Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aay6314
Title: Platelets trigger perivascular mast cell degranulation to cause inflammatory responses and tissue injury
Authors: Karhausen, J.
Choi, H.W.
Maddipati, K.R.
Mathew, J.P.
Ma, Q.
Boulaftali, Y.
Lee, R.H.
Bergmeier, W.
Abraham, S.N. 
Issue Date: 2020
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Citation: Karhausen, J., Choi, H.W., Maddipati, K.R., Mathew, J.P., Ma, Q., Boulaftali, Y., Lee, R.H., Bergmeier, W., Abraham, S.N. (2020). Platelets trigger perivascular mast cell degranulation to cause inflammatory responses and tissue injury. Science Advances 6 (12) : eaay6314. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aay6314
Rights: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Abstract: Platelet responses have been associated with end-organ injury and mortality following complex insults such as cardiac surgery, but how platelets contribute to these pathologies remains unclear. Our studies originated from the observation of microvascular platelet retention in a rat cardiac surgery model. Ensuing work supported the proximity of platelet aggregates with perivascular mast cells (MCs) and demonstrated that platelet activation triggered systemic MC activation. We then identified platelet activating factor (PAF) as the platelet-derived mediator stimulating MCs and, using chimeric animals with platelets defective in PAF generation or MCs lacking PAF receptor, defined the role of this platelet-MC interaction for vascular leakage, shock, and tissue inflammation. In application of these findings, we demonstrated that inhibition of platelet activation in modeled cardiac surgery blunted MC-dependent inflammation and tissue injury. Together, our work identifies a previously undefined mechanism of inflammatory augmentation, in which platelets trigger local and systemic responses through activation of perivascular MCs. Copyright © 2020 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC).
Source Title: Science Advances
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/198137
ISSN: 2375-2548
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay6314
Rights: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
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