Effect of storage on levels of nitric oxide metabolites in platelet preparations
Ji Won Park, Barbora Piknova, James Kurtz, Shalini Seetharaman, Stephen J Wagner, Alan N Schechter, Ji Won Park, Barbora Piknova, James Kurtz, Shalini Seetharaman, Stephen J Wagner, Alan N Schechter
Abstract
Background: Nitric oxide (NO), a potent signaling molecule, is known to inhibit platelet (PLT) function in vivo. We investigated how the levels of NO and its metabolites change during routine PLT storage. We also tested whether the material of PLT storage containers affects nitrite content since many plastic materials are known to contain and release nitrite.
Study design and methods: For nitrite and nitrate measurement, leukoreduced apheresis PLTs and concurrent plasma (CP) were collected from healthy donors using a cell separator. Sixty-milliliter aliquots of PLT or CP were stored in CLX or PL120 Teflon containers at 20 to 24°C with agitation and daily samples were processed to yield PLT pellet and supernatant. In a separate experiment, PLTs were stored in PL120 Teflon to measure NO generation using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR).
Results: Nitrite level increased markedly in both PLT supernatant and CP stored in CLX containers at a rate of 58 and 31 nmol/L/day, respectively. However, there was a decrease in nitrite level in PLTs stored in PL120 Teflon containers. Nitrite was found to leach from CLX containers and this appears to compensate for nitrite consumption in these preparations. Nitrate level did not significantly change during storage.
Conclusion: PLTs stored at 20 to 24°C maintain measurable levels of nitrite and nitrate. The nitrite decline in nonleachable Teflon containers in contrast to increases in CLX containers that leach nitrite suggests that it is consumed by PLTs, residual white blood cells, or red blood cells. These results suggest NO-related metabolic changes occur in PLT units during storage.
Conflict of interest statement
Conflict of Interest: A.N. Schechter is a co-inventor of a patent issued to NIH for the use of sodium nitrite in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest relevant to the manuscript submitted to TRANSFUSION.
© 2012 American Association of Blood Banks.
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