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1 Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA
2 Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA
3 Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA
4 Department of Hematology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA
5 Laboratory Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: miller.virginia{at}mayo.edu.
Cardiovascular disease may begin early in adolescence. Platelets release factors contributing to vascular disease. Experiments were designed to test the hypothesis that hormonal transitions associated with sexual maturity differentially affects platelet aggregation and secretion in males and females. Platelets were collected from juvenile (2-3 month) and sexually mature (adult; 5-6 month) male and female pigs (n=8/group). Maturation was evidenced by increased weight of reproductive tissue and changes in circulating levels of gonadal hormones. Aggregation to ADP (10µM), collagen (6µg/mL) and ATP secretion to 50 nM thrombin were determined by turbidimetric analysis and bioluminescence, respectively. Total platelet counts, platelet turnover and mean platelet volume did not change with maturity. Platelet aggregation and ATP secretion decreased in females but increased in males with maturity, whereas total ATP content remained unchanged in platelets from females but increased in platelets from males. Platelet fibrinogen receptor, P-selectin expression and receptors for sex steroids did not change with sexual maturation. Plasma C-reactive protein and brain type natriuretic peptide also did not change. Results indicate that changes in platelet aggregation and secretion change with sexual maturity differently in females and males. These observations provide evidence upon which clinical studies could be designed to examine platelet characteristics in human children and young adults.
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