Platelet Expression of Tumour Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), TNF Receptors and Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in Patients with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Overview

Journal Clin Exp Immunol

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 1999 Nov 11

PMID 10540181

Citations 24

Authors

G A Limb

L Webster

H Soomro

S Janikoun

J Shilling

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Abstract

Microvascular complications of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) have been strongly associated with platelet abnormalities, whilst TNF-alpha has been implicated in the pathogenesis of this condition. However, at present it is not clear whether human circulating platelets express TNF-alpha or TNF receptors (TNF-R) or whether impaired expression of these molecules and of the TNF-reactive adhesion molecule ICAM-1 may be associated with platelet abnormalities in patients with IDDM. On this basis we investigated the platelet expression of these molecules in patients with IDDM complicated or uncomplicated by proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and in healthy subjects. We observed that the proportion of platelets staining for TNF-alpha was significantly higher in IDDM patients with active PDR than in patients without microvascular complications (P = 0.0078), quiescent PDR (P = 0.003) or healthy subjects (P = 0.0013). Patients with active PDR also showed a higher proportion of platelets expressing TNF-RI (P = 0. 0052) and TNF-RII (P = 0.015) than healthy controls or patients with quiescent PDR (P = 0.009 and 0.0006, respectively). In addition, the percentage of ICAM-1+ platelets was significantly higher in patients with active PDR than in patients with quiescent PDR (P = 0.0065) or normal subjects (P = 0.013). There was a direct correlation between platelet expression of TNF-alpha and that of TNF-R in PDR patients, indicating that platelet staining for TNF-alpha may be due to binding of this cytokine to its receptors. The results suggest that increased platelet expression of TNF-alpha, TNF-R and ICAM-1 in IDDM patients may constitute important markers of thrombocyte abnormalities during the development of microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus.

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