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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6527
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-6-19
pubmed:abstractText
Thromboxane A2, the predominant cyclo-oxygenase product of arachidonic acid in platelets, is a potent vasoconstrictor and platelet agonist. Analysis of urinary metabolites by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry is a specific non-invasive method of measuring the biosynthesis of thromboxane that avoids the problem of platelet activation ex vivo. Excretion of the major urinary thromboxane metabolite, 2,3-dinor-thromboxane B2, was significantly increased (p less than 0.001) in 10 patients (nine women) with systemic sclerosis complicated by Raynaud's phenomenon compared with healthy controls (486 (SD 88) v 162 (38) ng/g creatinine) and increased further in the patients (to 1007 (212) ng/g creatinine) during application of a cold stimulus sufficient to induce digital vasoconstriction. Consistent with an increase in platelet-vascular interactions in vivo, excretion of a prostacyclin metabolite was also significantly increased (p less than 0.005) in the patients with systemic sclerosis (248 (39) v 112 (10) ng/g creatinine) and tended to increase further on cooling. Biosynthesis of thromboxane is increased in patients with systemic sclerosis and may exacerbate digital vasospasm that such patients develop when cold. This observation and the concomitant increase in the formation of prostacyclin provide a rationale for evaluating compounds that prevent the synthesis of thromboxane A2 or inhibit its action while preserving the potential homoeostatic role of prostacyclin.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0267-0623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
292
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1037-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Biosynthesis of thromboxane in patients with systemic sclerosis and Raynaud's phenomenon.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't