Assessment of platelet functional activity in healthy individuals and patients receiving antiplatelet therapy. Possible inconsistencies between aggregation and flow cytometry tests
Platelet functional activity was assessed in healthy volunteers (HV, n=92), patients with stable angina pectoris (SA, n=42) and acute coronary syndrome (ACS, n=73), treated with acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) + clopidogrel and ASA + ticagrelor, respectively. In all HV and patients we have compared parameters of platelet aggregation (maximum light transmission and velocity, Tmax and Vmax) and parameters, characterizing exposure of platelet activation markers, evaluated by flow cytometry. HV platelets were activated by 10 μM, 1 μM TRAP, and 20 μM, 5 μM, 2.5 μM ADP; patient platelets were activated by 10 μM TRAP and by 20 μM and 5 μM ADP. Strong and significant correlations between the aggregation and flow cytometry parameters (the r correlation coefficient from 0.4 up to >0.6) most frequently were registered in HV platelet during activation by 1 μM TRAP and in SA patients during platelet activation by 20 μM and 5 μM ADP. However, in many other cases these correlations were rather weak (r < 0.3) and sometimes statistically insignificant. In HV the differences in PAC-1 binding parameters between platelets activated by 10 μM TRAP (the strongest agonist) and all ADP concentrations were negligible (≤ 10%), while CD62P binding (at all ADP concentrations) and LTA parameters for (5 μM and 2.5 μM ADP) were significantly lower (by 40–60%). Antiplatelet therapy in patients decreased all parameters as compared to HV, but to varying extents. For 10 μM TRAP the MFI index for PAC-1 binding (40–50% decrease) and for both ADP concentrations the Tmax values (60–85% decrease) appeared to be the most sensitive in comparison with the other parameters that decreased to a lesser extent. The data obtained indicate a possibility of inconsistency between different LTA and flow cytometry parameters in assessing platelet activity and efficacy of antiplatelet drugs.
Bodrova V.V., Shustova O.N., Golubeva N.V., Alieva A.K., Vlodzyanovsky V.V., Pevzner D.V., Mazurov A.V. (2024) Assessment of platelet functional activity in healthy individuals and patients receiving antiplatelet therapy. Possible inconsistencies between aggregation and flow cytometry tests. Biomeditsinskaya Khimiya, 70(2), 99-108.
Bodrova V.V. et al. Assessment of platelet functional activity in healthy individuals and patients receiving antiplatelet therapy. Possible inconsistencies between aggregation and flow cytometry tests // Biomeditsinskaya Khimiya. - 2024. - V. 70. -N 2. - P. 99-108.
Bodrova V.V. et al., "Assessment of platelet functional activity in healthy individuals and patients receiving antiplatelet therapy. Possible inconsistencies between aggregation and flow cytometry tests." Biomeditsinskaya Khimiya 70.2 (2024): 99-108.
Bodrova, V. V., Shustova, O. N., Golubeva, N. V., Alieva, A. K., Vlodzyanovsky, V. V., Pevzner, D. V., Mazurov, A. V. (2024). Assessment of platelet functional activity in healthy individuals and patients receiving antiplatelet therapy. Possible inconsistencies between aggregation and flow cytometry tests. Biomeditsinskaya Khimiya, 70(2), 99-108.
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