Cyclic GMP but not cyclic AMP prevents renal platelet accumulation after ischemia-reperfusion in anesthetized rats

MS Chintala, V Bernardino and PJ Chiu

Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, New Jersey.

Platelets have been implicated in the pathophysiology of ischemia- reperfusion injury. In this study, antiplatelet effects of cyclic GMP (cGMP)- and cyclic AMP (cAMP)-mediated agents were evaluated in renal ischemia in pentobarbital-anesthetized rats. Renal ischemia was induced by unilateral occlusion of the left renal artery (40 min) followed by reperfusion (30 min) with the contralateral kidney serving as control. 111Indium-labeled platelets, drugs or vehicle were administered 30 min before induction of renal ischemia. Occlusion of the left renal artery for 20, 40 or 60 min resulted in a 100, 300 and 600% increase (over contralateral right kidney) in the platelet-associated 111indium activity in the ischemic kidney. In all subsequent studies the kidney was occluded for 40 min to test the antiplatelet activity of individual agents. 8-Br-cGMP (0.1 and 0.3 mg/kg/min i.v.), zaprinast (0.1 mg/kg/min i.v.) and sodium nitroprusside (0.003 and 0.01 mg/kg/min i.v.) significantly attenuated platelet accumulation in renal ischemia, whereas 8-Br-cAMP (0.3 mg/kg/min i.v.) or milrinone (0.1 mg/kg i.v. bolus, plus 0.01 mg/kg/min) did not. Minoxidil (0.01 and 0.03 mg/kg/min i.v.), a vasodilator which produced equihypotensive effects as the cGMP- mediated agents, and milrinone failed to prevent platelet accumulation. These results demonstrate that modulation of the platelet function by cGMP agents can be dissociated from their blood pressure lowering effects. cGMP is known to inhibit both platelet adhesion and aggregation, whereas cAMP is only active against aggregation. The present findings provide further evidence that cGMP-mediated drugs may afford effective antiplatelet action in an in vivo model of ischemia- reperfusion injury.

Volume 271, Issue 3, pp. 1203-1208, 12/01/1994
Copyright © 1994 by American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

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