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Procoagulant phospholipid concentration in canine erythrocyte concentrates stored with or without prestorage
Stephanie A Smith1, Thandeka R Ngwenyama, Mauria O'Brien
1Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801.
Objective:
To evaluate canine erythrocyte concentrates (ECs) for the presence of procoagulant phospholipid (PPL), determine whether PPL concentration changes during the course of storage of ECs, and ascertain whether prestorage leukoreduction (removal of leukocytes via gravity filtration) reduces the development of PPL.
Sample:
10 whole blood units (420 g each) collected from 10 random-source, clinically normal dogs (1 U/dog).
Procedures:
The dogs were randomized to 1 of 2 groups. Of the 10 whole blood units collected, 5 were processed through a standard method, and 5 underwent leukoreduction. Whole blood units were processed to generate ECs, from which aliquots were aseptically collected from each unit weekly for 5 weeks. Supernatants from the concentrates were evaluated for procoagulant activity, which was converted to PPL concentration, by use of an automated assay and by measurement of real-time thrombin generation.
Results:
Supernatants from stored canine ECs contained procoagulant activity as measured by both assays. In general, the PPL concentration gradually increased during the storage period, but leukoreduction reduced the development of increased procoagulant activity over time.
Conclusions And Clinical Relevance:
The presence of PPL in canine ECs may be associated with procoagulant and proinflammatory effects in vivo, which could have adverse consequences for dogs treated with ECs.
