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Mechanisms and Therapeutics of Platelet Thrombus Formation 2020

A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2021) | Viewed by 16678

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Prof. Dr. Denise Jackson

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Discipline Leader and Program Leader of Laboratory Medicine, BP147 Program Co-ordinator, Head of Thrombosis and Vascular Diseases Laboratory, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, PO Box 71, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia
Interests: thrombosis; platelet biology; mouse models; human platelets; anti-platelet therapy; biochemistry; atherosclerosis; vascular biology
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Dear Colleagues,

Platelets are normally free flowing in a blood vessel. However, in the event of vessel injury or disease, such as atherosclerotic plaques, platelets will initially tether, via exposed extracellular matrix ligands, with respective platelet receptors; then adhesive events occur; followed by activation through signalling events. These inside–out signalling events lead to the conversion of the major platelet integrin alphaIIbbeta3 from a resting to an activated state, where it will bind its natural ligands, including fibrinogen, to create stable platelet aggregates. The numerous steps involved in platelet thrombus formation are regulated by different receptors, ligands, signalling molecules, rheological biomechanical forces, and soluble agonist-dependent mechanisms. These events regulate not only thrombus growth and stability, but also the propagation of blood clots formed. In addition, papers that evaluate new technologies or new therapeutics that modulate thrombus formation will be also be considered.

Prof. Dr. Denise Jackson
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Keywords

  • platelet adhesion
  • platelet aggregation
  • tissue factor bearing microparticles
  • thrombus growth
  • thrombus stability
  • platelet tethering
  • platelet activation
  • propagation of thrombus formation
  • rheological biomechanical platelet aggregation
  • soluble agonist dependent mechanisms

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Standardization and Validation of Fluorescence-Based Quantitative Assay to Study Human Platelet Adhesion to Extracellular-Matrix in a 384-Well Plate
by Augusto Martins Lima, Damian S. Saint Auguste, François Cuenot, Ana C. Martins Cavaco, Tom Lachkar, Cindy Marie Elodie Khawand, Rodrigo A. Fraga-Silva and Nikolaos Stergiopulos
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21(18), 6539; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21186539 - 7 Sep 2020
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Platelets play a crucial role in the immunological response and are involved in the pathological settings of vascular diseases, and their adhesion to the extracellular matrix is important to bring leukocytes close to the endothelial cells and to form and stabilize the thrombus. [...] Read more.
Platelets play a crucial role in the immunological response and are involved in the pathological settings of vascular diseases, and their adhesion to the extracellular matrix is important to bring leukocytes close to the endothelial cells and to form and stabilize the thrombus. Currently there are several methods to study platelet adhesion; however, the optimal parameters to perform the assay vary among studies, which hinders their comparison and reproducibility. Here, a standardization and validation of a fluorescence-based quantitative adhesion assay to study platelet-ECM interaction in a high-throughput screening format is proposed. Our study confirms that fluorescence-based quantitative assays can be effectively used to detect platelet adhesion, in which BCECF-AM presents the highest sensitivity in comparison to other dyes. Full article
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Lipids and Antiplatelet Therapy: Important Considerations and Future Perspectives
by Nina Đukanović, Slobodan Obradović, Marija Zdravković, Siniša Đurašević, Maja Stojković, Tomislav Tosti, Nebojša Jasnić, Jelena Đorđević and Zoran Todorović
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22(6), 3180; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22063180 - 20 Mar 2021
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Lipids play an essential role in platelet functions. It is known that polyunsaturated fatty acids play a role in increasing platelet reactivity and that the prothrombotic phenotype plays a crucial role in the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events. The ongoing increase in [...] Read more.
Lipids play an essential role in platelet functions. It is known that polyunsaturated fatty acids play a role in increasing platelet reactivity and that the prothrombotic phenotype plays a crucial role in the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events. The ongoing increase in cardiovascular diseases’ incidence emphasizes the importance of research linking lipids and platelet function. In particular, the rebound phenomenon that accompanies discontinuation of clopidogrel in patients receiving dual antiplatelet therapy has been associated with changes in the lipid profile. Our many years of research underline the importance of reduced HDL values for the risk of such a rebound effect and the occurrence of thromboembolic events. Lipids are otherwise a heterogeneous group of molecules, and their signaling molecules are not deposited but formed “on-demand” in the cell. On the other hand, exosomes transmit lipid signals between cells, and the profile of such changes can be monitored by lipidomics. Changes in the lipid profile are organ-specific and may indicate new drug action targets. Full article
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Targeting Platelet in Atherosclerosis Plaque Formation: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives
by Lei Wang and Chaojun Tang
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21(24), 9760; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21249760 - 21 Dec 2020
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Besides their role in hemostasis and thrombosis, it has become increasingly clear that platelets are also involved in many other pathological processes of the vascular system, such as atherosclerotic plaque formation. Atherosclerosis is a chronic vascular inflammatory disease, which preferentially develops at sites [...] Read more.
Besides their role in hemostasis and thrombosis, it has become increasingly clear that platelets are also involved in many other pathological processes of the vascular system, such as atherosclerotic plaque formation. Atherosclerosis is a chronic vascular inflammatory disease, which preferentially develops at sites under disturbed blood flow with low speeds and chaotic directions. Hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension are all risk factors for atherosclerosis. When the vascular microenvironment changes, platelets can respond quickly to interact with endothelial cells and leukocytes, participating in atherosclerosis. This review discusses the important roles of platelets in the plaque formation under pro-atherogenic factors. Specifically, we discussed the platelet behaviors under disturbed flow, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia conditions. We also summarized the molecular mechanisms involved in vascular inflammation during atherogenesis based on platelet receptors and secretion of inflammatory factors. Finally, we highlighted the studies of platelet migration in atherogenesis. In general, we elaborated an atherogenic role of platelets and the aspects that should be further studied in the future. Full article
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