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Increased calcium stores in platelets from African Americans

J H Cho1, F Nash, Z Fekete

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark 07103-2714.

Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979)
|March 1, 1995
PubMed
Summary

African Americans have higher intracellular calcium stores in platelets compared to whites. This difference in calcium regulation may contribute to essential hypertension risk in African Americans.

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Area of Science:

  • Cardiovascular Research
  • Cellular Physiology
  • Racial Health Disparities

Background:

  • Cation transport differences observed between African Americans and whites may predispose African Americans to essential hypertension.
  • Platelets serve as a valuable cellular model for investigating calcium regulation and its role in hypertension.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore racial differences in calcium regulation using platelets as a cellular model.
  • To compare calcium fluxes and cytosolic free calcium levels in platelets from African American and white men.

Main Methods:

  • Measured calcium-45 (45Ca) fluxes in platelets from 21 African American and 25 white men.
  • Utilized fura 2 to measure cytosolic free calcium levels in resting and stimulated platelets.
  • Analyzed platelet 45Ca uptake and washout kinetics, and cytosolic calcium concentrations.

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Main Results:

  • Platelets from African Americans exhibited larger rapidly and slowly exchangeable 45Ca pools compared to whites.
  • Higher 45Ca washout from a rapidly exchangeable pool was observed in African American platelets.
  • Resting cytosolic free calcium was lower in African Americans, but sustained levels increased more significantly after ouabain and thrombin stimulation.

Conclusions:

  • Platelets from African Americans demonstrate greater intracellular calcium stores than those from whites.
  • Observed racial differences in platelet calcium handling could explain African American sensitivity to vasoactive agents.
  • These findings suggest a potential cellular mechanism linking race, calcium regulation, and essential hypertension.