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Histamine Potentiates Human Platelet Aggregation Induced by Platelet-Activating Factor

Histamine Potentiates Human Platelet Aggregation Induced by Platelet-Activating Factor Using human platelet-rich plasma (PRP) we found that histamine concentration-dependently potentiated platelet aggregation induced by platelet-activating factor (PAF). When added separately, neither histamine nor chloropyramine, a competitive antagonist of H<sub>1</sub> receptors, influenced platelet aggregation, however BN 52021, a specific PAF receptor antagonist, con-centration-dependently inhibited the response. Chloropyramine reduced the potentiating effect of histamine on PAF-induced platelet aggregation, and when it was coadministered with BN 52021, inducing 63% inhibition of PAF-induced aggregation, the histamine-potentiated PAF response was completely abolished. This observation draws attention to the importance of cooperation between histamine and PAF in mediation of platelet aggregation in human PRP, and points to the powerful antiaggregatory effect of BN 52021 combined with an antagonist of H<sub>1</sub> receptors. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Archives of Allergy and Immunology Karger

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Publisher
Karger
Copyright
© 1992 S. Karger AG, Basel
ISSN
1018-2438
eISSN
1423-0097
DOI
10.1159/000236101
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Abstract

Using human platelet-rich plasma (PRP) we found that histamine concentration-dependently potentiated platelet aggregation induced by platelet-activating factor (PAF). When added separately, neither histamine nor chloropyramine, a competitive antagonist of H<sub>1</sub> receptors, influenced platelet aggregation, however BN 52021, a specific PAF receptor antagonist, con-centration-dependently inhibited the response. Chloropyramine reduced the potentiating effect of histamine on PAF-induced platelet aggregation, and when it was coadministered with BN 52021, inducing 63% inhibition of PAF-induced aggregation, the histamine-potentiated PAF response was completely abolished. This observation draws attention to the importance of cooperation between histamine and PAF in mediation of platelet aggregation in human PRP, and points to the powerful antiaggregatory effect of BN 52021 combined with an antagonist of H<sub>1</sub> receptors.

Journal

International Archives of Allergy and ImmunologyKarger

Published: Jan 1, 1992

Keywords: BN 52021; Chloropyramine; Platelet-activating factor; Platelet aggregation; Platelet-rich plasma, human; Histamine

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