Platelet hyperaggregability in high-fat fed rats: a role for intraplatelet reactive-oxygen species production

• Published in: Cardiovascular diabetology 2012-01, Vol.11 (1), p.5-5, Article 5
• Main Authors: Monteiro, Priscila F, Morganti, Rafael P, Delbin, Maria A, Calixto, Marina C, Lopes-Pires, Maria E, Marcondes, Sisi, Zanesco, Angelina, Antunes, Edson
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adenosine Diphosphate; Animals; Antioxidants - pharmacology; BAY 41-2272; Bioavailability; Blood platelets; Blood Platelets - drug effects; Blood Platelets - metabolism; Cyclic GMP; Cyclic GMP - blood; Diet, High-Fat - adverse effects; Enzyme Activation; Enzyme Activators - pharmacology; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Flow Cytometry; Free radicals; Glucose Intolerance - blood; Glucose Intolerance - etiology; Glucose Tolerance Test; Guanylate Cyclase - blood; Heart attacks; Insulin Resistance; Male; Metabolic disorders; Nitric oxide; Nitric Oxide - blood; Nitric Oxide Donors - pharmacology; Obesity; Original Investigation; Oxidative Stress - drug effects; Platelet aggregation; Platelet Aggregation - drug effects; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - pharmacology; Platelet Function Tests; Prostheses; Proteins; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Reactive Oxygen Species - blood; Reactive-oxygen species; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear - blood; Rodents; Signal Transduction; Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase; Studies; Thrombin; Time Factors; Weight Gain
• ISSN: 1475-2840; 1475-2840
• DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-11-5

Adiposity greatly increases the risk of atherothrombotic events, a pathological condition where a chronic state of oxidative stress is reported to play a major role. This study aimed to investigate the involvement of (NO)-soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) signaling pathway in the platelet dysfunction from high fat-fed (HFF) rats. Male Wistar rats were fed for 10 weeks with standard chow (SCD) or high-fat diet (HFD). ADP (10 μM)- and thrombin (100 mU/ml)-induced washed platelet aggregation were evaluated. Measurement of intracellular levels of ROS levels was carried out using flow cytometry. Cyclic GMP levels were evaluated using ELISA kits. High-fat fed rats exhibited significant increases in body weight, epididymal fat, fasting glucose levels and glucose intolerance compared with SCD group. Platelet aggregation induced by ADP (n = 8) and thrombin from HFD rats (n = 8) were significantly greater (P < 0.05) compared with SCD group. Platelet activation with ADP increased by 54% the intraplatelet ROS production in HFD group, as measured by flow cytometry (n = 6). N-acetylcysteine (NAC; 1 mM) and PEG-catalase (1000 U/ml) fully prevented the increased ROS production and platelet hyperaggregability in HFD group. The NO donors sodium nitroprusside (SNP; 10 μM) and SNAP (10 μM), as well as the NO-independent soluble guanylyl cyclase stimulator BAY 41-2272 (10 μM) inhibited the platelet aggregation in HFD group with lower efficacy (P < 0.05) compared with SCD group. The cGMP levels in response to these agents were also markedly lower in HFD group (P < 0.05). The prostacyclin analogue iloprost (1 μM) reduced platelet aggregation in HFD and SCD rats in a similar fashion (n = 4). Metabolic abnormalities as consequence of HFD cause platelet hyperaggregability involving enhanced intraplatelet ROS production and decreased NO bioavailability that appear to be accompanied by potential defects in the prosthetic haem group of soluble guanylyl cyclase.