Reduced thrombogenicity of type VI collagen as compared to type I collagen

Maurizio Zangari, Karen L. Kaplan, Robert W. Glanville, Jacob H. Rand

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Abstract

Type VI collagen has been recently identified as a major constituent of vascular subendothelium where it serves as a binding site for von Willebrand factor. The present study compares the functional characteristics of type VI collagen with those of type I collagen with respect to platelet aggregating and secretory activities. The differences between the two collagens in platelet aggregation and serotonin and betathromboglobulin release were found to be highly significant (p<0.001,p<0.0007, p<0.005 respectively). Our results indicate that under in vitro conditions, type VI collagen stimulates a significantly lesser platelet activation and aggregation response than collagen I, suggesting that type VI collagen may play a role in vivo to limit the platelet thrombotic response following injury to the vascular subendothelium.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)429-436
Number of pages8
JournalThrombosis Research
Volume79
Issue number5-6
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Sep 1995

Keywords

  • Collagen I
  • VI
  • activation
  • platelet aggregation

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