Fig. 5. Recombinant CFHR5 enhances platelet activation in platelet rich plasma.
Platelet activation was measured by surface expression of (a) P-selectin, (b) activated GP IIb/IIIa (PAC1+) or (c) CD63, following treatment of platelet rich plasma with different concentrations of adenosine diphosphate (ADP), convulxin or TRAP6, [a–c: top, middle and bottom panels, respectively] following pre-incubation with recombinant CFHR5, or PBS control. d Platelet aggregation was measured in response to ADP (2 μm) following pre-incubation with recombinant CFHR5, or PBS control: representative aggregation curve [left], maximum aggregation [middle] and slope [right], of four independent experiments. ADP-induced platelet activated GP IIb/IIIa (PAC1+) was measured following preincubation with: (e) DMSO (control) or compstatin, or (f) PBS (control) or an anti-C3a antibody, followed by treatment with PBS or rCFHR5. US: unstimulated (PBS control). Each experiment is represented by an individual point and paired experiments connected by a dotted line. Anova (a–c) and t-test (d–f) were performed (two-tailed). *p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001 (p for trend bottom right). Source data are provided as a Source Data file (Fig. 5).