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Silverstein BH, Kolbman N, Nelson A, Liu T, Guzzo P, Gilligan J, Lee U, Mashour GA, Vanini G, Pal D. Psilocybin induces dose-dependent changes in functional network organization in rat cortex. bioRxiv 2024:2024.02.09.579718. [PMID: 38405722 PMCID: PMC10888735 DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.09.579718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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Psilocybin produces an altered state of consciousness in humans and is associated with complex spatiotemporal changes in brain networks. Given the emphasis on rodent models for mechanistic studies, there is a need for characterization of the effect of psilocybin on brain-wide network dynamics. Previous rodent studies of psychedelics, using electroencephalogram, have primarily been done with sparse electrode arrays that offered limited spatial resolution precluding network level analysis, and have been restricted to lower gamma frequencies. Therefore, in the study, we used electroencephalographic recordings from 27 sites (electrodes) across rat cortex (n=6 male, 6 female) to characterize the effect of psilocybin (0.1 mg/kg, 1 mg/kg, and 10 mg/kg delivered over an hour) on network organization as inferred through changes in node degree (index of network density) and connection strength (weighted phase-lag index). The removal of aperiodic component from the electroencephalogram localized the primary oscillatory changes to theta (4-10 Hz), medium gamma (70-110 Hz), and high gamma (110-150 Hz) bands, which were used for the network analysis. Additionally, we determined the concurrent changes in theta-gamma phase-amplitude coupling. We report that psilocybin, in a dose-dependent manner, 1) disrupted theta-gamma coupling [p<0.05], 2) increased frontal high gamma connectivity [p<0.05] and posterior theta connectivity [p≤0.049], and 3) increased frontal high gamma [p<0.05] and posterior theta [p≤0.046] network density. The medium gamma frontoparietal connectivity showed a nonlinear relationship with psilocybin dose. Our results suggest that high-frequency network organization, decoupled from local theta-phase, may be an important signature of psilocybin-induced non-ordinary state of consciousness.
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- Brian H Silverstein
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
- Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
- Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Tryp Therapeutics, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1Y 7T2, Canada
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- Tryp Therapeutics, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1Y 7T2, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
- Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
- Michigan Psychedelic Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
- Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
- Michigan Psychedelic Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
- Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
- Michigan Psychedelic Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
- Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
- Michigan Psychedelic Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Kolbman N, Liu T, Guzzo P, Gilligan J, Mashour GA, Vanini G, Pal D. Intravenous psilocybin attenuates mechanical hypersensitivity in a rat model of chronic pain. Curr Biol 2023; 33:R1282-R1283. [PMID: 38113836 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Revised: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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There is a renewed interest in psychedelic drugs as potential therapeutic agents for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. In particular, psilocybin has shown promise for the treatment of refractory depression1 and major depressive disorder2, and has also been explored as a treatment for tobacco and alcohol abuse3,4. However, despite suggestive evidence5,6, there has been no systematic study to investigate the effectiveness of psilocybin in attenuating indices of chronic pain. To address this gap, we investigated the effect of psilocybin on mechanical hypersensitivity and thermal hyperalgesia in a well-established rat model of formalin-induced, centralized chronic pain7,8 and demonstrate that a single intravenous bolus administration of psilocybin can attenuate mechanical hypersensitivity for 28 days.
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- Nicholas Kolbman
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Michigan Psychedelic Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Tryp Therapeutics, Kelowna, BC V1Y 7T2, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Michigan Psychedelic Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Michigan Psychedelic Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Michigan Psychedelic Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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Minuz P, Lechi C, Arosio E, Guzzo P, Zannoni M, Lauciello C, Lechi A. Effect of Picotamide on Platelet Aggregation and on Thromboxane A2 Production In Vivo. Thromb Haemost 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1648141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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SummaryEffects of picotamide (900 mg in 3 oral administrations for 7 days) on ex vivo and in vivo platelet T×A2 production and on platelet aggregation wpre evaluated in 8 patients with peripheral arteriopathy and in 8 normal subjects. Picotamide significantly reduced ADP-induced platelet aggregation, but had no effect on
that induced by arachidonic acid or the thromboxane analogue U46619. Though ex vivo platelet T×A2 production (T×B2 concentration after arachidonic-acid-induced aggregation) was reduced from 946 ± 141 (mean ± SD) to 285 ± 91 ng/ml in controls and from 1515 ± 673 to 732 ± 420 ng/ml in patients with arteriopathy, there was no effect on urinary excretion of 2,3-dinor-T×B2 (in vivo indicator of platelet T×A2 production), or on in vivo PGI2 production (urinary excretion of 6-keto-PGF1α and 2,3-dinor-6-keto-PGF1α). In the same subjects, single-dose aspirin reduced ex vivo T×B2 production by at least 98% and 2,3-dinor-T×B2
excretion from 116.7 ± 61.4 to 32.6 ± 17.0 nglg creatinine in control subjects, and from 156.3 ± 66.1 to 59.1 ± 19.2 ng/g creatinine in patients with peripheral arteriopathy. Our data suggest that inhibition of platelet T×A2 production in vivo may not be picotamide’s main mechanism of action.
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- P Minuz
- The Istituti di Clinica Medica, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- The e Chimica Clinica, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- The Istituti di Clinica Medica, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- The e Chimica Clinica, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- The Istituti di Clinica Medica, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- The e Chimica Clinica, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- The Istituti di Clinica Medica, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Burdick D, DeOrazio R, Guzzo P, Habershaw A, Helle M, Paul B, Wolf M. Synthesis and structure-activity relationship of substitutions at the C-1 position of Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2010; 20:1424-6. [PMID: 20079638 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.12.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2009] [Accepted: 12/24/2009] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A novel series of Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Delta9-THC) analogues were synthesized to determine their potential as cannabinoid receptor modulators. Chemistry focused on conversion of the phenol of Delta9-THC to other functionality through palladium catalyzed reactions with an intermediate triflate 2. Two analogues with sub 100 nM affinity for the CB1 and CB2 receptors were identified.
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- David Burdick
- AMRI, 26 Corporate Circle, PO Box 15098, Albany, NY 12212-5098, USA
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Lehmann A, Holmberg AA, Bhatt U, Bremner-Danielsen M, Brändén L, Elg S, Elebring T, Fitzpatrick K, Geiss WB, Guzzo P, Jensen J, Jerndal G, Mattsson JP, Nilsson K, Olsson BM. Effects of (2R)-(3-amino-2-fluoropropyl)sulphinic acid (AFPSiA) on transient lower oesophageal sphincter relaxation in dogs and mechanism of hypothermic effects in mice. Br J Pharmacol 2005; 146:89-97. [PMID: 15980875 PMCID: PMC1576248 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The effects of the novel GABA analogue (2R)-(3-amino-2-fluoropropyl)sulphinic acid (AFPSiA) on transient lower oesophageal sphincter relaxations (TLOSRs) were studied in the dog. In addition, the GABA(A)/GABA(B) selectivity was determined in vitro and in vivo, and the pharmacokinetics and the metabolism of the compound were studied in the dog and rat. TLOSRs were reduced by 55 +/- 8% after intragastric administration of AFPSiA at 14 mumol kg(-1) and did not decrease further at higher doses. When evaluated 2 and 4 h after administration, the effect declined to 37 +/- 6 and 16 +/- 9%, respectively. Spontaneous swallowing was only significantly inhibited at 100 micromol kg(-1). The oral availability of AFPSiA was 52 +/- 17 and 71 +/- 4% in the dog and rat, respectively. A fraction of AFPSiA was oxidised to the corresponding sulphonate, (2R)-(3-amino-2-fluoropropyl)sulphonic acid (AFPSoA) after oral administration to the rat and dog. In rat brain membranes, AFPSiA was found to have ten times higher affinity for rat brain GABA(B) (K(i) =47 +/- 4.4 nM) compared to GABA(A) (K(i) = 430 +/- 46 nM) binding sites. The compound was a full agonist at human recombinant GABA(B(1a,2)) receptors (EC(50) = 130 +/- 10 nM). In contrast, the metabolite AFPSoA was considerably more selective for binding to rat brain GABA(A) (K(i) = 37 +/- 3.1 nM) vs GABA(B) (K(i) = 6800 +/- 280 nM) receptors. In the mouse, high doses (1-8 mmol kg(-1)) of AFPSiA induced a rapid and mild hypothermia followed by a profound and sustained hypothermia at the higher doses tested (6 and 8 mmol kg(-1)). This effect was unaffected by the selective GABA(B) receptor antagonist CGP62349. AFPSoA (1 and 2 mmol kg(-1)) produced transient and moderate hypothermia while the hypothermic response was considerably larger at 4 mmol kg(-1).It is concluded that AFPSiA inhibits but does not abolish TLOSRs in the dog. High doses of the compound induce hypothermia in the mouse, which probably is attributable to activation of the GABA(A) receptor. The latter effect may be caused both by AFPSiA and its oxidised sulphonic acid metabolite AFPSoA.
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- Anders Lehmann
- Integrative Pharmacology, Gastrointestinal Biology, AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, Mölndal, Sweden.
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Lechi C, Gaino S, Andrioli G, Paluani F, Guzzo P, Bellavite P, Zatti M, Arosio E. Decrease of platelet intracellular pH and adhesion by ticlopidine in patients with vascular disease. INT ANGIOL 1998; 17:38-42. [PMID: 9657246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ticlopidine inhibits platelet aggregation by preventing the binding of fibrinogen to its platelet receptor. We examined whether this inhibition involved platelet transduction system such as Na+/H+ pump and platelet intracellular calcium. METHODS Platelet adhesion in 13 patients with peripheral vascular disease treated with ticlopidine, 250 mg b.i.d for 30 days, was measured in culture microplates before and after therapy. The microplate wells were coated with human plasma, fibrinogen or collagen, and platelet adhesion was studied in the resting condition and after stimulation with 1 and 10 microM ADP. At the same time, platelet intracellular calcium and ADP-induced calcium increases were measured with the fluorescent indicator Fura 2. In addition, intracellular pH and thrombin-induced pH variations were measured with the fluorescent probe BCECF. RESULTS Platelet adhesion to plasma and fibrinogen was significantly reduced (about 50%) after treatment with ticlopidine, while adhesion to collagen was not modified. Basal calcium and ADP-induced calcium increase were not significantly different before and after ticlopidine. Platelet basal intracellular pH was reduced (from 7.44+/-0.009 to 7.41+/-0.017, p<0.05), but agonist-induced alkalinisation was not significantly different. Early acidification, not dependent on Na+/H+ exchange, was also reduced (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS These data do not seem to support the hypothesis that ticlopidine-induced reduction of platelet adhesion depends on alteration of the mechanisms determining signal transduction, at least as far as basal and post-stimulation intracellular calcium is concerned. On the contrary, the possibility that ticlopidine inhibits the Na+/H+ antiport remains open to consideration.
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- C Lechi
- Institute of Medical Clinics and Chemistry and Clinic Microscopics, University of Verona, Italy
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Lechi C, Guzzo P, Arosio E, Paluani F, Delva P, Bellavite P, Lechi A. Early agonist-induced intracellular acidification is increased in platelets from patients with essential hypertension. Am J Hypertens 1994; 7:1090-6. [PMID: 7702804 DOI: 10.1093/ajh/7.12.1090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Enhanced Na+/H+ exchange has been reported to be increased in patients with essential hypertension. However, early variations of intracellular pH, although influenced by the antiport, are only partially dependent on the exchange. In this study, we measured the initial platelet pH response to agonists in a group of untreated subjects with essential hypertension (EH, n = 24) and in a group of age- and sex-matched normotensive control subjects (CS, n = 24). Intracellular pH was measured with the specific fluorescence indicator 2'7'bis(carboxyethyl)-5,6-carboxyfluorescein. Measurements were performed on platelets in the presence or absence of extracellular calcium, in a carbonate-free medium. Intracellular calcium was measured by the Fura 2 method. Mean pH values were slightly higher in the platelets of EH (7.469 +/- 0.017 U) compared with CS (7.423 +/- 0.012 U, P < .05), although there was a substantial overlap. When stimulated with physiologic agonists ADP and thrombin and with the calcium ionophore ionomycin, a biphasic response consisting of early acidification followed by alkalinization was observed, the second phase not being detectable with ADP. The initial acidification was greater in EH, particularly with ADP (EH, -0.046 +/- 0.002 U; CS, -0.036 +/- 0.002 U, P < .001) and with ionomycin (EH, -0.074 +/- 0.007 U; CS, -0.051 +/- 0.005 U, P < .05). This acidification proved in some way calcium dependent, as it was reduced in the absence of extracellular calcium (EGTA) in both EH and CS. After incubation with amiloride a further decrease in intracellular pH, more marked in EH, was observed. Alkalinization induced by thrombin was increased in EH (P < .05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- C Lechi
- Istituti di Clinica Medica e di Chimica Clinica, University of Verona, Italy
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Lo Cascio C, Guzzo P, Loschiavo C, Manzato F, Lechi C. Platelet intracellular calcium is not modified by subcutaneous administration of erythropoietin. Thromb Haemost 1994; 72:326-7. [PMID: 7831674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Bellavite P, Andrioli G, Guzzo P, Arigliano P, Chirumbolo S, Manzato F, Santonastaso C. A colorimetric method for the measurement of platelet adhesion in microtiter plates. Anal Biochem 1994; 216:444-50. [PMID: 8179202 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1994.1066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A procedure for the determination of the adhesion of human platelets to protein-coated culture microwells was developed. The number of platelets was quantitated by measuring the activity of acid phosphatase, a platelet enzyme whose activity is stable independently of platelet stimulation and is not released. Isolated and washed platelets were incubated in 96-well microtiter plates with flat-bottom wells that had been precoated with various compounds, including collagen, fibrinogen, human plasma, and human albumin. At the end of incubation (optimal time: 40-60 min), nonadherent platelets were washed out, adherent platelets were solubilized with Triton X-100, and the acid phosphatase activity was measured by using the substrate p-nitrophenyl phosphate. The p-nitrophenol produced was measured with a microplate reader at 405 nm and the percentage of adhesion was calculated with reference to known platelet standards. ADP and thrombin stimulated platelet adhesion in a dose-dependent manner to fibrinogen and human plasma, but not to human albumin. Platelets adhered to collagen even in the absence of stimulants. Simultaneous evaluation of adhesion and aggregation demonstrated that with ADP as stimulus, but not with thrombin, the two platelet responses were dissociated. Microscopic examination of culture wells showed that most of platelets adhered as single cells and not as aggregates. The sensitivity of this method allowed the assay of platelet adhesion by using only 2.5 x 10(5) platelets/well.
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- P Bellavite
- Istituto di Chimica e Microscopia Clinica, University of Verona, Italy
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The kinetics and dose-dependence of activation of human neutrophils exposed to sequential additions of the chemotactic peptide n-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) have been investigated by multiwell microplate assays. Treatment of neutrophils with medium-high doses (from 10(-8) to 5 x 10(-7) M) of fMLP caused activation of superoxide anion (O2-) production, but prevented further activation by a subsequent addition of an optimal dose (from 10(-7) M to 5 x 10(-7) M) of fMLP. These findings represent an example of cell desensitization, or adaptation. However, neutrophils treated with low, sub-stimulatory doses (from 10(-10) to 5 x 10(-9) M) of the peptide and then treated with optimal doses of fMLP exhibited an O2- production that was two to three-fold higher than that induced by the same optimal doses on untreated cells. A similar phenomenon of homologous priming of the oxidative metabolism of neutrophil has not previously been described or characterized. Priming was maximal after about 30 min of incubation with fMLP, which differed from desensitization, which required only a few minutes. Homologous priming was not confined to O2- production, but was also observed with the release of the granule enzyme, lysozyme. Low doses of fMLP were also capable of triggering an increase of intracellular free Ca2+ and of fMLP membrane receptors, which are possible mechanisms responsible for priming.
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- P Bellavite
- Istituto di Chimica e Microscopia Clinica, Università di Verona, Italy
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Lechi C, Arosio E, Zannoni M, Guzzo P, Delva P, Montesi G, Lechi A. Platelet intracellular pH and glucose metabolism in hypertensive patients. J Hum Hypertens 1993; 7:39-42. [PMID: 8450519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Intracellular platelet pH was studied by the BCECF fluorescent pH-sensitive intracellular indicator method in 52 patients with essential hypertension and 42 control subjects of similar age and sex. In 40 hypertensive patients studied by oral glucose tolerance test (standard OGTT) 23 presented with pathological blood glucose and plasma insulin values. Intracellular pH was on average higher in hypertensives (7.415 +/- 0.114, mean +/- SD) than in controls (7.348 +/- 0.109, P < 0.05), although there was a considerable overlap in values. In the group of hypertensive patients, no difference was observed between those with normal and those with pathological OGTT. There was also no significant correlation between intracellular pH and blood glucose, plasma insulin after OGTT, plasma cholesterol and triglycerides, age, BP or body mass index. These data are consistent with an anomaly of intraplatelet pH, perhaps owing to alteration of Na+/H+ exchange in essential hypertension, but do not indicate that this is related to a condition of hyper-insulinaemia or insulin resistance.
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- C Lechi
- Istituti di Chimica e Microscopia Clinica e di Clinica Medica, Università di Verona, Italy
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Delva P, Pastori C, Degan M, Zamboni M, Arosio E, Lechi C, Guzzo P, Armellini F, Lechi A. Erythrocyte Na(+)-H+ exchange activity in a group of essential hypertensive patients. J Hypertens Suppl 1991; 9:S296-7. [PMID: 1668001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- P Delva
- Clinica Medica, University of Verona, Italy
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- M Negri
- Istituto di Chimica e Microscopia Clinica, Università di Verona, Italy
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Minuz P, Lechi C, Arosio E, Guzzo P, Zannoni M, Lauciello C, Lechi A. Effect of picotamide on platelet aggregation and on thromboxane A2 production in vivo. Thromb Haemost 1991; 65:312-6. [PMID: 2048055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Effects of picotamide (900 mg in 3 oral administrations for 7 days) on ex vivo and in vivo platelet TxA2 production and on platelet aggregation were evaluated in 8 patients with peripheral arteriopathy and in 8 normal subjects. Picotamide significantly reduced ADP-induced platelet aggregation, but had no effect on that induced by arachidonic acid or the thromboxane analogue U46619. Though ex vivo platelet TxA2 production (TxB2 concentration after arachidonic-acid-induced aggregation) was reduced from 946 +/- 141 (mean +/- SD) to 285 +/- 91 ng/ml in controls and from 1515 +/- 673 to 732 +/- 420 ng/ml in patients with arteriopathy, there was no effect on urinary excretion of 2,3-dinor-TXB2 (in vivo indicator of platelet TxA2 production), or on in vivo PGI2 production (urinary excretion of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and 2,3-dinor-6-keto-PGF1 alpha). In the same subjects, single-dose aspirin reduced ex vivo TxB2 production by at least 98% and 2,3-dinor-TxB2 excretion from 116.7 +/- 61.4 to 32.6 +/- 17.0 ng/g creatinine in control subjects, and from 156.3 +/- 66.1 to 59.1 +/- 19.2 ng/g creatinine in patients with peripheral arteriopathy. Our data suggest that inhibition of platelet TxA2 production in vivo may not be picotamide's main mechanism of action.
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- P Minuz
- Istituti di Clinica Medica, University of Verona, Italy
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Lechi C, Arosio E, Minuz P, Guzzo P, Paluani F, Sinigaglia D, Lechi A. Increased platelet aggregation and intracellular calcium in hypertensive patients: effects of cyclo-oxygenase blockade. J Hypertens Suppl 1989; 7:S160-1. [PMID: 2517300 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-198900076-00076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Increased platelet aggregation induced by ADP and arachidonic acid was observed in 12 patients with essential hypertension compared with 12 control subjects, but not after pretreatment with acetylsalicylic acid. The increase in intracellular calcium induced by ADP was also greater in the hypertensive patients, and again this difference disappeared after cyclo-oxygenase blockade. Urinary excretion of 2,3-dinor-thromboxane B2, the main metabolite of platelet thromboxane A2, was slightly, but not significantly increased in the hypertensive patients. These data suggest that thromboxane system activity is increased in the platelets of hypertensive patients.
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- C Lechi
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Verona University, Italy
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Lechi C, Sinigaglia D, Delva P, Guzzo P, Arosio E, Steele A, Lechi A. Platelet intracellular free Ca2+ after incubation with plasma from hypertensive patients. J Hum Hypertens 1989; 3:45-8. [PMID: 2724271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
Variations in intracellular free calcium were measured in platelets from normal donors, incubated with plasma from hypertensive patients and from control subjects to test the hypothesis that a circulating factor might induce an increase in calcium concentration. Before incubation, plasma was heat-inactivated or ultrafiltered. Incubation both with heat-inactivated and ultrafiltered plasma failed to result in any significant modifications in intracellular free calcium. Similarly, no significant increase was observed after incubation with ouabain at concentrations ranging from 10(-7) to 10(-4) M. No significant differences were observed between platelets incubated with plasma from hypertensive as compared with control subjects. These findings are not consistent with the hypothesis that the increase in intracellular free calcium observed in platelets of hypertensive patients may be due to a plasma ouabain-like factor.
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Affiliation(s)
- C Lechi
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University of Verona, Italy
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