Elevated platelet–leukocyte complexes are associated with, but dispensable for myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury

Abstract: Aims

P-selectin is an activatable adhesion molecule on platelets promoting platelet aggregation, and platelet–leukocyte complex (PLC) formation. Increased numbers of PLC are circulating in the blood of patients shortly after acute myocardial infarction and predict adverse outcomes. These correlations led to speculations about whether PLC may represent novel therapeutic targets. We therefore set out to elucidate the pathomechanistic relevance of PLC in myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury.
Methods and results

By generating P-selectin deficient bone marrow chimeric mice, the post-myocardial infarction surge in PLC numbers in blood was prevented. Yet, intravital microscopy, flow cytometry and immunohistochemical staining, echocardiography, and gene expression profiling showed unequivocally that leukocyte adhesion to the vessel wall, leukocyte infiltration, and myocardial damage post-infarction were not altered in response to the lack in PLC.
Conclusion

We conclude that myocardial infarction associated sterile inflammation triggers PLC formation, reminiscent of conserved immunothrombotic responses, but without PLC influencing myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury in return. Our experimental data do not support a therapeutic concept of selectively targeting PLC formation in myocardial infarction

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Basic research in cardiology. - 117, 1 (2022) , 61, ISSN: 1435-1803

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Freiburg
(wer)
Universität
(wann)
2022

DOI
10.1007/s00395-022-00970-3
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2311972
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
Letzte Aktualisierung
15.08.2025, 07:34 MESZ

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