Abstract
The cytochemical localization of particulate guanylate cyclase and adenylate cyclase activities in rabbit platelets were studied after stimulation with various agents, at the electron microscope level. In the presence of platelet aggregating agents such as thrombin and ADP, the particulate reaction product of guanylate cyclase activity was detectable on plasma membrane and on membranes of the open canalicular system. In contrast, samples incubated with platelet-activating factor showed no activation of the cyclase activity. Atrial natriuretic factor stimulated the particulate guanylate cyclase. The ultracytochemical localization of this activated cyclase was the same as that of thrombin- or ADP-stimulated guanylate cyclase. Adenylate cyclase activity was studied in platelets incubated with prostaglandin E1 plus or minus insulin. The enzyme reaction product was found at the same sites where guanylate cyclase was detected. Therefore guanylate and adenylate cyclase activities do not seem to be preferentially localised in platelet membranes.
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