Atorvastatin inhibits platelet aggregation and activation following carotid balloon injury in cholesterol-fed rabbits

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of atorvastatin on platelet aggregation and activation in the acute phase following balloon-induced carotid artery injury in rabbits fed cholesterol-enriched diet.

METHODS: Thirty rabbits were randomly divided into 5 equal groups, namely control group, high-cholesterol group, model group, low-dose (5 mg/kg daily) atorvastatin group, and high-dose (10 mg/kg daily) atorvastatin group. Platelet aggregation rate was measured in the rabbits by turbidimetric platelet aggregometry, and the changes of serum P-selectin and thromboxane B2 (TXB2) levels were detected with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

RESULTS: Compared with those in the control group, serum P-selectin level increased significantly (P<0.01) but platelet aggregation rate and TXB2 level exhibited no obvious changes in high-cholesterol group. After carotid artery balloon injury, P-selectin and TXB2 levels and platelet aggregation significantly increased in cholesterol-fed rabbits, reaching the peak level at 24 h after the injury (P<0.01). Compared with the model group, low-dose atorvastatin treatment significantly decreased P-selectin and TXB2 levels and inhibited platelet aggregation in cholesterol-fed rabbits following carotid artery balloon injury (P<0.01), and such effects of atorvastatin were more prominent at a higher daily dose of 10 mg/kg (P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONS: Carotid artery balloon injury in rabbits fed cholesterol-enriched diet can induce platelet activation and aggregation, which reaches the peak level at 24 h after balloon injury and can be dose-dependently inhibited by atorvastatin in the acute phase following the injury.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University - 34(2014), 8 vom: 11. Juli, Seite 1162-6

Sprache:

Chinesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tong, Baowen [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Zhihong [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Liangdi [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Changsheng [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

54397-85-2
97C5T2UQ7J
A0JWA85V8F
Atorvastatin
Cholesterol
Heptanoic Acids
Journal Article
P-Selectin
Pyrroles
Thromboxane B2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 01.09.2015

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM241477042