Assessment of on-treatment platelet reactivity at high and low shear stress and platelet activation status after the addition of dipyridamole to aspirin in the early and late phases after TIA and ischaemic stroke
Background: Data are limited on the ability of dipyridamole to additionally inhibit platelet function/reactivity in ischaemic cerebrovascular disease (CVD) patients on aspirin.
Aims: To assess inhibition of platelet function/reactivity and platelet activation with dipyridamole in CVD.
Methods: This prospective, observational study assessed TIA/ischaemic stroke patients before (baseline; N = 60), at 14 ±7 days (14d, N = 39) and ≥ 90 days (90d, N = 31) after adding dipyridamole to aspirin. Platelet function/reactivity at high shear stress (PFA-100® C-ADP) and low shear stress (VerifyNow® P2Y12 and Multiplate® ADP assays), and platelet activation status (% expression of CD62P, CD63 and leucocyte-platelet complexes on whole blood flow cytometry) were quantified. 'Dipyridamole-high on-treatment platelet reactivity (HTPR)' was defined as failure to inhibit ADP-induced platelet aggregation +/- adhesion compared with the patient's baseline on aspirin monotherapy by more than twice the coefficient-of-variation of the assay after adding dipyridamole to aspirin.
Results: Dipyridamole-HTPR was identified in 71.4-75% of patients on PFA-100 C-ADP, 83.9-86.8% of patients on VerifyNow P2Y12, and 81.5-83.3% of patients on Multiplate ADP assays. There were no changes in CD62P/CD63 expression (P ≥ 0.18), or consistent changes in leucocyte-platelet complexes in CVD patients overall at 14d or 90d vs. baseline after commencing dipyridamole. Monocyte-platelet complexes increased in the patient subgroup with dipyridamole-HTPR at 14d and 90d on PFA-100, and at 14d on VerifyNow (P ≤ 0.04), but not in those without dipyridamole-HTPR.
Discussion: Additional antiplatelet effects of dipyridamole are detectable under high and low shear stress conditions with user-friendly platelet function/reactivity tests ex vivo. Increasing circulating monocyte-platelet complexes over time are associated with dipyridamole-HTPR.
Funding
The Meath Foundation
The Irish Institute of Clinical Neuroscience/Novartis Ireland Fellowship Grant
The Vascular Neurology Research Foundation Ireland
Irish Heart Foundation Stroke Prevention Bursary programme
Biogen Idec, Ireland
Verum Diagnostica, GmbH
Trinity College Dublin Innovation Bursary
Joint Irish Institute of Clinical Neuroscience/Merck Serono Fellowship in Neuroscience Grant
Bayer HealthCare, Ireland
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Lim ST. et al. Assessment of on-treatment platelet reactivity at high and low shear stress and platelet activation status after the addition of dipyridamole to aspirin in the early and late phases after TIA and ischaemic stroke. J Neurol Sci. 2022 ;441:120334Publication Date
11 July 2022External DOI
PubMed ID
36030623Department/Unit
- Irish Centre for Vascular Biology
- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences
Research Area
- Health Professions Education
- Surgical Science and Practice
- Immunity, Infection and Inflammation
- Vascular Biology
Publisher
ElsevierVersion
- Published Version (Version of Record)