Englyst N, Harris S, Nicholas Z, Thayalasamy K, Mahmoudi M, Curzen N. Changes in platelet function with inflammation in patients undergoing vascular surgery. Platelets 2017; 30:190-198. [DOI: 10.1080/09537104.2017.1392498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Bartosz Olechowski
- Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre University, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre University, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre University, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre University, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre University, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre University, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Institute of Developmental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre University, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre University, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre University, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre University, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre University, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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Naylor AR. Medical treatment strategies to reduce perioperative morbidity and mortality after carotid surgery. Semin Vasc Surg 2017; 30:17-24. [DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2017.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Olechowski B, Ashby A, Mariathas M, Khanna V, Mahmoudi M, Curzen N. Is arachidonic acid stimulation really a test for the response to aspirin? Time to think again? Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2016; 15:35-46. [DOI: 10.1080/14779072.2017.1266255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Bartosz Olechowski
- Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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Naylor A, Sayers R, McCarthy M, Bown M, Nasim A, Dennis M, London N, Bell P. Closing the Loop: A 21-year Audit of Strategies for Preventing Stroke and Death Following Carotid Endarterectomy. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2013; 46:161-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2013.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2013] [Accepted: 05/07/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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McMahon GS, Jones CI, Hayes PD, Naylor AR, Goodall AH. Transient heparin-induced platelet activation linked to generation of platelet 12-lipoxygenase. Findings from a randomised controlled trial. Thromb Haemost 2013; 109:1099-107. [PMID: 23494053 DOI: 10.1160/th12-11-0793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2012] [Accepted: 01/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
Previously we demonstrated that heparin administration during carotid endarterectomy (CEA) caused a marked, but transient increase in platelet aggregation to arachidonic acid (AA) and adenosine diphosphate (ADP), despite effective platelet cyclo-oxygenase-1 (COX-1) inhibition with aspirin. Here we investigated the metabolism of AA via platelet 12-lipoxygenase (12-LOX) as a possible mediator of the observed transient aspirin resistance, and compared the effects of unfractionated (UFH) and low-molecular-weight (LMWH) heparin. A total of 43 aspirinated patients undergoing CEA were randomised in the trial to 5,000 IU UFH (n=22) or 2,500 IU LMWH (dalteparin, n=21). Platelet aggregation to AA (4x10⁻³) and ADP (3x10⁻⁶) was determined, and the products of the COX-1 and 12-LOX pathways; thromboxane B₂ (TXB₂) and 12-hydroxyeicosatretraenoic acid (12-HETE) were measured in plasma, and in material released from aggregating platelets.Aggregation to AA increased significantly (~10-fold) following heparinisation (p<0.0001), irrespective of heparin type (p=0.33). Significant, but smaller (~2-fold) increases in aggregation to ADP were also seen, which were significantly lower in the platelets of patients randomised to LMWH (p<0.0001). Plasma levels of TxB2 did not rise following heparinisation (p=0.93), but 12-HETE increased significantly in the patients' plasma, and released from platelets stimulated in vitro withADP, with both heparin types (p<0.0001). The magnitude of aggregation to ADP correlated with 12-HETE generation (p=0.03). Heparin administration during CEA generates AA that is metabolised to 12-HETE via the 12-LOX pathway, possibly explaining the phenomenon of transient heparin-induced platelet activation. LMWH has less effect on aggregation and 12-HETE generation than UFH when the platelets are stimulated with ADP.
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- Greg S McMahon
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Clinical Sciences Wing, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, LE3 9QP, UK
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