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. 1992 Feb 1;89(3):1031–1035. doi: 10.1073/pnas.89.3.1031

Role of cGMP and cGMP-dependent protein kinase in nitrovasodilator inhibition of agonist-evoked calcium elevation in human platelets.

J Geiger 1, C Nolte 1, E Butt 1, S O Sage 1, U Walter 1
PMCID: PMC48379  PMID: 1310537

Abstract

Most platelet agonists activate and elevate the cytosolic free calcium concentration in human platelets through receptor-dependent mechanisms that are antagonized by cAMP- and cGMP-elevating agents. Nitrovasodilators such as nitroprusside and endothelium-derived relaxing factor are potent cGMP-elevating platelet inhibitors. In the present study, the role of cGMP and cGMP-dependent protein kinase in nitrovasodilator inhibition of ADP- and thrombin-evoked calcium elevation and activation of human platelets was investigated. Preincubation of platelets with 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-pCPT-cGMP; a membrane-permeant selective activator of the cGMP-dependent protein kinase that does not significantly affect cGMP-regulated phosphodiesterases) inhibited the thrombin-induced phosphorylation mediated by myosin light chain kinase and protein kinase C. Nitrovasodilator-induced protein phosphorylation in human platelets was distinct from that induced by cAMP-elevating prostaglandins and could be mimicked by 8-pCPT-cGMP. Preincubation of human platelets with nitrovasodilators or 8-pCPT-cGMP inhibited the ADP- and thrombin-evoked calcium elevation in the presence and absence of external calcium. Nitrovasodilators and 8-pCPT-cGMP also inhibited the agonist-induced Mn2+ influx, but stopped-flow experiments indicated that the ADP receptor-operated cation channel was not significantly inhibited. These results suggest that in human platelets nitrovasodilators inhibit the agonist-induced calcium mobilization from intracellular stores and the secondary store-related calcium influx but not the ADP receptor-operated cation channel. The results also suggest that these nitrovasodilator effects are mediated by cGMP and the cGMP-dependent protein kinase.

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