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Thromb Haemost 1989; 62(02): 718-722
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1646890
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Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Coated Pits and Vesicles Transfer Plasma Components to Platelet Granules

O Behnke
The Department of Anatomy C, University of Copenhagen, The Panum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Received 03 October 1988

Accepted after revision 12 April 1989

Publication Date:
30 June 2018 (online)

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Summary

Electron microscopy of mammalian blood platelets after contrast enhancement with tannic acid after an initial fixation in glutaraldehyde and osmium reveals numerous coated pits (c.p.) and vesicles (c.v.), indicating a process of receptor-mediated endocytosis. The c.p. may be located at any site of the plasma membrane or the canalicular, surface connected membrane system. C.v. fuse with platelet granules without losing their coat. Evidence for a continuous transfer of ambient fluid to granules via c. p. and c.v. was obtained by the use of fluid-phase markers.

It is proposed that the endocytic process may play a role in blood platelet activation.

Keywords

Blood platelets - Endocytosis - Coated vesicles - Granules
 

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