Platelet hyperactivity after statin treatment discontinuation
| Autor: | Anna Laura Pasqui, Michela Di Renzo, Fulvio Bruni, Alberto Palazzuoli, M. Cercignani, Luca Puccetti, Alberto Auteri, Alessandro Leo, Marcello Pastorelli, G. Bova |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Adult
Blood Platelets Male medicine.medical_specialty Statin Platelet Aggregation Pyridines medicine.drug_class medicine.medical_treatment Hypercholesterolemia Gastroenterology Internal medicine medicine Humans Platelet Platelet activation Chemotherapy medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Cerivastatin Hematology Middle Aged Platelet Activation Lipids Diet Substance Withdrawal Syndrome Discontinuation Lipoproteins LDL P-Selectin Endocrinology Simvastatin Citrulline Female lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors Nitric Oxide Synthase Lipid profile business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 90:476-482 |
| ISSN: | 2567-689X 0340-6245 |
| Popis: | SummaryHydroxymethyl-glutaryl-CoA-reductase inhibitors (statins) reduce cardiovascular events by cholesterol lowering as well as by non-lipid related actions. Among them, the modulation of platelet activity could play a relevant role in vascular protection. Furthermore withdrawal of statins has been associated with increased cardiovascular event rate. The aim of our study was to evaluate platelet activity after cerivastatin discontinuation in eighteen subjects that did not accept other drugs and in sixteen subjects continuing treatment with simvastatin. Fourteen subjects at the end of the discontinuation period decided to receive other drugs (simvastatin) and they were evaluted six weeks later. We measured complete lipid profile by the chromogenic method (LDL-C was calculated); oxidized-LDL (ox-LDL; ELISA), platelet P-selectin (P-sel) expression (flow cytometry detection), platelet aggregation (% change of transmitted light), intracellular citrullin production (iCit; HPLC) as an indicator of intracellular NO synthase activity at baseline and 7, 14, 28, 60 days after statin discontinuation. P-sel expression and platelet aggregation were increased at 14 days (p< 0.001 and p< 0.05) in association with raised ox-LDL (r= 0.30, p< 0.05) and decreased iCit (r= 0.53, p< 0.01). Increased LDL-C was related to P-sel and platelet aggregation at 28 days (r= 0.30, p< 0.05). Subjects continuing statin treatment had no significant changes of P-sel at 28 (p= 0.221) and 60 days (p=0.238). Subjects treated with simvastatin after 60 days of diet showed a significant reduction of P-sel and platelet aggregation after six weeks of treatment (p< 0.01).Our data suggest a platelet hyperactivation state in the second week after statin discontinuation which is partially related to raised LDL-C. Such a finding could participate in the increased cardiovascular event rate after statin discontinuation. |
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