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Nitrite circumvents platelet resistance to nitric oxide in patients with heart failure preserved ejection fraction and chronic atrial fibrillation

Nitrite circumvents platelet resistance to nitric oxide in patients with heart failure preserved ejection fraction and chronic atrial fibrillation
Nitrite circumvents platelet resistance to nitric oxide in patients with heart failure preserved ejection fraction and chronic atrial fibrillation

Aims: Heart failure (HF) is a pro-thrombotic state. Both platelet and vascular responses to nitric oxide (NO) donors are impaired in HF patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) compared to healthy volunteers (HV) due to scavenging of NO, and possibly also reduced activity of the principal NO sensor, soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), limiting the therapeutic potential of NO donors as anti-aggregatory agents. Previous studies have shown that nitrite inhibits platelet activation presumptively after its reduction to NO, but the mechanism(s) involved remain poorly characterized. Our aim was to compare the effects of nitrite on platelet function in HV vs. HF patients with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and chronic atrial fibrillation (HFpEF-AF), vs. patients with chronic AF without HF, and to assess whether these effects occur independent of the interaction with other formed elements of blood.

Methods and Results: Platelet responses to nitrite and the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) were compared in age-matched HV controls (n = 12), HFpEF-AF patients (n = 29) and chronic AF patients (n = 8). Anti-aggregatory effects of nitrite in the presence of NO scavengers/sGC inhibitor were determined and vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) phosphorylation was assessed using Western blotting. In HV and chronic AF, both nitrite and SNP inhibited platelet aggregation in a concentration-dependent manner. Inhibition of platelet aggregation by the NO donor SNP was impaired in HFpEF-AF patients compared to healthy and chronic AF individuals, but there was no impairment of the anti-aggregatory effects of nitrite. Nitrite circumvented platelet NO resistance independently of other blood cells by directly activating sGC and phosphorylating VASP.

Conclusion: We here show for the first time that HFpEF-AF (but not chronic AF without HF) is associated with marked impairment of platelet NO responses due to sGC dysfunction and nitrite circumvents the "platelet NO resistance" phenomenon in human HFpEF, at least partly, by acting as a direct sGC activator independent of NO.

Journal Article
0008-6363
1313–1323
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Borgognone, Alessandra, Shantsila, Eduard, Worrall, Sophie M., Prompunt, Eakkapote, Loka, Thomas, Loudon, Brodie L., Chimen, Myriam, Rainger, G. Ed, Lord, Janet M., Turner, Ashley, Nightingale, Peter, Feelisch, Martin, Kirchhof, Paulus, Lip, Gregory Y H, Watson, Steve P, Frenneaux, Michael P and Madhani, Melanie (2018) Nitrite circumvents platelet resistance to nitric oxide in patients with heart failure preserved ejection fraction and chronic atrial fibrillation. Cardiovascular Research, 114 (10), 1313–1323. (doi:10.1093/cvr/cvy087).

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Abstract

Aims: Heart failure (HF) is a pro-thrombotic state. Both platelet and vascular responses to nitric oxide (NO) donors are impaired in HF patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) compared to healthy volunteers (HV) due to scavenging of NO, and possibly also reduced activity of the principal NO sensor, soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), limiting the therapeutic potential of NO donors as anti-aggregatory agents. Previous studies have shown that nitrite inhibits platelet activation presumptively after its reduction to NO, but the mechanism(s) involved remain poorly characterized. Our aim was to compare the effects of nitrite on platelet function in HV vs. HF patients with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and chronic atrial fibrillation (HFpEF-AF), vs. patients with chronic AF without HF, and to assess whether these effects occur independent of the interaction with other formed elements of blood.

Methods and Results: Platelet responses to nitrite and the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) were compared in age-matched HV controls (n = 12), HFpEF-AF patients (n = 29) and chronic AF patients (n = 8). Anti-aggregatory effects of nitrite in the presence of NO scavengers/sGC inhibitor were determined and vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) phosphorylation was assessed using Western blotting. In HV and chronic AF, both nitrite and SNP inhibited platelet aggregation in a concentration-dependent manner. Inhibition of platelet aggregation by the NO donor SNP was impaired in HFpEF-AF patients compared to healthy and chronic AF individuals, but there was no impairment of the anti-aggregatory effects of nitrite. Nitrite circumvented platelet NO resistance independently of other blood cells by directly activating sGC and phosphorylating VASP.

Conclusion: We here show for the first time that HFpEF-AF (but not chronic AF without HF) is associated with marked impairment of platelet NO responses due to sGC dysfunction and nitrite circumvents the "platelet NO resistance" phenomenon in human HFpEF, at least partly, by acting as a direct sGC activator independent of NO.

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Accepted/In Press date: 9 March 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 12 April 2018
Published date: 1 August 2018
Keywords: Journal Article

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Local EPrints ID: 422584
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/422584
ISSN: 0008-6363
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ORCID for Martin Feelisch: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2320-1158

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Author: Alessandra Borgognone
Author: Eduard Shantsila
Author: Sophie M. Worrall
Author: Eakkapote Prompunt
Author: Thomas Loka
Author: Brodie L. Loudon
Author: Myriam Chimen
Author: G. Ed Rainger
Author: Janet M. Lord
Author: Ashley Turner
Author: Peter Nightingale
Author: Martin Feelisch ORCID iD
Author: Paulus Kirchhof
Author: Gregory Y H Lip
Author: Steve P Watson
Author: Michael P Frenneaux
Author: Melanie Madhani

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