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Endothelial Derived Vasoactive Factors and Leukocyte Derived Inflammatory Mediators in Subjects with Asymptomatic Atherosclerosis

A. Gottsäter, MD, PhD

B. Hedblad, MD, PhD

B. Palmqvist, MLT

I. Mattiasson, MD, PhD

F. Lindgärde, MD, PhD, FACA

To clarify relationships between the (endothelial vasodilatory and vasoconstrictive function) and leukocyte inflammatory mediators in subjects with asymptomatic athero sclerosis, we measured (intraplatelet cyclic 3-5 ¢ guanosine monophosphate [cGMP] and cyclic 3-5 ¢ adenosine monophosphate [cAMP]), plasma endothelin (ET-1), and plasma neopterin in 197 subjects with asymptomatic atherosclerosis (median age 63 years, range 49-69 years). We measured neutrophil protease 4 (NP ₄), tumor necrosis factor (TNFµ), soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor-1 (sTNFR-1), and neutrophil gelatinase associ ated lipocalin (NGAL) in 152 of the 197 subjects. Intraplatelet cGMP correlated inversely with plasma ET-1 (r=-0.22; p=0.01), which confirms earlier in vitro data of the inhibitory effect of ET-1 on NO production and/or the cGMP mediated inhibitory effect of NO on ET-1 production. Plasma neopterin as well as NP4 correlated directly with intraplatelet cGMP (r=0.24; p<0.01 and r=0.33; p<0.001, respectively). Intraplatelet cAMP correlated directly with plasma TNFµ (r=0.17; p<0.05) and sTNFR-1 (r=0.20; p<0.05). The relationship between leukocyte derived inflammatory mediators and intraplatelet cyclic nucleotides suggest an antiaggregating effect of leukocytes upon platelets, which may constitute a negative feedback mechanism that inhibits platelet acti vation during the atherosclerotic inflammatory process.

Angiology, Vol. 49, No. 12, 957-966 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979804901201


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