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. 1979 Nov;76(11):5919–5923. doi: 10.1073/pnas.76.11.5919

Triene prostaglandins: Prostaglandin D3 and icosapentaenoic acid as potential antithrombotic substances

Mark O Whitaker *, Angela Wyche *, Frank Fitzpatrick †, Howard Sprecher ‡, Philip Needleman *
PMCID: PMC411764  PMID: 230492

Abstract

Addition of the 3-series fatty acid precursor (icosapentaenoic acid, IPA), its endoperoxide [prostaglandin (PG)H3], or thromboxane A3 to human platelet-rich plasma (PRP) does not result in aggregation of the platelets. In fact, preincubation of human PRP with exogenous PGH3 actually inhibited aggregation by increasing platelet cyclic AMP concentrations. PGH3 undergoes rapid spontaneous degradation to PGD3 in human PRP. The PGD3 so formed is adequate to account for the increase of platelet cAMP and inhibition of aggregation. Furthermore, addition of PGD-specific antisera to human PRP blocked the platelet inhibitory activity of exogenous PGH3. PGD3 has considerable potential as a circulating antithrombotic agent. Pretreatment of human PRP with the adenylate cyclase inhibitor 2′,5′-dideoxyadenosine blocked the increase of platelet cyclic AMP and the inhibition of aggregation normally produced by PGI2, PGE1, PGD2, PGH3, and PGD3. Furthermore, the dideoxyadenosine unmasked a direct but moderate reversible aggregatory effect in response to the subsequent addition of PGH3. Similarly, the dideoxyadenosine markedly enhanced the aggregation produced by exogenous PGH2. IPA is readily incorporated into tissue lipids but proved to be a poor substrate for kidney, blood vessel, or heart cyclooxygenase. IPA was previously shown to be a poor substrate for platelet cyclooxygenase. IPA is readily deacylated from the renal phospholipid pool in response to bradykinin, a substance that also stimulates the release of arachidonic acid. A diet that relies primarily on cold-water fish, as in the case of the Greenland Eskimos, lowers endogenous arachidonic acid and markedly increases the IPA content of tissue lipids. Thus, because IPA has the potential to act as an antagonist with arachidonic acid for platelet cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase, the simultaneous release of IPA could suppress any residual arachidonic acid conversion to its aggregatory metabolites.

Keywords: prostaglandin H3; platelets; 2′,5′-dideoxyadenosine

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