Abstract
Adhesion of blood platelets to collagen may be involved in pathogenesis of septic shock after damage of endothelial cells by LPS or inflammatory cytokines. Therefore, analysis of platelet adhesion in the presence of endotoxin seems to be of great importance. We studied in vitro the effects of LPSs (S1959, R110, R45) from Proteus mirabilis (smooth and rough types differing significantly in their composition) on the adhesion of unstimulated and thrombin-stimulated platelets to collagen. The adhesion was measured by a static method as absorbance of cell attached proteins. In this work we report that adhesion of resting platelets to collagen was stimulated by all tested LPSs. The effects were dependent on the doses of LPSs. In the presence of LPSs the inhibition of adhesion of thrombin-treated platelets to collagen was observed. The results presented in this paper indicate that LPSs from Proteus mirabilis may act directly on blood platelets and stimulate adhesion of resting platelets to collagen. On the other hand, LPSs can have an inhibitory effect on adhesion of thrombin-stimulated platelets to collagen.
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