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Andreas Bltmann, Christian Herdeg, Zhongmin Li, Gtz Mnch, Christine Baumgartner, Harald Langer, Elisabeth Kremmer, Tobias Geisler, Andreas May, Martin Ungerer, Meinrad Gawaz
Local delivery of soluble platelet collagen receptor glycoprotein VI inhibits thrombus formation in vivo
Keywords: angioplasty, glycoprotein VI, platelets, thrombosis, collagen
Platelet-mediated thrombus formation at the site of vascular injury is a major trigger for thrombo-ischemic complications after coronary interventions. The platelet collagen receptor glycoprotein VI (GPVI) plays a critical role in the initiation of arterial thrombus formation. Endothelial denudation of the right carotid artery in rabbits was induced through balloon injury. Subsequently, local delivery of soluble, dimeric fusion protein of GPVI (GPVI-Fc) (n = 7) or control Fc (n = 7) at the site of vascular injury was performed with a modified double-balloon drugdelivery catheter. Thrombus area within the injured carotid artery was quantified using a computer-assisted image analysis and was used as index of thrombus formation. The extent of thrombus formation was significantly reduced in GPVI-Fc- compared with control Fc-treated carotid arteries (relative thrombus area, GPVI-Fc vs. Fc: 9.3 4.2 vs. 2.3 1.7, p < 0.001). Local delivery of soluble GPVI resulted in reduced thrombus formation after catheter-induced vascular injury. These data suggest a selective pharmacological modulation of GPVI-collagen interactions to be important for controlling onset and progression of pathological arterial thrombosis, predominantly or even exclusively at sites of injured carotid arteries in the absence of systemic platelet therapy.
Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Schattauer
Print ISSN: 0340-6245
Volume: 95, 05/2006
Pages: 763 - 766