Abstract
The effects of collagen and thrombin on the liberation of free arachidonic acid were investigated in human platelets by fluorometric high-performance liquid chromatography. Collagen induced a concentration-dependent increase in the extent of platelet aggregation, as well as an accumulation of arachidonic acid in human platelets. By contrast, thrombin effectively provoked a potent aggregation at relatively low concentration without any accumulation of free arachidonic acid, although the accumulation of arachidonic acid was detected at a high concentration of thrombin (> 0.1 U/ml) that induced full aggregation. The selective liberation of arachidonic acid was found in thrombin-stimulated platelets. Non-selective liberation of fatty acids occurred in platelets that had been stimulated with a high concentration of collagen (10 micrograms/ml), as well as in platelets stimulated with A23187. The net amount of free arachidonic acid in collagen-stimulated platelets was estimated by use of eicosatetraenoic acid (ETYA), which is an inhibitor of both cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase. ETYA markedly potentiated the accumulation of free arachidonic acid in collagen-stimulated platelets without changing the amounts of other fatty acids in the cell.
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