EVALUATION OF PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN-IB BY FLUORESCENCE FLOW-CYTOMETRY
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 66 (2) , 423-427
Abstract
Platelet glycoprotein lb (Gplb), a receptor for von Willebrand''s factor (vWF), was studied by way of fluorescence flow cytometry. Using a sandwich staining technique. Gplb was identified by a monoclonal antibody (6D1) directed against an epitope close to the vWF binding site. Platelets from normal individuals were symmetrically distributed with respect to Gplb content. Treatment of washed platelets with plasmin resulted in progressive loss of Gplb as measured by fluorescence flow cytometry and by loss of agglutination response when combined with ristocetin in the presence of vWF. In mixing experiments with Gplb-deficient and normal platelets, it was possible to detect a subpopulation of deficient cells comprising 2% of the total population. Streptokinase treatment of platelet-rich plasma caused loss of the agglutination response to ristocetin and the emergence of a population of Gplb-deficient platelets. Fluorescence flow cytometry appears to be an important new technique by which to study platelet surface receptors.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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