Adenine Nucleotide Metabolism of Human Platelets during Collagen-Induced Aggregation

Summary

Changes in platelet adenine nucleotides during collagen-induced aggregation were estimated. Averaged values of ATP and ADP in intact platelets were 56.3 and 28.9 attomoles per platelet, respectively. After collagen-induced aggregation, intracellular ATP plus ADP was depleted to about half of that in intact platelets. The released ADP accounted for 13% of that in intact platelets.

Behavior of platelet adenine nucleotides during aggregation was divided into the following phases. At first, platelet ATP decreased without the release of nucleotides. The release of ADP occurred at the stage of rapid change of light transmission. Subsequently, the released ADP decomposed in parallel with the degradation of intracellular ADP. The radioactive ATP in platelets decreased during exposure to collagen, without appreciable release of radioactive nucleotides. The ATP released from disrupted platelets was rapidly metabolized in plasma.

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