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Critical Evaluation of an in Vitro Model for Evaluation of Platelet Reactivity of Biomaterials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Raymond Connolly ,
Norman Shoenfeld ,
Karen Ramberg  and
Allan D. Callow
Raymond Connolly
Affiliation:
Dept. Surgery, New England Medical Center, 750 Washington St.Boston, MA 02111
Norman Shoenfeld
Affiliation:
Dept. Surgery, New England Medical Center, 750 Washington St.Boston, MA 02111
Karen Ramberg
Affiliation:
Dept. Radiology, New England Medical Center, 750 Washington St.Boston, MA 02111
Allan D. Callow
Affiliation:
Dept. Surgery, New England Medical Center, 750 Washington St.Boston, MA 02111
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Abstract

An in vitro model for measuring platelet reactivity to a variety of biomaterial candidates for vascular grafts is described. A model consisting of a standard area of test material exposed to freshly labeled In platelets in plasma was evaluated. The platelets were isolated from ACD anticoagulated blood and resuspended in ACD plasma. It has been previously demonstrated that platelets so treated circulate in the body and will deposit on biomaterials exposed to the blood in vivo. The in vitro test consisted of an incubation of the platelets and materials at 37°C for one hour. At the end of the incubation, the platelet rich plasma was removed and the materials washed and removed for gamma counting. Platelet reactivity was normalized as a percentage of the counts on the material to counts in an aliquot of the platelet-plasma incubation media. The maximum uptake of platelets occurred within one hour. Platelets from three species, human, baboon, and dog were tested. Platelet uptake by Dacron and PTFE were in the range of 30–40% and 1–5% respectively. This is in accord with the known reactivity of these two vascular graft materials in vivo.

A second series of studies were conducted with physically and pharmacologically inactivated platelets and inert particles. Those studies suggest that the initial results do not represent a biologic event but may reflect the porosity of the materials. This emphasizes the necessity of adequately defining an in vitro model against known in vivo activity.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 110: Symposium M – Biomedical Materials and Devices , 1987 , 325
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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